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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We applied to Beauvoir K which is pretty competitive because they only admit 21 kids that grade. We were coming from a no-name, church-based preschool.  We had no connections and no hooks.  We were full pay.

Our son had a great experience at Beauvoir.  He loved the experiential learning and the freedom the kids were given.  We were happy with Th reading differentiation, but thought there could have been more math differentiation. Bottom line, he was so happy, had awesome teachers, got incredible playtime and recess, used his imagination a lot. Learning was fun and playful.

He transitioned to STA with no issues, although he did not like the roteness of the homework in C Form. He usually finished his homework in 30-40 minutes. That was still a significant bump from the 10-15 minutes of homework at Beauvoir. I’m not counting the 20 min of reading Beauvoir assigned, because DS did not consider that homework.

STA is not playful. It’s rigorous and dry - more intensively academic. Some of the schools make this shift earlier - Sidwell, GDS, etc.  i’m Grateful DS had a longer childhood. Thank you, Beauvoir, for that.  [/quote]

You just articulated one of the key reasons we picked beauvoir over other options. Life is long. Childhood is short.

That's not to say we don't also like the education. Reading differentiation has been great, and with one kid still there, I can speak to the fact that math differentiation has also been very good (and increasing all the time). But it’s still joyful and whimsical for the kids all the way through. Also, I know views differ on this, but our family liked that the kids are exposed to difficult issues in empowering ways, but never in ways that push a child to take on more emotionally than he or she can personally handle. So if a child is really interested in climate change, they will support that interest in every subject—right down to books the librarian suggests or projects the science teacher introduces. But if a subject scares a child or a child isn’t emotionally ready for a subject, the school is sensitive to that too, and they’re very good about looping in the families in these areas (and others).  In our view, it’s a good balance.

It’s not perfect (no place is), but it’s been really good at making school and learning a happy, integral part of our kids’ childhood. [/quote]

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