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My child is a 5th grader at Basis and had a blow to the ego.  We had a talk after grades came out in GP 1 that if DC can't handle being a C student at BASIS, we simply will put DC back in the IB elementary school (with all As).  Well, that did it.  DC was bored, miserable, and unhappy at the IB school and begged to stay at Basis.  We all realize that 70s at Basis is a 100 anywhere else. When GP 2 came around with more "disappointing" grades, we went out to ice cream to celebrate DC's "perfect" grades.  We have two rules: 1) no studying allowed (homework, yes, but no reviewing for tests since family time is more important); and 2) no morning "student hours" (sleep is more important).  I think that proved to DC that I simply don't care about grades.

I'm not staying Basis is the "end all and be all".  But, we have changed the dynamic in our house so the blow to the ego is taken in perspective now.  Our goal is for DC is to pass 5th grade with as low of grades as possible.  We always say "low grades & happy kids is better than high grades & unhappy kids."  We're managing to have great balance at Basis by choosing not to push for 90 club.[/quote]

At some schools, when a kid takes a high school level class, the grade is a part of the high school GPs no matter what grade the kid was in when he took the class. Does BASIS do this too?[/quote]

The BASIS high school courses are placed on the high school transcript and counted towards high school credits but are not included in the GPA.[/quote]

What's a HS course at basis in 5th grade?  None I know of.[/quote]

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