Reply to What is Burgundy Farm Country Day Community/Administration Like?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "What is Burgundy Farm Country Day Community/Administration Like? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]The lack of differentiation is a feature not a bug at Burgundy. The lack of differentiation for advanced students was an issue in the early years. DC was an early reader and 1st-3rd was a test of patience.  Teachers consistently emphasized social development when we brought up academic achievement. While it was frustrating to DC then, I think it made DC a far better team player and developed strong skills for class discussions and group projects in high school.

But, the situation was very different in middle school.  The math classes are paced very differently, but the algebra teacher is very focused on building a strong foundation and does not like accelerating the content. Many students going on to public high schools breeze through geometry over the summer before 9th to "catch up" with the public middle schoolers who took it in 8th grade. My DC found algebra II at a private super easy because the math foundation was so strong and so much had been covered at Burgundy. And, we felt the English teachers handled the variation in abilities well.  Science is not differentiated at all. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics