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Pupsiecola, right now the school is in a foundation campus, but that is changing next year. The school is still quite small compared to a lot of other schools, but it is growing. Things are a bit separated at the current campus, but next year the design will be better and the younger kids will be mo...

My six year old is in grade one, and they learn reading in kindergarten and simple math in kindergarten. If by this point in the school year she was having difficulty reading at grade level or was having trouble with math, which now is adding up to 100, telling time, counting coins, measuring and su...

You are welcome. My friend who has her daughter there really likes the school. The director sent her an update on how her daughter was doing on her first day, and they were really thoughtful updates that made her feel better. My friend is American too.

I completely agree. My six year old does swimming and art after school. She gets too tired at the end of the day to do much academically. I would only do "enrichment" if she were struggling and needed a tutor. Fortunately this is not a challenge we have. I agree with Nutnut, it seems to be mostly lo...

At our school they are optional. I think they are at the others. At our school, kids can't do them until they are 5-6 years old, the younger grades can't participate. Also, ours has an optional half day program for nursery and pre-k that gets out at 12:30. They don't have to do full day until KG1, w...

I am a parent at SAIS. I think the comparison is that SAS is more established, SAIS is a newer school. It really depends on the family and the child as to what works for you. SAIS is currently much smaller, and the parent community is quite active. It has a small school feel where you can get to kno...

My friend has her four year old at White Lodge and loves it.

I can't comment on the SA standards, but I think it is worthwhile to consider how they would be placed when and if you return. If you advance them, there will probably be no problem with them returning to whatever grade they would have been in had you stayed put. If you hold them back, they may be p...

You say you are relocating with kids, don't forget about schools! If you plan to send your kids to an international school, fees can run around $25,000/year, plus $3500 or so per kid in application fees. Parents I know who didn't think to or were unable to negotiate the fees into their package strug...

We booked in advance, too. We did month to month, because we didn't know when we would find a permanent home. The one we rented allowed pets (Orchard Scotts).

It depends on the school, how many kids are on their route, and how far they travel. Mine get on the bus at 7:50 and return at 4. If they do an after school activity they get home at 4:50.

I have heard great things about the KG2 teachers, and friends I have with kids in other grade one classes are all quite happy. We haven't had any issues with the for profit aspect. We have not had any trouble getting any resources we need. In fact, I'd say the fact that it is for profit from a large...

That is interesting. I do know they adjust the homework for the individual kids. Have you tried asking the teacher for more challenging homework?

Just a suggestion, can you transfer to SAIS? I have a friend who transferred her daughter from AIS to SAIS for the exact same reasons you mention. She had one child at each, and they were initially planning to transfer the other to AIS but the younger one was too overwhelmed at AIS. She says she is ...

We have two grade three girls in our condo, and the parents seem very happy with the school. Another of my friends has four kids at school, two are in my kids grades, two older. One is in grade three. She is extremely happy with school, we talk about how much better it is at SAIS than our home schoo...