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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read on another thread that this school is for gifted boys. Is this correct?[/quote]
While there are undoubtedly gifted boys at SAAS, our DS goes there and we would not say he is gifted.  Very bright, hard-working, loves learning, and intellectually curious is how I would describe him and many of his classmates.  The school is a wonderful environment for smart boys who want to put in the hard work to succeed at SAAS.  But for all the academic rigor, the school is not a pressure cooker, the school encourages fun, and there's lots of support.  [/quote]
Frequently get homework assigned on weekends, meaning when school is out, a new assignment will show up through email on a Saturday that is due next school day. Typically have 3-4 hours of homework for middle school-this is ongoing throughout the school year. [/quote]
I've had one boy go all the way through SAAS MS and another go partway through and I don't think either ever had three hours of homework in a night, certainly not four. I suppose YMMV, but I'd expect an hour or two each night.[/quote]
3-4 hours of nightly homework in middle school is true and the usual. Has been a problem with teacher assigning homework on the weekends and after hours-meaning it pops up in their assignments, but not told about during class time. Yes, typically half a day or so of homework every weekend as well. Lots of it is busy work and memorization in non essential subjects. [/quote]
The late-assigned homework thing has happened once or twice in the several years I've had boys in the Abbey middle school. There is some memorization (mostly poems and play lines, plus definitions of scientific terms and, of course, foreign language vocabulary), but nothing I'd consider "busy work." Which assignments meet your definition of "busy work"? I also don't think my boys ever have had a three-hour homework night. Maybe three hours total over Friday/Saturday/Sunday, but never anything close on a Monday-Thursday.[/quote]

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