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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where's the hands-on learning at BASIS?  Where are the cool research projects?  The science competition entries?  The self-directed work?  The Eureka moments?  The visits to museum exhibits and professional exposure (e.g. a NASA research lab or local astronomy tower) related to studies?  Performances of middle school musicals and concerts?   These forums always make the place sound like a cram school with decent teaching.  Ech.

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Not sure what you mean...  This question is based on what?  And, as compared to what other public schools in DC?

BASIS does do those things, like hands-on science labs, performances, robotics, art, competing in the National Science Bowl, Certamen, et cetera.[/quote]

We went to nationals at least in some competitions and got a free trip to ........ Washington DC.  Last competition had something to do with French and two BASIS DC students placed 4th and 6th in the nation.

BASIS also has the Science Bowl teacher (who is awesome) running an extracurricular this year for kids who want to compete in science fairs, etc, to assist them.  BASIS kids outside of DC have won Intel and Siemens, so eventually one probably will here.  Want to learn computer programming based on Minecraft?  That has been offered as well.

But we are a young school, and were the first outside of AZ.  Our first AP CS course is this year.  The oldest kids came in 8th grade from DCPS and will not have the opportunity to do a senior project in T2-3 designed by them with a faculty mentor.  The 11th graders rock.

By all means come back and do a thorough examination when the kids who started in 5th begin to graduate.  Until then, give us some breathing room and stop baiting us.  The fact that the only two times the DC CAS was offered we scored #3 and then #2 (after Deal) ought to tell you something about the caliber of kids we are attracting and the education they are getting.  We are just beginning to get off the ground here........... we have been open four years this fall.  And our AP scores already are quite high (don't have the stats) - but that is here, in DC...........[/quote]

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