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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter is a 5th grader at BASIS.  She definitely works hard but it has been manageable and she still has time for multiple extracurricular activities and art club at BASIS.  I have been amazed to watch her self confidence blossom as she realizes that she can do the tougher work.  Though math and science can be difficult, I have seen no evidence that she isn't learning how to learn and reason.  Her homework last night on balancing chemical equations was truly extraordinary for a 5th grader and required deep understanding and logic.  Her English and Latin classes have been superb and she can dissect a sentence in a way that I didn't learn till high school.  Art is superb (second the praise for Ms Jackson) and Classics has been fun and interesting (they mummified a chicken!).   For an engineering-minded boy, he would have a blast at BASIS.  It is a place where it is cool to be smart, but then again smart and motivated kids can do well almost anywhere.  I would recommend that he do shadow days at BASIS and Latin and see what feels right for him.  You are very lucky to have Deal as a back-up!  [/quote]

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