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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are exmissions from Episcopal these days? [/quote]

I know two families there. Episcopal is more a feeder school for K-8 boys schools. One of the two families didnt get any offers, only wl...Parents are devastated. They were told this year was extremely competitive... [/quote]

That’s insane. I thought the whole reason for a feeder is you won’t get shut out[/quote]

Not every feeder is the same. When we did tours, Episcopal was upfront about not wanting to discuss exmissions and focusing on the whole child (play based). If we had went with them, I knew we would have had to supplement academics if we wanted to be competitive.  [/quote]

But what academics do they need to know beyond the basics? Episcopal isn’t even teaching them that through play? [/quote]

There is a book called Testing for Kindergarten by Karen Quinn that goes into the details.

The documentary Getting In... Kindergarten discusses the assessment. 
Link: https://youtu.be/AI-eV1SQjIM?t=124

Preschools are good with teaching the behavior side, but test taking is a skill by itself and the more practice the better you become at it. [/quote]

Wow, just watched that whole “getting into kindergarten” series. These kids were so stinking cute, under so much pressure. I guess they all must be in their 20s now. I found it interesting that the West Side Montessori head couldn’t broker Browning for Caleb. And surprised that the 4 year olds were applying to private and not waiting a year for 5. Maybe things were different back in 2006[/quote]

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