High school for girl with inattentive ADHD

[Anonymous]

Our DD is going into 8th and we’re starting to look at high schools. She is a B+ student medicated for inattentive ADHD and gets a few accommodations like extra time on tests, instruction repeated in writing, and executive function support. She is a strong athlete and loves playing multiple sports, very social with lots of friend groups.

We are open to all girls or coed schools, religious or non. Just looking for someplace that would accommodate her ADHD and be a positive high school experience. I’d love any recommendations, thanks

[Anonymous]

Field
Burke
St. Andrews
Bullis
Madeira

None will give more than the standard accommodations, but all are low key enough that someone with ADHD and a B+ average could be happy. They have very different environments, so you'll want to visit them.

Probably also some Catholic schools, but I don't know anything about them.

[Anonymous]

Where are you located, OP?

[Anonymous]

Why do people post this crap without location info? Useless.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, we are in Bethesda. Public would be Whitman, which seems too big

[Anonymous]

It looks like her ADHD is relatively mild, and she's social, which is great. Any school will accommodate this, OP.

My severely inattentive son with mild autism went to Walter Johnson HS (MCPS), where he had double time on all assignments and tests (and the ACT and AP exams), the use of a resource class, a case manager, preferential seating, repeated directions, and guaranteed course selection. If you live inbounds for a good public school, they will also take care of your kid.

So really, no worries at all!

[Anonymous]

Not true about only allowing “standard” acc. My DD have a full range of acc at Holton, far beyond time and a half. The school has high expectations but they do work with accs.

[Anonymous]

Many kids have this inattentiveness nowadays.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP. Seems diagnosis has become more prevalent nowadays because of more testing, wider definition of ADHD, desire to get an accommodation, electronic devices, etc.

[Anonymous]

I would recommend Bullis

[Anonymous]

My daughter with a similar profile but slightly lower grades did very well in the Benilde program at St. Johns. So glad we found it and she was admitted - it's a great support network during high school.

Also - when you start to think about this in 4 years - so many colleges/universities are starting to offer similar academic support structures for kids with mild/moderate learning issues. We pay an extra 2K a year for a decent level of support at a state flagship school, and found many of the schools we looked at offered similar.

[Anonymous]

I recommend Foxcroft in Middleburg. Really small classes and a lot of support for kids who need it.

[Anonymous]

St. John’s has a program

[Anonymous]

Holy Child has a lot of girls with mild to moderate learning differences and a large learning support staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recommend Foxcroft in Middleburg. Really small classes and a lot of support for kids who need it.

Such a convenient commute from Bethesda.