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[quote=Anonymous]Regarding science focus, consider looking at Payne in the East Capitol Hill neighborhood. We toured them when we were deciding where to live and were very impressed -- great community and it seems to be getting better and better. Notably, they have a dedicated science teacher and classroom for upper grades that kids from 3-5 go to like a special, but it's part of their core curriculum. This seemed to increase the focus on science and also allow for more hands on activities.

L-T has already been mentioned, but they also seemed to focus quite a bit on science, with a school wide science fair that even the youngest kids participate in (early grades do class projects, starting in I think 3rd, the projects are individual).

Just noting these because people tend to focus on test scores, which are only part of the story. We found it enormously helpful to actually visit schools and talk to students, teachers, and parents. These were the two CH schools that stood out to us on the science front for these reasons, and I don't think you can get that from a MySchool profile or posts on DCUM (I think this site over-fixates on test scores instead of simply treating them as a floor for evaluating schools).[/quote]

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