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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d echo other comments from current Prep families.  We have a 9th grader who came from public middle school.  The academics have been a definite step up, but nothing extreme.  The hardest thing for him this year has been the grammar part of English, because his public middle school did not teach that but the feeder parochial schools did.  He’s felt some stress about the amount of work and the pace (lots of tests and quizzes), but it’s been manageable.  He’s developing great organizational and study skills.  The students and faculty are very supportive.  And not all the kids are gunning for straight As. Some of them appear to be more focused on sports.  So it’s not like all the students are non-stop stressing about their grades.   [/quote]

I did hear their English program is very rigorous - grammar, writing, etc. it’s good to know that it’s manageable. How about Latin?

And math? He has the ambition to go beyond Algebra 1 as his current school is teaching Algebra 1 at 8th grade - I think he’d need to take an assessment test- and the curriculum lists out the next level to be either Honors Alg or Geometry. Any experience there?

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9th grade Latin has been manageable - lots of flashcards and memorization.   Regarding math, incoming freshmen will be placed in Algebra unless they take an assessment that places them in honors Algebra or geometry.  It is rare for a 9th grader to be placed in geometry.  Our son took algebra in 8th grade, took the assessment, and was placed in regular algebra.  There are a few ways to accelerate the math curriculum during the 4 years, but the kid has to demonstrate aptitude.  [/quote]
Several freshman this year are in honors Precalc and on to Calculus BC next year.[/quote]

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