Screen free options for K-5ish?

[Anonymous]

Are there any private schools in DC that are screen free (at least until middle)? Or very very minimal screen use?

School names + grades and any specific feedback you can share would be much appreciated. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Aidan Montessori
Butler Montessori
Fernwood Montessori

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Christ Episcopal School

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River School in DC

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St. Jerome Academy K-8

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Waldorf

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Are the options this limited? WOW!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any private schools in DC that are screen free (at least until middle)? Or very very minimal screen use?

School names + grades and any specific feedback you can share would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Bullis
SAES (has ipads for each class, but limited use)
SSFS

Most schools use it for some classes, but no more than 30-45 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the options this limited? WOW!

Yep! Outside of Montessori and Waldorf, which explicitly avoids screens in elementary grades, most schools have embraced technology. We had a very good experience at Potomac Crescent Waldorf School a few years ago. SSFS and Burgundy Farm, which both incorporate a good amount of outdoor education, use a lighter touch but do not reject technology. Classical Christian schools are also much more traditional with textbooks, penmanship and cursive, and back-to-basics approach, etc (but you’d need to be comfortable with the religious aspect to education).

[Anonymous]

NPS goes through 6th, no phones on campus, tech classes start minimally in 2nd and no Google classroom til 6th.

[Anonymous]

Try parochial Catholic! We love ours and there’s almost no tech

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Anonymous wrote:NPS goes through 6th, no phones on campus, tech classes start minimally in 2nd and no Google classroom til 6th.

Children start working on the computer/ipad for some assignments including longer written assignments or presentations by 4th, dreambox math is assigned, smart boards/videos etc. It's not screen free. Yes, no phones on campus and it's not excessive. Actually wish keyboarding skills were taught more in school.

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Anonymous wrote:Are the options this limited? WOW!

Keep in mind a lot of schools rapidly shifted to tech-heavy usage during and just after the initial pandemic period, and many did not fully return to what they had been doing prior, but kept more technology integrated in classrooms at an earlier age than previously. Put k8 expanded Chromebook use down two or three grades at that time and never pulled it back.

[Anonymous]

^Our k8, not “put” k8. Typo, sorry.

[Anonymous]

Brookewood in Kensington K-12 is screen free. Again, you have to be comfortable with Catholic education.