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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:

2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews

2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)

Crap!  I have an interview next week!  This is very concerning.  Thank you so much for sharing it.  That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave.  I appreciate the heads up.  Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)

The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school.  The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.[/quote][/quote]

Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled. [/quote]

The school will be fine if you only care about math and science academics and are willing to ignore the management circus.[/quote]

Who cares only about math and science in HS???? The answer should be no one.  Should we have rigorous math and science education?  Yes.  Should that come at the expense of humanities?  No.  Physics and math branched out of philosophy.  Give me (and my kids) a broad, classical HS education every day of the week.  I understand people think STEM is the future.  Maybe, maybe not. But if it is, college or grad school is the time to do a deep dive to the exclusion of humanities, not HS. [/quote]

The humanities at BIM will be AP, AP, AP, AP, and more AP with the exception of senior Capstone courses that are meant to be a fun elective once the real schoolwork - AP scores! - is out of the way.

That means students learn the humanities as an endless process of digesting large amounts of material and regurgitating it acceptably for a standardized test grading rubric.

Grind, grind, grind, that's the BASIS way. Anything else you want or need, go find it outside school.[/quote]

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