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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We toured WES and absolutely loved it. However, the emphasis on multi-day class trips in the middle school years (to far away places like Utah, Italy, France) gave us pause. While I'm sure these experiences are wonderful for the kids and a selling point for many families, our anxious kid doesn't even like to sleep over at his grandparent's house. Who knows - maybe he would rise to the challenge and embrace the adventure. But the more likely outcome is that he would worry for months leading up to each trip, we would do our best to prepare him, and he still might not be able to go. Can anyone with direct experience comment on how their kids - including non-adventurous ones - feel about the trips? [/quote]

I think you are probably overthinking the trips. The kids really like the trips and they are a good bonding experience, but I won’t choose WES either way based on them. Unless you have a child that is very unusually anxious (not just a run of the mill shy kid or homebody) it will likely be fine. Every kid in both of my kids grades enjoyed them to my knowledge. It’s a smallish group in each grades of kids that know each well and they go with teachers that they know so it isn’t as daunting as it might sound in the abstract. If you like the school otherwise, I’m sure the trips will turn out fine and your kid will enjoy them.[/quote]

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