Schools for SSFS families
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Anonymous
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I thought it might be helpful to start a thread specifically for listing schools in the area with characteristics similar to those at SSFS. A few names have surfaced in the original SSFS closing thread, but there's so much else in there that finding them could take a while.
It's too late to apply to lottery or magnet public schools, and folks are aware of their in-boundary schools, so here are some independent schools with traits shared by SSFS: Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12 Bullis, Potomac, K-12 Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8 Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8 Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12 Field School, DC, 6-12 Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8 Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12 Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12 Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8 Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8 Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12 Parkmont School, DC, 6-12 Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8 Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9 |
Anonymous
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This thread includes some of the schools listed above.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1269092.page |
Anonymous
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Adding waldorf to the list:
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12 Bullis, Potomac, K-12 Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8 Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8 Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12 Field School, DC, 6-12 Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8 Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12 Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12 Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8 Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8 Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12 Parkmont School, DC, 6-12 Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8 Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9 Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12 |
Anonymous
Sidwell is Pre-K to 12th |
Anonymous
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Adding Maret to the list.
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12 Bullis, Potomac, K-12 Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8 Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8 Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12 Field School, DC, 6-12 Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8 Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12 Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12 Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8 Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8 Maret School, DC, K-12 Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12 Parkmont School, DC, 6-12 Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8 Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9 Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12 |
Anonymous
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Adding Nora, and fixing Sidwell
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12 Bullis, Potomac, K-12 Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8 Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8 Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12 Field School, DC, 6-12 Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8 Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12 Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12 Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8 Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8 Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12 Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12 Parkmont School, DC, 6-12 Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8 Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12 Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12 |
Anonymous
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Key school in annapolis? pre-k-12
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Anonymous
| I know you’re trying to be helpful but the majority of people ( not all) are local to the school and that’s why they chose it.Theyre not schlupping into DC on a daily basis to drop Larla at Maret or other schools more than 45 mins away. |
Anonymous
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Adding Key School
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12 Bullis, Potomac, K-12 Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8 Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8 Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12 Field School, DC, 6-12 Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8 Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12 Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12 Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8 Key School, Annapolis, pre-k-12 Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8 Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12 Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12 Parkmont School, DC, 6-12 Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8 Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12 Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12 |
Anonymous
I think that’s true in the early grades. My high schooler has friends who travel to SSFS from DC or southern MoCo. Or Howard County, which makes Baltimore schools options. |
Anonymous
Listen, people do all kinds of things for all kinds of reasons. This is a wild time, where hundreds of children need a seat at a new school. A wider net is wise in this case. |
Anonymous
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Adding Baltimore Friends:
Baltimore Friends, Baltimore, pre-k-12 Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12 Bullis, Potomac, K-12 Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8 Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8 Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12 Field School, DC, 6-12 Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8 Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12 Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12 Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8 Key School, Annapolis, pre-k-12 Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8 Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12 Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12 Parkmont School, DC, 6-12 Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8 Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12 Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12 |
Anonymous
I'd agree for lower school or long-term decisions, but I feel different for MS and definitely HS. And in a situation like this, I'd be willing to schlep for a good fit. (Heck, I did a truly insane commute during Covid for my oldest kid and would do it again.) |
Anonymous
| A little bit far afield pedagogically, but the Mandala School in Bowie looks like a nice place to be a kid! |
Anonymous
| For those in HoCo with upper schoolers, there is a bus company with a common pick up area in Columbia that drops kids at the Baltimore privates (Friends, McDonough, Bryn Mawr Gilman.) Also, Glenelg Country School may have spots. |