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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We switched back.  We saw improvement with reading but not clear whether outcomes were the same as could be expected with public plus tutoring.  And the other academics - math, science, writing - seemed to suffer from a fear of challenging the kids.  YMMV and we did enjoy many aspects of the school.[/quote]

I just wanted to address “the other academics” seemed to suffer. While at Siena, they accelerated our DC by 1 grade in math.  The Siena science teacher is a former doctor and was wonderful with my DC who was deeply interested in science and the human body. The teacher patiently answered DC’s many questions and encouraged his projects.

As for writing - the Siena early years starts with explicitly building grammar, a necessary task since the ability to implicitly learn these rules is often absent in so many language disorders and ADHD.  In high school, the students are taught in a very explicit, structured way to write a “paper” like they would have to in college.  By comparison, the only programs in MCPS that teach this are the Humanities magnets, which require students to write a 10 p IDRP (interdisciplinary research paper).  If you send your kid to the general MCPS high school program, even if they take AP classes, they are never taught this.  I think the only analog in MCPS HS would be the paper in IB programs.

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