Do public schools offer shadow days?
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Anonymous
| Kids doing a shadow day at BASIS and Latin, does DCPS do them too by request? |
Anonymous
| Our WOTP school did not offer us a full shadow day but we were able to tour (we were moving from out of town). This probably varies by school. |
Anonymous
| Our public middle school hosts each feeder school’s 5th graders for a shadow day. They will also do shadow days on request, but they don’t necessarily advertise that. |
Anonymous
| If they do, I think they are often for 5th graders, not 4th, which is the year most families are entering the middle school lottery and doing Basis and Latin shadow days. |
Anonymous
| I've heard that if the school has lacrosse they have shadow days |
Anonymous
| Stuart Hobson does stepping up days for its feeder 5th graders. Imagine other middle schools do something like that too. |
Anonymous
| Wells also hosts days for its four elementary feeders, and the PTO actively invites prospective families to join some events beyond open houses. |
Anonymous
| In addition to our ES feeder shadow days, our IB MS offers shadows. My DC did it as a 5th grader (now 8th). |