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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strawberry Knoll Elementary - Gaithersburg - FARM school - Principal Scott is an incredible individual - really makes the parent feel like a partner in the process. All the students love him and you truly feel like he recognizes you and knows you personally as much as he knows your children personally. That attitude trickles down to a very caring and empathetic staff. Teachers do their best to ensure each student gets their needs met. FARM school so the class sizes are very small. With our students being a bit above average the small class size does help to get them the instructional tweaks to make sure its still a very enriching and challenging (in a healthy way) environment. Eldest child moved on to a CES program for 4th grade and next one up recieved the gifted and talented designation w.e that means. [/quote]

Where do you plan to send your kids for MS/HS?[/quote]

Great question. We are part of the Gaithersburg middle and high clusters which are nervous about. TBD on what we do though. Eldest has one more year at mill creek 5th grade CES this coming year. Cautiously hopeful for middle magnet selection but realize there are only so many spots available.

Part of thinks with our support at home our children can do well in most environments. Strawberry knoll was a pleasant surprise for us especially since our experience does not match their ranking. Will we we have the same experience with Gaithersburg middle and high? Maybe, maybe not. Eldest would do well in a homeschool co-op environment so that might be our back up if magnet falls through.

The next one is headed to 3rd so we have time to figure it out. Hopefully we can afford a private option by the time they need to go to middle school.

For highschool - TBD if we will follow the traditional experience or do something like hybrid Montgomery college/highschool program or Montgomery College/homeschool hybrid. Depends on what programs they will be targeting for university and post university and the specific requirements that may begin in and around highschool age.

We tend to be flexible and adaptive - each childs path will be different based on their needs. Anything is possible for them and I trust they will be okay if they have our strong foundational support (this includes emotional support as well) at home regardless of the middle or highschool they goto. [/quote]
I’m in East Village and our articulation is Goshen ES—Forest Oak MS—Gaithersburg HS. All three schools benefit from active PTAs with lots of traditions at ES. My kids are HS, but from swim team we know our experience is still valid at ES and MS. Loved Goshen. FOMS was a good experience, given that it’s middle school. GHS has been good so far - taking advantage of advanced classes and sports, solid neighborhood friends.[/quote]

Awesome that is reassuring to hear! Thank you![/quote]

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