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[quote=Anonymous]Maret parent here.  There is definitely individual attention there, as well as individual feedback.  One example -- we recently got report cards.  Rather than just a card with grades, at Maret there is a 7 or 8 page document with grades and lengthy, personal narrative write-ups.  First, a write-up summary from the child's advisor, who writes a sum-up of the semester based on the teacher reports plus his/her experience in advisor-advisee sessions.  Then, for each class, there's a grade, plus an often lengthy paragraph describing the highs/lows/challenges/etc. for our child in the teacher's class that semester.  Teachers not only discuss the semester but also sometimes include advice for the future, and not just generic "come see me if you have a question" advice but advice specific to our kid, indicating that the teacher knows our kid pretty well.  I'd bet that for most kids around the US, report cards get read and then put in a drawer or file and not looked at again.  Maret's are so detailed and helpful that we and our kids keep them in a desk cubby or pinned up on a cork board so they can be referred to or looked to for inspiration.  I'm not kidding!

As for GDS, we didn't even apply for our kids.  We're a typical progressive/liberal NWDC family, but GDS has always seemed to us to be a bit too far out on the left-wing spectrum.  Maret is definitely well onto that side of the spectrum but not as far out there as GDS.[/quote]

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