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[quote=Anonymous]YES to all of this!

[quote=Anonymous]Latin 2nd St family here from a JKLM- agree from what the above posters said-

1. We LOVE Latin. Scores be damned, I KNOW that my child is receiving a better education than at their DCPS elementary. Its night and day. The teachers are phenomenal, the strudent culture is super tight knit. They are learning more and more deeply. I like that, for example, the English teacher casts their writing up on the screen and has the full class critique each student. That is terrifying, but important. I love that they take geography and theatre in 5th. The public speaking. The baseline facts and memorization of countries, oceans, states -- I appreciate. The Academic Skills class is so critical. They learn how to study, take notes, stay organized. I had conferences with every teacher, and every teacher had incredibly thoughtful, thought provoking commentary on my child, what type of person they are, how they can improve as a student and human being. They KNOW your kid.

2. The actual care and detail of how they track students makes you feel very involved. Their schoology is updated every day, you can see every single grade for every single assignment, participation and more. We get an email every week from the AS teacher with EVERY assignment, upcoming quiz test and links to all study materials. As a busy parent, its amazing. And it seriously makes me question why my high-performing DCPS wasn't capable of the same.

3. Classical education just makes sense to me, personally. I like they are reading the great authors. I appreciate the idea of sitting around in Socratic circles going deep on topics. I think its really important that kids are held accountable for their behavior, presentation, and general demeanor to be good, kind human beings. Our DCPS was just so over the top DEI-y to the detriment of actual education. Latin is diverse by design, they have high expectations for everyone and lend the personalized support to get you there.

Downsides--as a WOTP family, we feel pretty removed from friends. There aren't a lot of parent events which is fine, but we find it challenging to get involved. But on the flip side, simply being asked for money once a year is a relief compared to the crazy PTA song and dance at our former DCPS elementary. That is our only down side, we adore it so far.[/quote][/quote]

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