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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you! Just to clarify- we are not looking for a school with competitive sports- she gets enough of this playing competitive hockey. 
Sports will be done outside of school. 
We want her to get a good education, but also have time for activities outside of school. Is doing 3 hours of homework every day the only way to get a good education? I mean, kids spend about 7 hours in school. 3 hours of homework on top of this plus homework on the weekend brings their academic workload to 55 + a week. 
Is this reasonable to expect a teen to maintain this workload for several years? [/quote]

My competitive athlete daughter attends one of the highly rigorous schools in the DMV and continues to take advanced classes. We have a sit down family dinner every night. She does not do three hours of homework every day (I’d say almost never) and still has 3.85gpa.

The hours for a club sport requires a lot of time management. My daughter uses her free periods to get work done, and saves socializing to lunch. This makes homework highly manageable.

Look for a school with a block schedule. Teach your daughter to use her planner and plan for her week accordingly on Sundays. Require her to leave her phone with you while she does homework.

It’s not the workload at any of these schools, it’s time/phone management.

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