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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems that schools like Sidwell, GDS, and STA don’t allow differentiation until 9th.[/quote]
I have a hard time believing that this statement is 100 percent true.[/quote]
I don't know about Sidwell or GDS, but STA does not offer any differentiation until 7th and that's just honors math and choosing your language. There is honors Spanish in 9th and honors chemistry in 10th. However, there are a lot of choices that junior and senior year.[/quote]

It is correct that there isn't much differentiation in 9th and 10th (although in addition to math and language, they identified a cohort to do AP Chemistry in 10th last year).  In fact, I think the school is extremely uncomfortable with kids who have advanced beyond a year or so of their peers.  I don't want to spell out too many details about our own situation, but you should not plan on putting a 4th grader in Algebra at STA despite the fact that there are brilliant boys at the school.[/quote]
I know that STA has let 2 8th graders do honors Geometry in the past few years, but that is only for special cases. They have a placement test for new freshmen and there are always a few who go above Algebra 2. [/quote]

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