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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. We're OK w/Wash Latin for middle school but would also prefer a test-in program. We compensate for the way weak and middling students slow down classes down by supplementing to the tune of almost 10K a year. This is Latin's dirty little secret, no shortage of affluent parents paying for extra lessons, tutors, pricey academic summer camps and so forth. We plan to move onto a more academic HS, probably Walls, maybe a private. Yea, it's the best we can do because we live on the Hill and can't afford privates all the way up....

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Can you further elaborate on how you supplement?  We are thinking about taking this route (albeit not with a child at Latin but at another public MS), and we're trying to wrap our heads around what it looks like both in terms of what actually is provided, how it meshes with schoolwork and how it impacts a child's weekly schedule (i.e., how does it fit in with everything else).[/quote]

Child is in 7th grade, works mostly at 9th grade level. Girl can do her HW in under an hour, so we add an hour of more challenging work each school night.  We supplement on-line mainly with Khan Academy for math, but also Stanford EPGY for literature/writing. Stanford not cheap but excellent. Been doing Johns Hopkins CTY camps (3 weeks/summer) at Alexandria site since age 8. She had to take SAT to enroll in CTY this year, cleared cut-off (in 500s). Sending her to CTY sleepover in New England this time. We did SAT prep on-line to prepare for application. We hire HW supervisor/buddy college student, 90 minutes/evening and several hours on Saturdays (generally for directed museum visit) and she takes Spanish weekend classes in VA. Couldn't use Latin without these supports - kid would complain and space out. Not sure we'll return in the fall, debating. We could afford a private that likely wouldn't add challenge, but not a top one like Sidwell, Maret, NCS. Hoep that helps. [/quote]

Wow. No words. This is more than just supplementing.[/quote]

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