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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to be obnoxious and say that I just don't give a sh*t about all the anti-technology opinions. My kid is achieving more and feeling more success and happiness at DCI than I ever thought he would in his life. This place has changes his life. I, and I suspect the overwhelming majority of the current parents will, fight anyone who attempts to stymie this. Just go somewhere else. It all this blows up in our faces down the road then you can just bask in your own gloat. Until then, why the hell do you care?[/quote]

Maybe we could start a new thread about DCI? I'm not anti-technology, I'm interested in DCI because I'm at a DCI feeder and we do not get much info about DCI and I don't know people at DCI.

I'm so very glad to hear that the place has changed his life! Was he at a feeder? What is great about it. Would LOVE to hear![/quote]

Short answer: the independence, autonomy and respect given to them is huge. The Approaches to Learning (ATL) class seemed silly to me until I realized that this is at the core of my DS's success. They do twice weekly checkins with their advisors (the ATL teacher) where they discuss school work, friendships, home life, etc.. They learn and model the school wide approach to restorative justice, which is difficult to explain so I won't attempt it. The kids choose a lunch club that is different for each day of the week. Some of the options I recall are Farm to Table, model UN, sustainability, Chinese conversation club, dog walking, skateboarding, basketball, paining debate, NASA club, ... but there are probably well over a dozen more. This is to say that the kids have the community within their ATL with a permanent advisor who looks after their well being and meta-cognitive stuff, then they have these daily less formal communities from which to choose.

This is JUST the social-emotional stuff. The academics are another great story :)[/quote]

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