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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is there 3 pages on this.

Basis doesn’t have a comprehensive or robust drama.  If your kid wants this at their school, then Basis isn’t the school for them.

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Why is this thread, OP and anybody who posted on it?

BASIS obviously doesn't have comprehensive or robust ECs period.

If your family prioritizes those t hings at school, then BASIS isn't the school for you.

Nobody in charge at BASIS, along with most of families there, gives a hoot about serious drama, or music, or art or sports at school since Ivy League and MIT admissions are possible without them.

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I spoke to the new music teacher there and she’s trying to get a performance program started. From what she said, it sounds like she’s actually getting a lot of support from admin on this. And they’re offering band camp in the summer program this year, so it sounds like maybe they do care. [/quote]

I sometimes wonder if the very bitter people who post on these threads have old information. The ECs have been incrementally growing, I'm sure it's all much better than it was even 5 years ago.[/quote]

When we toured the school, both 8th graders that they picked to talk to us said that they did ZERO ECs at BASIS. They had both once done one club (some kind of martial arts in one case and I can't remember the other) and that was it. That is frankly staggering to hear from handpicked -- and otherwise extremely impressive-seeming, it must be noted -- students. [/quote]

Ok?

We are at the school now, and I can read you a couple highlights from the most recent "coach's corner" newsletter:

"The coed middle school baseball team finished their regular season play with a record of 9 wins and only 1 loss. The team broke their winning streak in a tough one point loss to DCI two weeks ago but got another win against KIPP Honor this past week. The team will go into playoffs this week as the #1 seed. Good Luck Red Giants!"

"The High School Track & Field team competed at the PCSAA Championship Meet this past week over the course of two days. The girls team pulled off an amazing 2nd place out of 14 teams"

"The Middle School Track & Field team also competed at the PCSAA Championship this past week. The girls team came home with 2nd place overall and the boys team with 3rd place overall out of 22 total teams."

Many, many more kids participate in sports at BASIS than they did 10 or even 5 years ago (for example, only a couple high schoolers play baseball on a combined team with Latin, but apparently the middle school has enough kids to have an entire winning team).

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