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[quote=Anonymous]OP, there are some kids at Basis on travel teams-one of DC's classmates I know for certain is on a travel baseball team. Also, my own DC fences on the weekends (though Basis has the DC Fencing Club teach/run fencing after school as well), does scouting and bikes a great deal. Still, seeing more of the outdoors would be a nice addition to DC's school experience.
Our fear coming to Basis was that DC might need a more nurturing environment than they could offer, but I feel that they have stepped up to that challenge-the teachers are great-only one of DC's teachers I am not crazy about personally, and all of them spend an inordinate amount of time with the kids making sure they get it-they want (and need) students here to succeed. The 5th grade english teacher actually usually has too many people sitting around in her classroom doing homework during her office hours she is so popular, and DC eats lunch with Dc's friends in/with at least on of Dc's teacher's classrooms once or more a week. The administration (along with the teachers) also really keep the kids in line, which sometimes can be interpreted as being too strict, but DC shadowed both Latin and Basis last year and saw a lot more kids misbehaving and disrespecting teachers there than at Basis-personally, I think it is a matter of being open to whomever gets picked in the lottery so that not everyone who is there WANTS to be, and every charter will have troublemakers to about the same degree, depending on the day, subject etc. as far as sink or swim, half the 5th grade is in 90's club, which means their average is a 90 or better. My daughter goes to student hours once or twice a week, and always feels great afterwards. On etcher noticed what DC's strengths are as a learner and utilizes that when helping DC master something (visual learner/memory).  HTH![/quote]

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