Barrie Scho
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Anonymous
| Has anyone heard of Barrie? Is it easy to get into? They have a beautiful campus but have no idea about their academics. |
Anonymous
| I’ve heard of it but really don’t know anything about it. Hopefully someone can give you some insight, but it doesn’t get mentioned often on DCUM. |
Anonymous
| Beautiful campus but very small. I believe the graduating class has 25 or fewer students. |
Anonymous
| I really liked Barrie when we toured it last year for our rising 6th grader. I thought they presented a dynamic academic program. In the end, we did not apply because we decided that getting our 11 year old who is not a morning person to a school that far from us (we live in DC) was just not going to work. It is small and that might not work for every kid. |
Anonymous
| They are searching for a new head now. |
Anonymous
| Do you know why he is leaving? |
Anonymous
Moving to be closer to family (West Coast). |
Anonymous
What grade level? The Lower School (infants through 6th grade) is a Montessori program that is generally full or close to it most years. If you're not familiar with Montessori education, that means mixed-age classrooms (4th-6th grade, 1st-3rd, age 3-kindergarten, age 1-2, infants) where the kids have a lot of latitude to explore learning on their own. The middle and upper school is much smaller right now (probably easier to get into) and is a project-based learning model. It's a very diverse school, and they also run a very popular summer day camp (a friend of mine sends their kid to that). |
Anonymous
| Would you choose Barrie over Sandy Spring? |
Anonymous
From poking around the websites: SSFS is Quaker and Barrie is secular with Montessori. SSFS has a much larger HS and Barrie's largest division is LS. Barrie is all local and SSFS has some boarding options. $7K difference in upper school tuition. Silver Spring v. Olney I don't have a connection at either, but I can see how either would be a great fit based on your needs. |
Anonymous
| Barrie also offers a millennial scholarship of 20,000 per year guaranteed for rest of time in the school. It’s significant. SSFS does not offer the same. |
Anonymous
| Anyone considering Barrie should visit “Greatschools.org and read the reviews. Lots to be concerned about. |
Anonymous
Not for upper school. I am a Barrie alum. My close friend was miserable and bullied mercilessly by both students and teachers at Barrie, which had (and per GreatSchools seems to still have) an environment of a total lack of supervision of kids. My friend moved to SSFS, was super happy, and did not experience any of the issues she had at Barrie. |
Anonymous
Bumping this. Any specifics? Took the tour recently and felt that the grounds and buildings are top notch. |
Anonymous
I don't know a whole lot about Barrie, but I know that lots of families of color seem to be looking to go elsewhere. |