Sports-focused schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bishop Sycamore.

Are you jokin?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Sycamore_High_School_scandal

I assumed it was a troll response for a troll thread.

[Anonymous]

Ski academies do this like Killington Mountain School but I don’t know about anything like that around here. The St James thing looks awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ski academies do this like Killington Mountain School but I don’t know about anything like that around here. The St James thing looks awful.

Why do you say that? What makes it look awful?

[Anonymous]

Why not do it after school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ski academies do this like Killington Mountain School but I don’t know about anything like that around here. The St James thing looks awful.

Why do you say that? What makes it look awful?

I agree it seems pretty bad and kind of a racket. Kids will just be taking online classes through Virtual Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not do it after school?

Bc he can’t sit through 7 hours of mind numbing school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not do it after school?

Bc he can’t sit through 7 hours of mind numbing school.

The Heights then. Very good with understanding boys need to be active and not chained to their desks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gilman

This may be right. I believe Gilman high school does finish academics before lunch for all students. After lunch is for activities. I don’t remember what non-athletic requirements they may have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ski academies do this like Killington Mountain School but I don’t know about anything like that around here. The St James thing looks awful.

Why do you say that? What makes it look awful?

I agree it seems pretty bad and kind of a racket. Kids will just be taking online classes through Virtual Virginia.

+1. The sports part might be fine, but you're basically paying to have someone else watch your kid do Virtual Virginia instead of you for 4 hours, and The Saint James is at the top of the price range for everything they do, so you'll be paying through the nose for that. Why not just hire a tutor to do the same thing?

[Anonymous]

The only “sports schools” i know of focus on a specific sport like soccer, tennis, etc. I really don’t think a “4 hours a day of varying rec level sports” program exists anywhere, much less in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

I looked at some of the "academies" for a hockey player who needs to leave the area at some point to progress and move toward prep/boarding school. The academics are subpar at all the academies I considered. The end goal is still a good education, regardless of how much they love their sport.

[Anonymous]

If that's what you're looking for, just send your kid to board at IMG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If that's what you're looking for, just send your kid to board at IMG.

$90k per year for IMG (Boarding in FL)
$28k per year at the St James TPH (non boarding)
$30-80k per year at other traditional boarding schooling's for sports in the NE US.

Otherwise the DC area is devoid of lots sports academies.

[Anonymous]

Monteverde Academy in Florida

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If that's what you're looking for, just send your kid to board at IMG.

$90k per year for IMG (Boarding in FL)
$28k per year at the St James TPH (non boarding)
$30-80k per year at other traditional boarding schooling's for sports in the NE US.

Otherwise the DC area is devoid of lots sports academies.

Dang, I'd near heard of IMG until now. Their website says, "Across IMG Academy’s available programs and services, our student-athletes fill approximately 25% of all college freshman roster spots annually." How is that possible?!