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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid at Maret and one at a different independent school. Here are some objective points to consider:
1. The school is on a block system in MS/US, with classes about 70 minutes per class. I know other schools do this as well. This type of block does not leave a lot of free time in the schedule (I think my kid has two study halls and a full day from 8:00-3:20ish). My other kid is at a school with 50 minute blocks. The long blocks didn’t work for him. 50 minutes is good. 
2. Because of only having classes 3x/week, it’s really hard when you miss even one day of school, let alone two, if you are sick. 
3. We have found the quality of the teaching to be wildly inconsistent (but I don’t think this issue is unique to Maret). 
4. From what we can tell, there are more options for honors classes in STEM than in humanities. It looks like there is only one option for a history honors class. [b]No options for English[/b]. This makes it harder for a kid to shine and show that he has taken harder classes if he isn’t a stem kid. 
5.  The sports are pretty terrible except basketball. This can be a positive in that it gives my kid an opportunity to play and have fun without pressure to win. My kid loves his sports and he tries really hard but sports aren’t his thing and he’s just happy to be on the field. 
6. The school is progressive as long as you buy into their formula of progressive. If you don’t, don’t speak up. 
7. I personally think Maret is more work than my other kid’s school. My kid has a lot more homework or at least takes a lot longer to do it than his older sibling. 
8. The school did a large tuition hike last year. Don’t know what that means for the future.

My kid likes it there. As parents, we struggle with it. [/quote]

I've seen this mentioned before. We are considering Maret for our middle schooler who loves writing. The bolded does give me pause. Does Maret give a reason why it doesn't offer Honors English classes? Seems like an easy thing to implement if there's demand for it. Does the school know there's a demand for this?[/quote]

I don't think any of the Big 3 schools have honors English. [/quote]

My old Alma Mater did not offer honors English. Every English class was considered honors English. Every student took both AP English exams and the average score was around a 4.7.[/quote]

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