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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To machismo/patriarchal/MAGA for our centrist family. [b]Academics no where near as good as publics (W schools), or top privates.  [/quote][/b]

False, the Heights teaches a classical education so students learn to think critically and to write beautifully. You no longer get that in public - there it’s all rote memorization and teach to the test. The Heights does allow acceleration in certain instances, which publics can’t handle - hence it’s a good place for a gifted kid. The teaches discourage mindless computer and phone use. The lower school the students memorize and recite poems in the old English school tradition. The school tries to build character; publics don’t.  The students go to great colleges - they’ve got one student now at Oxford and another heading for Harvard Law.[/quote]

You seem familiar with the public schools—did your child attend a public high school? As it sounds like your boys attended the Heights. So you really don’t know first hand about what is happening in public school. It doesn’t help your argument, PP.

FWIW, I know two boys who left the Heights during middle school and had to repeat a grade due to being behind academically. This was several years ago, but it is an actual fact, albeit a very, very small sample. I don’t have first hand knowledge of the academics at The Heights, but very conservative families seem happy.[/quote]
 
Where did they go after the Heights? What subjects were they behind in? Were the kids a special case or just average? [/quote]

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