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[quote=Anonymous]I get it when people caution that first year charter enrollees are guinea pigs and that all schools start painfully.  I have endured a few years of pioneering, and I’m ready for more - so far we are no worse for the wear.  I’m doing the risk assessment, gaming it out, keeping it real and asking for candid advice.  For us, Basis came to DC at the right time.

I like PE every day until 7th grade.

I like after school clubs on the Mall and downtown.

I like rigorous art, music and drama five days a week.

I like physics/biology/chemistry in 6th grade.

I like Archives Navy Memorial Metro, the location is pretty safe.  I think about my child riding the metro unsupervised.  I like going to Tony Cheng's Mongolian Grill for dinner on a weeknight.

I like that homework may be 30-120 min X5 nights X180 days.

I like the bridge programs for all students beginning in March, including all summer.  I like small group tutoring after school.

I think I’ll like my child’s cohort and their parents.

If I mapped classes for my child’s 5-7th grade, it would look like the Basis course sequence:

FIFTH GRADE SCHEDULE
Scheduling module
1.	English 5
2.	Music 5
3.	Art 5
4.	PE 5
5.	Math 8/7
6.	Physical Geography (5 class/wk)
7.	Intro to Science (5 class/wk)
8.	Classics
9.	Latin

SIXTH GRADE SCHEDULE
Scheduling module
1.	English 6
2.	Fine Art (Art, Music, Drama)
3.	PE
4.	Pre Algebra (or Algebra 1)
5.	Biology (3 class/wk)
6.	Chemistry (3 class/wk)
7.	Physics (3 classes)
8.	US History
9.	Latin

SEVENTH GRADE SCHEDULE
Scheduling module
1.	English 7
2.	Rhetoric
3.	Electives (Chorus, Drama, Art, PE)
4.	Algebra 1 (or Algebra 2)
5.	Biology (3 class/wk)
6.	Chemistry (3 class/wk)
7.	Physics (3 class/wk)
8.	World History
9.	Foreign Language

Every child has nine periods a day, with A & B days, plus brief scheduling module.

Basis will modify (according to diagnostic tests) the accelerated curriculum, at least in part, for every grade in 2012 (except 5th grade). This allows for the best chance for immediate success, while maintaining the academic rigor expected in every classroom.

Student Accountability 
Students take responsibility for their educational achievement (homework club, tutoring)
Students responsible for mastering grade level material (pass comprehensive exams)
Organizational/study skills daily module (comprehensive journal)

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