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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Granted, my child is only in K, but I just don't understand this ^^ statement.  "Middling experience"?  I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the extras my child is involved in already this year; choir, piano, art.  The K teacher has them writing several page stories every day, child's reading has improved tremendously in six weeks, and school has a plethora of interesting activities scheduled in the next couple of months for the community/parents & kids (Fall Festival, international night, museum night . . .).  What more do people want?[/quote]

With the passage of a few more years you may begin realize that while extras and interesting activities are cool, most kids are being being pushed all that hard academically once they hit First Grade.  I get it, our kids probably will be fine in the end but shouldn't the school be setting sights much higher?  Brent is quite fortunate to have snared an exceptional and enthusiastic music teacher (watch the PBS documentary about Met HS), but art instruction remains lackluster and uninspired at best beyond PS and PK projects.  There are lots of engaging enrichment activities after school, including Chess Team, Girls on the Run and Capitol Kicks.  I have also heard that Brent is looking at the Odyssey of the Mind program and Spelling Bee.  [/quote]

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