Cushings Academy

<p>Anyone have some thoughts on this school. I drove up to see it a few weeks ago. The town is not much but the campus looks great. I hear it`s has a good science program.</p>

<p>they got rid of their books… it’s all kindle now. you might like that, but that kind of ruled it out for me.</p>

<p>[A</a> library without the books - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/04/a_library_without_the_books/]A”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/04/a_library_without_the_books/)</p>

<p>I loved the school, but my d did not feel it would meet her academic needs. It is very artsy and a large number of asian-born students. The library issue didnt bother me as much as it does other parents. My kid loves holding her books, but she does so much of her work via on-line that part of the school was not a problem for us. (My d did online homeschooling for 3 years).</p>

<p>Of all the schools that we visited they were right on top for friendliness and being positive.</p>

<p>A large number of asian born students? what does that mean?</p>

<p>students from, china, japan, korea, vietnam, phillipines, taiwan</p>

<p>I think she was wondering why you seemed to imply this might be a negative thing. That is how it sounded.</p>

<p>Sorry it came across that way. It was a plus for us because my daughter is into japanese, chinese and the korean languages. She is planning to take a gap year in Asia and also a year abroad, somewhere in Asia, in college. We were looking at schools that could give her a cultural and language experience outside of the classroom.</p>

<p>I saw her comments as a plus too. I like having a lot of international students. I find all my Asian friends to be among the best students in a serious academic environment.</p>