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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I'm disappointed, but not surprised, to learn that Deal only tracks for math, and will indefinitely from the sounds of it.  I say this because the "differentiated learning within the classroom approach" has worked less well for us with each passing year of elementary school as the gap between the kids who struggle (yes, mostly low-SES and AA, but certainly not all) and the advanced kids (yes, mostly white or Asian and high-SES, but certainly not all) grows.  My older child read all the Harry Potter books in the 3rd grade, where she sat alongide a few kids who struggled to read chapter books.  Since tracking for subjects other than math is almost certainly what it's going to take this particular child to be consistently challenged, it doen't sound like Deal would be good fit.  And I can't feel enthusiastic about the sounds of the non-academic facilities at Basis.  I'd really like a school with at least a gym and a stage/auditorium.

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This.  Lord help us.
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Just to chime in, not as a booster, but as someone facing the same calculus.  Washington Latin is going to have these facilities you desire along with an acre  or two of playing fields starting next year.  It is a school full of kids who were all reading Harry Potter in third grade and most of whom will be in Algebra I in 7th grade.  Besides those really basic points, the curriculum and classical education models are enriching in profound ways.  Teachers are asking kids as young as 5th grade to answer deep questions about themselves and the world around them and apply the answers to the real world.  The academic.expectations are sky high. My DC in 6th is taking a vociferous class that we all would have taken as college freshman and the kids love it.  He is taking an exam today that is three essay questions, a welcome relief from multiple choice.  I am highly optimistic that we will be at Latin through high school and if not, I wouldn't want my kid at middle school anywhere else.  And, by the way, if you apply in 5th grade, the trend is that every student who applies has been offered a spot by the beginning of the school year. [/quote]

Also note, original poster, that Washington Latin offers Chinese starting in 8th grade.[/quote]

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