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[quote=Anonymous]Our girl thrived at Visi.  We were completely stunned by the experience and transformation.  We really believe that she would not have had the same wonderful personal growth at another school.  So while we have never described it as 'magical', we definitely agree with the assessment -and- will adopt the term in our own descriptions to others.

Don't get me wrong, we went into the experience with no small amount of trepidation.  We are both public elementary/high school grads ourselves so the private school process was a completely new experience.  We thought that Visi would be an amped up version of parochial school but not really in a good way.  However much we were concerned, though, she -really- wanted to go and we let her because the school has a solid reputation, we knew she would get a great education and we liked the focus on the 'whole girl'.  During our girl's 6th & 7th grade years we also happened to meet a few Visi alum in a random way (intern at husband's office, friend of a friend's daughter on vacation, casual at the pool, etc) and we had positive impressions of the girls and liked what they had to say about the school as well as what seem to be lasting friendships with the other girls they met there.  We also knew we could pull her at any time if it wasn't a good fit.

We strongly believe that her experience at Visi changed the way she views herself, her world and her place in the world -- all for the better.  We don't know the particulars of the how and why but, wow, just wow, the amount of personal growth we saw in our girl and her confidence in herself far exceeds what we saw in our friends' daughters who attended other all-girl or co-ed private schools.

Be forewarned ... it is tough academically.  Our girl had to work -much- harder than her friends at other private schools.  There were tears and late nights for all of us.  There was a lot of homework.  But she persevered and learned a lot academically as well as a lot about life, the universe and everything in the process.

So, to the skeptics, I guess you'll have to haze me for the lack of precision in my answer 'cuz all I can do is stare dreamily into the distance (no ponytail to swing, though) and wistfully describe it as 'magical'.  But it was great.  We weren't expecting it but there it is.  We are so, so, so glad that we didn't let our lack of familiarity with the school cause us to not let her attend.

In any event, we would do it again in a heart beat!

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