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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is at Campbell, which is in some ways the anti-ATS, so I definitely don’t want all of APS to become more like ATS. In fact, I would likely leave if it were. But I don’t mind other people being able to choose homework and instruments and shirts tucked in if that’s what appeals to them, just like I got to choose nature and no homework and social-emotional learning.

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I really wish I understood Campbell a little bit better. It sort of flies under the radar. We are on the waitlist there. I reviewed the materials online including presentation, but I could not tell you what it's about really. We like rigor, but also like social emotional learning and nature. I'm surprised to see them painted as such opposites?  [/quote]

My kids are at ATS. ATS has great counselors and also focuses on social emotional learning. My 1st grader absolutely loves her counselor Ms Meydenbaur and absorbs so much of what she says. There is very little bullying and a lot of focus on kindness. I think it’s important to hear from parents who actually have their kids at ATS when discussing what actually happens in the school.

As for the school itself it’s the entire atmosphere. There is a focus on high expectations. Not just when it comes to academics but when it comes to behavior as well. That’s why it attracts parents with a foreign background such as myself because in general we tend to be stricter with our kids. There is a lot of focus on the arts - music, class plays etc. Teachers know what they are doing. Students who come from other schools who are behind get extra help until they have caught up. Too bad there isn’t a middle school with the same approach to expectations. [/quote]

What was the kindergarten team like? My child starting in fall. Did the counselor make good relations with kinder too? Very impressed with both of these things at our neighborhood school but hard to turn down a spot at ATS. [/quote]

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