Student Groupings

Age is often a good starting point when deciding how to place students in a group situation. However, students of the same age are not necessarily at the same place academically, socially, or emotionally. After six years, we have come to the conclusion that a two-year age range works best for the more academic classes, and a two- to four-year age range for the enrichment classes.

We advise parents not to be too quick to automatically think their child should be in an older group. A child's emotional and social needs are just as important as his or her academic needs. Our small class sizes usually allow us to challenge most students. We rely on our teachers to make group change recommendations.