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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he didn’t have to write essays, it’s not a rigorous school. Which is good news! They will be much more willing to work with you.[/quote]

Do rigorous schools have student essays for Middle School admissions? I thought that started in HS admissions.[/quote]

All the schools my kids applied to in middle school required testing and essays (this was pre-pandemic).  This is not a comment about rigor, rather that all schools I am familiar with required an application that required work on behalf of my kid.

I am with the other poster - if your child is having trouble with three letter words in 8th grade, that feels odd.  Presumably he had to spell three letter words at previous schools.  Could be some mental health or larger problem going on. It sounds like you are no focused on him, which will probably be a big help to him.

Good luck!  [/quote]

Three syllable, not three letter.

Sounds like our NoVA parochial school. Enrollment is open, meaning no testing or essays, although they do look at grades and recommendations. Kids get direct spelling, grammar and writing instruction all through elementary and are taught how to take notes and study for tests. Expectations start to ramp up in 6th grade and by 8th they're expected to have the basics down since the teachers are preparing them for what they'll see in high school. The writing requirements and studying for mid-terms and finals is a shock for all of the new middle schoolers so I imagine it would be doubly hard if there are any weaknesses in the fundamentals.[/quote]

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