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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Pine Crest is excellent - the homework load was fine in 4th and has been quite large in 5th. Having said that the 5th grade teachers (and the 4th for that matter) are great. The 4th grade teachers are rigid, but good. They are not mean. [/quote]
I agree that Pine Crest is great overall. The perspective about homework is interesting. I have a 5th grader this year at PC. I felt that the adjustment in 4th grade was a little tougher in terms of homework, especially with the Native American project. I thought the project was really terrific and DC loved it but it was a lot of work for a 9 year old to research a tribe and come up with a creative fiction story about it. 
This year, I've felt that the homework load wasn't too bad. The big poetry project was comparable in the time investment to the Native American project but DC was better equipped to handle it this year. Otherwise, I felt the math and other homework was about the same as DC would get in the home school.

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I have a 5th grade at Oak View and they did not do a poetry project.  Last quarter they wrote an adventure story. [/quote]

I am nervous at the prospect of the roll of the dice btw Oak View and Pine Crest - if a child is assigned to Oak View, then there is only one teacher for each grade, and the class stays together for two years.  Is that right?

Does that pose problems?

And are the teachers there good?[/quote]

Another 5th grade parent at Oak View. YES, the teachers at Oak View are good. And so glad they are doing Classical Roots over Wordly Wise. It focuses on the latin roots of words and, in general, makes more sense for the long haul.

My child has had a GREAT experience at Oak View. Can't wait for Shakespeare at the end of the year![/quote]

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