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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no data or precedent whatsoever to tell if SWS prepares its students well for academically rigorous middle schools.  It is only in the last three years that SWS has had to teach children older than 5 or 6 years old.  The oldest children at the school now are in 3rd grade.  [b]SWS has never sent a child to middle school.[/b]

So....that is a complete unknown. [/quote]

This is not *completely* true. When SWS fed to the Cluster, kids from SWS for the most part did fine in Watkins first grade, although there were always some rumor/grumblings from Watkins teachers that a significant portion of SWS kids were not reading. By the time these kids finished first grade and up, I would say that they fell into the top third or higher of performance. I think that is dictated, however, almost entirely by the relatively high SES of SWS families for decades.[/quote]

Kids are innate learners and that's encouraged more than somewhat arbitrary benchmarks.  That said, most of the kids reach and exceed those benchmarks.  There are numerous kids reading and doing math multiple grade levels advanced for age and like any other school there some struggle to reach their level.  All of the kids get the appropriate focus from the school and the teachers are actively engaged with the families.

I'm a parent with an advanced learner and the school has the right focus and level of challenge.  it doesn't mean DC is sitting there bored, doing work that's too easy or being constrained.  If anything that may happen for advanced kids around K and early 1st when there's a wider range of developing skills.  There's a lot that parents can and should do to supplement and encourage independent learning in addition to classroom learning.  [/quote]

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