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[quote=Anonymous]There are roughly 95-100 kids per grade in US.  DS’s year, I think about 40ish stayed on from MS and then the rest came from outside schools. SAES did a lot at the beginning of the year to help get kids integrated and feeling comfortable, but playing a fall sport was the key for DS making friends because he loves sports and that’s his natural go to method for interacting with other kids. He is friends with kids who came in new in 9th grade and kids who were already at SAES for MS. DS went to a small school prior to SAES so it is bigger and he feels like there’s enough variety/mixing of kids. That said, if you are coming from public school, it may feel waaay too small.

Re sports—a lot of kids play on a team bc they are required to play at least two seasons your freshman and sophomore year (many drop to one season for junior and senior year), but there’s not much in the way of athletic  “recruiting.” They are building teams from a pool of less than 200 boys/200 girls each season AND playing against schools that do actually recruit. If your son’s goal is simply having the experience of playing for his HS, great. If he’s on the D1 likely path, he will be a standout (which could be great). But, if your son’s goal is dominating and championships, SAES will not be a good fit  [/quote]

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