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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anonymous

Second year parent with DC in 6th who is fairly happy and does very well. No group work, very few projects. Do not send a non STEM kid there. Teachers are generally very good, admin not so much...

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I would not rule sending a non STEM child there who is doing reasonably well in school in general and do not hate math or science especially if they are going into 5th grade when starting BASIS. BASIS offers many different pathways for their math curricula and I think your average kid can do it but expect an adjustment period since there is 30 problems of math a night for about 4 times a week.  The school offer a lot of support in the math department as well with lots of teacher hours each week. In regards to science the school has numerous hours of instruction to gradually introduce the sciences which is again should be doable if your kid is willing to do the work.

I also think many kids think they hate math and science because they have had inadequate instruction in these and not enough practice. Kids need to master addition, subtraction, multiplication, long division, math facts, fractions, decimals, percents, and ratios/proportions to succeed in higher level math so if you try to get you child up to speed with Khan Academy and other math resources prior to BASIS that will make transition easier.

Also, the school offers a lot of non STEM courses such as fine arts, classics, Latin, modern foreign languages, language arts, literature,, history, etc. [/quote]

I am a PP that said don't send a non STEM oriented kid there. After 5th, you are taking 9 HOURS OF SCIENCE A WEEK! If you are an average student and not interested in science very much, you will NOT enjoy that. Please do not mislead people for the sake of boosting! It does NO ONE any good! [/quote]

I can see your point but don't you think that ruling out sciences in 4th grade is a little young to make such a decision especially when they have not been exposed to much science in all probability? Now if a student is struggling a lot in math, then I would hesitate sending them to BASIS since there are 30 problems a night. On the other hand a lot of students have been subjected to very poor fuzzy math instruction and may also struggle as a result so on e has to look at the big picture with your child.[/quote]

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