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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What type of kid/family is a good fit for Burke? Who wouldn't be a good fit?[/quote]

A kid that accepts all kinds of other kids, same for their family. It’s more racially, socioeconomic ally and religiously diverse school than most other mainstream private schools. That’s what drew our family there.

We also loved how well run the MS is. They scaffold all of the academic skills kids need for HS in MS. The project based approach and cross curricular connections are impressive.

They also have a schedule that is balanced. No 80 minute periods all day long or only just periods where you can’t dig deep into everything.

The arts classes are great. The school clearly values a well-rounded education based on their schedule, course offerings and academic requirements. Many schools force you to narrow down just to 1 elective. At Burke, a kid can do STEM and arts electives every year.

For being a small school, they still have many leveled classes. Math classes get tracked into 3 levels starting in 7th grade and WL is tracked starting in 6th. This opens up a lot of opportunities for advanced kids and they have the advanced HS classes needed to keep going. [/quote]

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