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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. Not to get too technical but we sort of live in boundary. Today. I’d appreciate if you just trust me on this.

Just wondering what classes and extracurricular things my son won’t get. I get that he won’t have kids around him like him. I do wonder if the teachers anywhere really push any of the kids ever. Suspicious they really don’t anywhere. [/quote]

There's lots of information on school websites.  Go to the JR site and look at the courses offered for next year and compare that to your other school.  Look at the academies, which each have a summary of the courses offered.  Look at the clubs and think about what your child is interested in.

For a strong math student, at JR you will find alot of students taking AB or BC Calculus in grade 11 - some in grade 10.  They then go on to take AP Stats and/or a duel enrollment course at GW.  Look at the other HS you are considering and see how this pathway compares.  Some only go through pre-Calc and others only offer A/B calc.  Also look at the SciMaTech academy offerings.

At JR, there is really strong theatre, school newspaper, several computer hacking clubs and a strong robotics team, lots of sports teams and many many clubs.  What offerings does the other school(s) have?

These are the benefits of the relative size of JR.  There are some negatives (crowded hallways, large class sizes), but at the HS level I think lots of families find that the benefits of a large school outweigh the negatives.  [/quote]

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