The good and bad about private schools is that they have the flexibility to design courses based upon demand.

Unfortunately, it is hard to know if your grade or maybe the grade above you (and below you) has enough advanced kids such that they will offer options for post-Calculus classes. You cannot rely on the course catalogue, because that just reflects courses they may have offered in the past, but may not offer currently or in the future. Again, depends on how much student interest.

We toured SFS several years back and asked about a number of advanced Math and STEM classes in the catalogue (which is what got us excited). Upon questioning, we then found out that those classes had not been offered in years because there was not enough current student demand.

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Anonymous wrote:Private school generally excel at writing instruction not math and science. And being a strong writer has its advantages.

I don't know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

Is it ?

The "not math and science" part is a myth.

We'll never know now because the privates are dropping APs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school generally excel at writing instruction not math and science. And being a strong writer has its advantages.

I don't know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

Is it ?

The "not math and science" part is a myth.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school generally excel at writing instruction not math and science. And being a strong writer has its advantages.

I don't know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

Is it ?

I don’t know if its generally true or not that private school has better writing instruction, but having done both, it definitely was in our case.

Our public is very good with writing skills. What they lacked early on was spelling, grammar and traditional math (especially text books). For an average child in math, any school is fine. Most privates don't start kids in Algebra till later.

That is the point though -- starting Algebra later does not mean they are not good at math and science. Many would argue just the opposite. My kids were accelerated in public school and had terrible teachers and were basically teaching themselves. My DC in private school is going at a normal pace and is much stronger at math for it - he's being taught better, not faster, and may be the one who ends up a math major.

Nysmith or Basis. Esp at the k-8 solid foundation. All the basics and subjects are well covered plus the specials.

At the 9-12 grades you could do public or any private, as they will craft small 4-10 person classes for advanced math or science. iF you child and you advocate for it. Robotics club is a biggie too, in all Hs and upper schools

NYSmith

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school generally excel at writing instruction not math and science. And being a strong writer has its advantages.

I don't know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

Is it ?

I don’t know if its generally true or not that private school has better writing instruction, but having done both, it definitely was in our case.

Our public is very good with writing skills. What they lacked early on was spelling, grammar and traditional math (especially text books). For an average child in math, any school is fine. Most privates don't start kids in Algebra till later.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school generally excel at writing instruction not math and science. And being a strong writer has its advantages.

I don't know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

Is it ?

I don’t know if its generally true or not that private school has better writing instruction, but having done both, it definitely was in our case.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school generally excel at writing instruction not math and science. And being a strong writer has its advantages.

I don't know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

Is it ?

Basis

Anonymous wrote:Private school generally excel at writing instruction not math and science. And being a strong writer has its advantages.

I don't know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

Private school generally excel at writing instruction not math and science. And being a strong writer has its advantages.

Why not go public? Public offeres a lot more choices bc there are wide range of kids

All schools have strong math and science programs. It's high school, not college where you are looking to major in it and do research.

Which schools have the strongest math & science programs for the average student? My DD is not a genius, but I want her to be well prepared if she chooses that path in college.