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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whittle parent here : Just finishing up what has been a fantastic year for my middle schooler. There is an enormous amount of misinformation on this thread. The school got off to a rocky start. Teachers are awesome but the systems were not in place and the communication with parents was lacking. But the responsiveness of the administration to any issue raised has been great and the actual academics have been rigorous interesting and truly multi disciplinary. We started the year hopeful and skeptical and we are ending it very happy. The inaugural group of kids are very tight and proud to be part of the school. [b]It’s truly a different approach than standard education a[/b]nd the expectations on the kids are high. [/quote]

What does a different approach mean in practice? Could you give us some examples? [/quote]

Different approach is what is marketed but execution failed miserably.  I know many teachers as well as students who are NOT returning.  And expectations are high? Completely false.  Just ask what really happens during advisory? Or during acceleration.  Too many watching YouTube or playing games.  Yep, your kid LOVED it probably because you don’t know what they really did during these so called individualized learning times.  Nothing was as so wonderfully described in their very high end marketing books.  And interdisciplinary project based learning?  It was slapped together in two weeks for the first exhibition.  Embarrassing and so disappointing.  So few clubs and the ones that did exist were so poorly run or very poorly attended.  And the language program?  Chinese was ok but that should be a given.  We heard the Spanish was a joke.  With so few students in each grade/ level they couldn’t meet the needs of all the students in that track.  This school has a LONG way to go before putting out a solid education that they market so well. [/quote]

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