One would asume with low class sizes that a school could accomodate the needs of all students who are admitted. Unfortunately, this is not the case at Galloway. Either a child is capable of going at the extremely fast pace that is set or the child is left behind. Instruction is not individualized and instruction does not occur in flexible homogeneous groupings. The entire emphasis is on gettting to the end of the book as quickly as possible so they can move on to the next level book. This is poor instruction. The school is HIGHLY competitive! Everything is a contest or about a contest. My child is so stressed out that they cry almost weekly about their work. I feel the school is robbing my child of their childhood. If your child is gifted (ALREADY) you will probably have a positive experience at Galloway; however, if you are expecting the school to actually take your child from where they are and move them forward by the process of quality instruction, this is not the place for you. The school has many awards and accolades, but I have discovered that many of them are solicited by the school and most quality private schools do not participate in PSIA, which they are quite proud of winning every year. Also, they have plaques in the entry for Daughters of the American Revolution. They have a winning student every year. I looked the contest up and winners come from each chapter of the organization. There are four chapters in Friendswood alone. I highly suspect that one of those chapters has Galloway as the only school submitting papers for the competition.
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