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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We sent our kids to APS all the way through 8th and then private Big3 HS.   Our kids did very well and had no issue coming from APS, they were well prepared.  But, our private HS experience was vastly different than our public school friend at W&L and Yorktown.  To each their own, but we were very happy for the children to experience the rigor of private for the HS years.  I would not send my kids to private ES and expect some big difference…unless I was at a not great ES or alternatively my kid had a lot of needs.  Just my two cents.  [/quote]

We found that middle school and the emphasis on executive function, planning, project work, reading of complete novels was very different between private and APS.  Lots of passage reading in APS for example, and novel reading was always readers choice vs assigned class novel that they all analyze and discuss[/quote]

I’m a NP - I’m a pretty “rigorous” parent, if we are reading full novels at home and home-teaching/pushing on executive functioning …. And they come out in the advanced PS classes and getting good grades - would Private make any difference, or just take the own off the parents?

Weighing the cost/benefits from leaning out from work a bit to focus on a public school kid, vs do I lean into work so I can promote while private school does this (and I can better afford)?[/quote]

NP and this was me - rigorous parent. The mental load of [i]not[/i] having to be as rigorous myself has been worth it for me and was part of the reason we switched. The school provides so many resources to ensure kids can succeed. I've heard it will get tough in math and science as the kids progress through high school because, yeah, publics have more resources there. But if that becomes an issue I'll deal with it then. Right now I'm just happy I'm no longer trying to give an entire language arts education to my late elementary school and middle school kids over the summers. Seriously - so much mental load off.[/quote]

Would you be willing to share which school your child attends or even a few schools that are similar? I am so tired of having to be so “rigorous” at home myself or wirh supplementing with things I think my kid should and is capable of doing. [/quote]

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