<p>what did you think of the campus?</p>
<p>Dorms?</p>
<p>Did you visit the classroom?</p>
<p>did the students seem happy to be there?</p>
<p>Were the classes you visited interesting?</p>
<p>Did the students seem engaged.</p>
<p>Did the teacher just stand and lecture or did they engage the class?</p>
<p>Did they us media (PowerPoint, internet on projector…)</p>
<p>did the students look happy?</p>
<p>Stonybrook School:</p>
<p>I got to visit several classrooms myself and a local Asian
woman went together. (she did tour St Andrew’s De and said it was great)</p>
<p>We both agreed that the kids seemed so bored.</p>
<p>(My D would be miserable she likes answering/asking questions
if the majority of the class is non engaging I think it would wear off on her)</p>
<p>I went to at least 7 classes and all but one teacher was just standing in front of the class talking. (1 was using PowerPoint)</p>
<p>And only 2 or so students of 15 were engaged per class visit. </p>
<p>What happened to PowerPoints, and interactive
teaching. Especially if the students are bored. </p>
<p>I went to a spanish and french class and the teachers were just reading out of the textbook. And the kids looked so bored =(</p>
<p>My D’s public school spanish teacher is Da Boom (great) she has the kids doing all kinds of interactive activities and the kids are learning.</p>
<p>It could have just been a bad day (but how do you have a bad day on tour day). I’ve only toured one other school so far. </p>
<p>asheville school </p>
<p>There many students greeted you as they passed. </p>
<p>When you opened a door the students let the adults come in or go out first.</p>
<p>Many more students there were engaged in the classroom.</p>
<p>Asheville seemed more structured and precise with the daily routine and the kids just seemed happier.</p>
<p>StonyBrook’s application was 1 page. St. Andrew’s DE and Asheville
I had to write an essay about my D and she had to write
essays…</p>
<p>Making me think they were really trying to see who the child was.
Besides I have gotten so many good reports on Asheville/St Andrews DE.</p>
<p>this messageboard was very informative consistently said great things about Asheville/StAndrew’s but said Stonybrook School who?</p>
<p>I am sure that the students from
Stonybrook are academically challenged and go on to great futures. </p>
<p>But I saw nothing special there for my D</p>
<p>We did not apply or interview.</p>