Hampshire Country
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hampshirecountry@monad.net
Typical Strengths & Positive Qualities
| Intellectual Abilities: HCS students are typically of high ability as measured on standardized tests or demonstrated in areas such as: | |||
Unusual fund of factual knowledge |
Fascination with history or some other subject |
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Extensive Reading |
Unusual math aptitude |
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Prolific writer |
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In addition to their intellectual abilities, the following qualities often characterize Hampshire Country School students: |
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Caring |
Wants to please |
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Likes “mental” competition such as strategy games and trivia contests |
Likes and is liked by those much older and much younger |
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Compulsively honest |
Wants to make friends |
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Good sense of humor |
Likes imaginative play |
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“Good heart” |
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Students with any of the following difficulties are not appropriate candidates for Hampshire Country School :
Any use of or experimentation with alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs
Illegal, delinquent or criminal behavior
Need for forceful consequences in order to control serious misbehavior