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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- thanks; I was trying to figure out which school might be the best quality re: education, PTA, aftercare and things like that. [/quote]

We are in PK at Hearst. Here is what I would say. Education: We have been really happy with the quality of education, though we obviously don't have experience in the upper grades. Hearst uses Creative Curriculum, which used 6-week themes to find creative and fun ways to teach. My chick loves it. This past week's NW current has a snippet on the balls theme that PK just finished up at Hearst if you want to see the kinds of things they do.

PTA: Hearst's PTA is terrific and there is a huge amount of parental involvement. The PTA provides a fun for each teacher to use for supplies and field trips. It also arranged for enrichment classes after school (including free options) and hosts a lot of community-building events. Really extraordinarily relative to outer last school.

After care: Hearst has both after-school enrichment (for an house after school) and two aftercare options (run by DC parks & rec and Innis). We do Both enrichment classes and Innis. The enrichment is fantastic. Innis has been pretty good, with a focus on open free play, but some teachers are more engaged than others, and there is not great communication from the administrative office. The good thing is that the program accepts anyone who applies (not true of all the aftercare programs in the schools you listed). And you can go part1tjmenif you need that. They do separate the PK and K kids from the older kids, which had been helpful.

Happy to answer other questions about Hearst. We are very happy there.[/quote]

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