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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another CMI parent here with a kid in an upper grade. Congrats to you, OP. Your DC will love school! As far as academics are concerned, it has become more rigorous in recent years. Remember there is still Common Core, so all kids have to learn the same basic things. Fractions, multiplication, and division are taught in all schools...CMI is no different. My child is challenged and loves school. Your child will too![/quote]

What grade?  My child is in 3rd and bored and when we look at what our friends are doing in their schools, CMI is way behind.  Of course, this year has been difficult.[/quote]

Hello friend! My child is in 3rd too, so we likely know one another well. We do supplement at home, but we'd be doing that wherever DC might attend. How can your child be bored with everything they're doing at school? Are they picking up on your parental angst? Do they overhear you complaining? None of the kids look bored when I've been in their classroom. This is elementary school after all. I think we all need to save some of this stress for middle school and high school.[/quote]

Hello to both of you!  And to the top PP, I know who you are and cannot understand why you constantly put down your children's school on DCUM, and spread false information, yet continue to come back year after year.  PS. Your children are lovely.

Also, I feel like posters are conflating different concepts when they talk about academics.  CMI does follow common core, but in contrast to other schools, does not have a heavy homework program for early elementary and also has a strong focus on the arts.  My DC complained about being bored in math at the beginning of the year, but after the kids were assessed was given more challenging work, and now at the end of 2nd grade is working on multiplication.  The class has a lot of enthusiastic readers, and many of them have each read the ENTIRE set of Harry Potter books (although the teacher mentioned to me that the class has an unusually large size of advanced readers).[/quote]

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