Tabor Academy

<p>Hello, I'm posting on behalf of my still young daughter. She's only entering fourth grade, so we have plenty of time to decide which school. I'm trying to gather information now and already have ideas in my head before 7th grade.</p>

<p>My daughter is very bright, speaks 3 languages fluently, and most likely will be learning another language based on our next country that we will be living in. Her passions include sailing and springboard diving.</p>

<p>I'm looking for a school that is more then sports but it doesn't have to be for the very brighest.</p>

<p>Is Tabor an okay school? Or is it merely a sports boarding school that pretends to do academics? I'm not trying to knock the school, it's just that I haven't seen anyone else post about it.</p>

<p>Thanks
4th grade mom</p>

<p>wow. when i was in fourth grade my mom's worries were that private school would be too tiresome for me (waking up at like 6, i mean)</p>

<p>im pretty sure there are a cuople threads about tabor, because i've seen them not too long ago (as in the past month or so), so search that up</p>

<p>and i know groton's good for 8th graders. the amount of students are very small, and it's a very good academically challenging place. it's a reach, but im pretty sure if your daughter's into the whole boarding school study thing, it's worth a shot</p>

<p>on a side note, THREE LANGUAGES? lol</p>

<p>Her 3 languages include Russian, French and English. She will probably learn a lot of Arabic over the next 3 years based on where we will be living. This is not an exageration nor an overstatement. We live overseas and vacation in the U.S.</p>

<p>It's good to think about this early because time can fly when they are young. However, I think it's too early to make a match between your daughter and a school. Both can change over 4-5 years, especially your daughter. My suggestion to you is to drive through some schools when you visit the US. When she is in 7th grade, some schools will allow you to tour from around mid-April to around mid-May without also interviewing. You can finalize your list that way, but you would need to return in the fall to tour and interview. </p>

<p>I recently did some college tours with my rising 11th grader. At a prominent university, I was surprised to see a mini-bus load of middle school Korean boys also on tour. To me, that was early. </p>

<p>I second the suggestion of searching for "Tabor" on this forum. I've been to the town that Tabor is in, and it is lovely. Congratulations on having such a talented daughter!</p>

<p>No, no, no, Tabor will never do. Tabor actually lets kids BE kids.</p>

<p>You need to set her up in a school that will really push her to her limits -- it will do SO much for your (oops, I mean HER) self-esteem!</p>

<p>And, by the way, GET A LIFE.</p>

<p>Why have you waited until the child is in 4th grade to begin this search?
That is simply negligence, and you should be ashamed.</p>

<p>And, let me just add that maybe you should let the little polyglot play this summer before sending her off to pre-med camp next year...</p>

<p>Well, some of these comments seem a bit harsh to unleash on a new member....</p>

<p>Yeah guys....
I would like to say welcome!!!!!
I personally know nothing about Tabor, but remember to keep your mind open about other schools.
Good Luck.
Ps.
dont worry about the "forth grade" thing my dad started looking when i was born so ur ok
:)
Peace.
Good Luck!!!!</p>

<p>Wow like really FLUENT in three languages????
I feel jealous......after this Im going to go work on my gammer for German. lol</p>

<p>Tabor was one of the boarding schools my older sister looked into.
My parents said I revisited with them too but I dont remember. lol
Even though she decided not to go to Tabor and stayed in N.Y.C
she liked the school a lot.</p>

<p>Well good luck in your search.</p>

<p>And people have called ME RUDE and MEAN look at yourselves.</p>

<p>lol I've never called you RUDE and MEAN. lol</p>

<p>lol</p>

<p>cdgni -- welcome to the board, sorry for the harsh comments from a few posters. You can certainly be interested in boarding schools not matter what grade your child is in.</p>

<p>I would suggest that you visit a few boarding schools when you vacation in the US. At this point, just getting an idea of what one is like is really about all you can do -- you have quite a few years to go and kids change dramatically through those middle school years.</p>

<p>Yeah yeah......</p>

<p>For an old man you sure lol a lot. lol</p>

<p>lol. I'll have you know that due to semi-clean living, a great wife, nice kids and being really, really rich I feel like I'm in my early to mid 40's. </p>

<p>To make it up to the OP, the funster will PM her and direct her to the WBTY Indices website, and will waive my referral fee.</p>

<p>Feel better?</p>

<p>oh, be quiet, fun is fun.
cdni, there is nothing wrong with gathering information early but making anything close to a decision wouldn't be wise. A broad search is fine, but looking at specific schools...it's just too soon. by the time she's 13, she might completely abandon sailing and be a highly competitive lacrosse player. Or whatever.
I'd say 6th is the very earliest you can consider specific schools.</p>

<p>Im going to call fun is fun 'old man" from now on.
Do you have an alter ego you like to show on here old man? lol</p>

<p>Call me anything you like, just don't call me late for cocktails.</p>

<p>The funster is trying to find a word for a post looking for advice for a boarding school for a "forth" grader. It's on the tip of his tongue, it's right there, wait, it's coming to him. Oh yeah, there it is: ridiculous.</p>

<p>I think you've scared away the OP. By the way, OP, unless you're speaking Russian and French at home, your daughter may forget those languages during the few years you are in the Middle East. She may want to try to pick up those languages again in high school, so you might look at the few schools which still offer Russian. Not many do.
I know that the things I was REALLY, REALLY into in 4th grade are not the same as what I'm focused on now. My choice of sports totally changed and what I looked for in a school is different, too. Why not relax and enjoy your kid while she's still a kid.</p>

<p>The old man is one cranky dude.</p>

<p>Leanid, "Tabor actually lets kids BE kids?"</p>

<p>That sounds promising. Could you elaborate?</p>