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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im sorry, but this isnt credible.

If all these Hardy kids went through all rhe hassle of practicing and taking the SSAT and had great scores, they would be attending selective schools rather than Wilson.[/quote]

Your reading comprehension is atrocious, and you seem to be looking for a fight for no reason.  Nobody said the Wilson kids took the SSAT.  The kids who wanted to go to Wilson din't take the SSAT.  The kids who wanted to attend selective privates (and yes, there are more than a few of these kids at Hardy) took it.[/quote]

Which private high schools have recent Hardy grads gone onto?[/quote]

I know of GDS (with scholarship), Burke, Jewish Day School. That's from two years ago. I now have a 6th grader. I have seen many changes, some I consider improvements (larger feeder population, new and more engaging younger teachers, a new outstanding Assistant-Principal, improved sports program) , some I consider areas where the school has gotten worse, especially in the overcrowded honors classes. Regarding the latter, that would be an easy fix in my view (start two honors classes per grade, instead on just one). I do not get why the Principal is not taking action. I plan to ask for an appointment to meet with her and ask about her plans for next year. The Principal does a big deal of attracting feeder school families. But once you are locked in, the focus seems to be on the lower tail of students, where they keep small class size, at the expense of the honors class size. To be honest, advanced kids had a much more "while glove" treatment at Hardy when there were fewer of them.
Still I do not see any better option around for middle school than Hardy for my 6th grade enthusiast learner.

To go back to title of this thread, I agree with the PP who said that when you first kid reaches 6th grade, it takes a while to realize that they might not need an after school program, as they are perfectly fine, happy and safe by themselves . My DD stays at school until 4:15 for clubs/sports every day except Friday, gets home by 5:00 pm, one of us always arrives at home by 6:30 pm. He happily and safely survives 1 and 1/2 hours home alone when my eldest DD is not in (which happens most of the time).

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