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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a K student in GDS.  I have been thinking about the same problem since he entered prk there.   My friends' children in very good public school could write a full paragraph the end year of K.  They also did research paper writing about the frog's life.  But my son's class just showed parents what they could do in playground now. Now I really don't know if it is worth the money to go private.  My view is that what students can achieve in playground was a development by themselves over the one year in the school, not related to school very much.  I am afraid my son will be left behind accademically, compared to public school students.  Could someone share more of their experience in private and their views about it?  Maybe the writing in K is not important?  I recently feel so frastrated that we paid the money while it seemed that great public school could provid similar or even better education.[/quote]

Well, you need to look for a school with a educational philosophy you agree with. My reaction to your post is "Jesus H, kindergarteners do not need to be doing research papers."

Many private schools (most?) don't go hardcore academic in K because there's the idea that it's not developmentally appropriate (I obviously agree with this). You may prefer a different philosophy. [/quote]

+1.  at our private, which is Reggio-inspired in K, there were parents (like me) who were thrilled with the social emotional development of our kids, and the academic achievements were second to that.  there were some parents who, while knowing that Reggio is play-based, where sorely disappointed that their children did not have amazing academic achievement, so they are leaving next year for what they think will be greener pastures.  [/quote]

Yes - you have to look at the school from the earliest grades through high school.  I am really generalizing here, but the basic gist of Sidwell, GDS, Maret early school years (PK - 2) is that you give the kids a strong foundation in the building blocks that will allow them to succeed academically later in life.  Some kids read, some write, some can't do either of those things, but they all gain the confidence and foundation to develop those skills.  It sounds like you were looking for an academic K experience - public school, with the test based approach and skill list check-off, sounds like a better fit for you.  
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