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[quote=Anonymous]Back on the topic of the summer reading list...

My child is a product of DC Charter schools, with one year at DCI in which I was very impressed by the English teacher and the quality of assignments, including having to write full essays with bibliographies, quotes and references (something I couldn't conceive of doing at my child's age as a product of a local Catholic private schools and with an undergraduate degree in English) .   I was surprised by the selection of books on the summer reading list, which was mostly current urban lit and not the "classics" I grew up with  (ie. 19th and 20th century English lit).  But it was clear that the list was for inspiration and that children (or their parents) could choose books of their liking.  DC half did the assignments, although had a quite productive summer of being outdoors and drawing and being online (Instagram, youtube etc).  I am OK with that.   My personal feeling is that summer for tweens and teens should be about relaxing and I largely ignored DCI's missive to keep kids working on math and reading every day for fear of losing what they learn.  I did also get my DC tested for the JHU Center for Talented Youth at the beginning of the summer and DC placed in the most advanced level for English language arts.  In other words, DC tested at least 3 grades above level.  So now we have the option of more challenging summer and online learning in the future.

DCI is working for us now with parental involvement and so far minimal tutoring during the school year (math).  Every day I can see DCs homework assignments via Managebac and Google classroom.  My expectation is that they must be done, and my experience is that the teachers will contact me if something is missing.  Time will tell on the IB program but I expect DCI to go in one direction -- up.  [/quote]

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