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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in the RM cluster, my kids are in elementary. We moved here for the schools from Silver Spring where we were paying for a private school, and two years in I couldn't be happier with my decision.

I love how the curriculum connects the kids to the broader world and concepts within in. They are learning to be global citizens, which is tremendously important to me as a first generation American with strong ties to my parents' home country and friends around the world.

I love how they are embedding practical things in the curriculum. To learn about local governments, the role of city councils, citizen voice, and budget trade-offs as a third grader?? That was stuff I learned in high school. My Kindergardner came home talking about empathy -- that is awesome and 100% in sync with my value system.

I love how they are not doing drills and rote memorization, but learning about math holistically. I remember being drilled on times table, my kid is decomposing and composing and learning to solve problems multiple ways. The challenge word problems on homework sheets are really neat and I enjoy seeing my kid solve them.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE some of the teachers who pour their heart and soul into teaching my kids. There are some who are so good, and truly have inspired my kids to excel.

I love that I can read class lists and say "Indian, Korean, Russian, Serbian, Armenian, Latin American, Nigerian, Irish, German, etc." when I see the names. That is the essence of America. And my kids are so fortunate to be exposed to such diversity of ideas, cultures, and values.

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