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[quote=Anonymous]Long-time Holton parent here. The lower school is wonderful. Full stop. Nurturing, challenging, supportive. I'd recommend it to anyone.

The middle school and upper school, less so. Definitely a pressure cooker, and without getting into the endless debate on DCUM I'll just say that we're among the large group of families who think the school has gone downhill since Penny arrived. Beloved faculty members have left, the classes have gotten larger, and the previous focus on social-emotional learning has really fallen to the wayside. Holton is competitive, there's lots of mean girl behavior, and meaningful student support is lacking after lower school. Especially after lower and middle school, it's hard to be a non-blonde, non-athlete, non-straight-A student.

You asked about world languages in middle school: our experience has been terrible. So many new students come in 5th, 6th, and 7th that the girls have been doing Spanish 1 for three-four years. The classes are mix of kids who are fluent (went to immersion school) and kids who've never taken a day of Spanish class before. It's been a real source of frustration for my daughter who loves Spanish.
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