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[quote=Anonymous]OP, we decided to turn down a SWS spot last year so can't speak to what it was like to be at school there but the reasoning for our family was (1) I was nervous about going to a school where the upper grades didn't exist yet and (2) I just wasn't sure about R-E in upper grades. (3) I personally don't value visual arts that much, probably because I completely suck at them. If the school had been all about heavy music engagement, an hour of music a day, whatever, I totally would have gone for it.

That said, I was a Montessori til first grade child and I loved it and always thought that independent more child-centered learning was the way to go. I loved the school visit, the parental involvement, and the teachers were clearly topnotch. If you are weighing against other charters you should be aware it can be very difficult to find a charter with a lot of experienced strong teachers (unless that is the specific focus of the school, as it is as some.)  If we had not gotten into our language immersion charter I think we probably would have gone to SWS after all.  My friends who have children there really really enjoy it and their kids do seem to be getting pretty good academic foundations in the older grades. [/quote]

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