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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you say that WES is nurturing? What happens if kids can't keep up with the challenging curriculum? Is there flexibility, individual accommodations?

What emphasis does the school place on character development? Good manners, being nice, no bullying etc?

TIA for responses. [/quote]

I'm not the same person who has been responding to these questions already.  Here's my take.  There's an emphasis on values education and kindness.  Bullying is not something that's an issue at this school.  I haven't heard of a single occurence in our 5 years years there.  These kids are kind to each other.

As for nurturing, I can tell you that DS has "loved" (his word) his teachers during his first years at WES, and still stops to hug them in the hallway.  They helped him overcome some personal insecurities in a way that we'll always be grateful for.  Those women are exceptional educators and they genuinely care about their students.

Re individual accommodations, DS' class gets split up for language arts and math -- with several levels to meet each student's needs.  The teacher does that quietly -- for the longest time, I wasn't sure what "level" my child was in compared to the others.  I just knew that he was on track with those in his group and that he was learning.  I appreciated the school's careful handling of that, even when I figured out that he was in the most advanced groups.   I imagine that if your child falls outside of what seems to be a wide range of abilities, then you'll find that out in the admissions process.   
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