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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those with questions about BSI...
This year, it ran parallel to the SYEP program and began the last week in June and ended the first week in August. Students participating in SYEP did the first and last week online so they could get paid. Students just attending BSI did the four week in-person program only. This was in July. The application for SYEP opens in January I believe. If your child will be 14 by the summer, do the application. You select the placement later. The school sends out info about BSI toward the end of the school year.

My DD is very introverted, but BSI was a good experience. While their middle school sent a lot of kids to Banneker, they now have a peer group outside of thr kids they went to middle school with.

My DD was a straight A student throughout middle school and scored in the 99th percentile on the DC CAPE ELA test for all of middle school. They are super bright. We applied to Walls but marked Banneker as the #1 choice. I'm fairly secure in that choice so far. I've had students who've attended both schools and done very well. Both sets of students are often over-prepared for the early years of college.

Banneker is a lot of work. I think some of it is busy work, but "it's practice!" (Shout out to Allen Iverson). The best thing we did is that we didn't wait for the school to provide agenda books for the students. We purchased one the first week of classes and check in to make sure it is being used correctly and consistently. That has been helpful in managing the workload. I also memorized the class schedule (extra, I know), and ask about classes, in order, every day. The kid knows these questions are coming and is prepared.

I know this was crazy long, but I hope it is helpful. [/quote]

Thank you for that information. My child is very keen on being able to get away for the summer from DC and we have been able to do that. Having to be in class for four weeks would be a major point of contention. If your DD had not done that, do you believe she would have not been able to follow in class as easily? I guess it would be interesting to know what you mean by "good experience" and how relevant that was for later work.[/quote]

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