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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of an 11th grader. SWW is... fine. Some good teachers, some crummy ones. Nice community, lots of good clubs, kid has made good ffriends. But (nerdy, diligent, perfectionist) kid has been surprised by how few classmates are as hard-charging academically as they are.

As another person chimed in above, biggest benefit of the application-school status is there are no behavioral issues.

Biggest downside is the facilities. Very crowded building, effectively no lab spaces, and no athletic facilities, so the sports teams have to travel to get to their practice sites. I was surprised to hear that some teams get released early from their 7th period every day to go to practice.

Someone earlier said Walls stands to lose three teachers--actually, it's two. Not that that's great on such a small faculty. Unless things change significantly, SWW will lose a language teacher and the theater teacher.[/quote]

This is tremendously helpful - thank you. Do you think your kid is getting a strong foundation in the academic skills they'll need in college? I'm particularly thinking about whether they receive regular/substantive writing feedback, decent foreign language instruction, and sufficient depth in math/science (including lab sciences) to pursue those areas in college, if they so choose.

Mostly, I'm trying to figure out if Walls teachers will establish a strong academic foundation and set a high bar for my extrinsically motivated kid to work toward, or if it will take more self-direction/motivation.[/quote]

My kid was also admitted to Walls and we have similar questions. FWIW, I have heard from current students and families that the writing instruction and experience has been excellent.  [/quote]

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