Private schools recs (Fairfax/Reston/Vienna)

[Anonymous]

Looking for private school recommendations in the fairfax/reston/vienna area with a strong math curriculum.

[Anonymous]

You're going to need to provide a lot more details. How far are you willing to drive? Are you open to religious schools (and if so, any limitations on what religion or how religious)? Are you looking for K-8? High school? 6-12? K-12? Other than strong math curriculum, what's important to you? What defines a strong math curriculum - merely the presence of acceleration? New math? New New Math? Old-school Saxon-style math?

[Anonymous]

Flint Hill is your only option without a commute

[Anonymous]

As long as your kid is thoroughly neurotypical, check out Ideaventions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're going to need to provide a lot more details. How far are you willing to drive? Are you open to religious schools (and if so, any limitations on what religion or how religious)? Are you looking for K-8? High school? 6-12? K-12? Other than strong math curriculum, what's important to you? What defines a strong math curriculum - merely the presence of acceleration? New math? New New Math? Old-school Saxon-style math?

Willing to drive anywhere in these cited areas. Looking for grade 6-8 options. Strong math meaning pre algebra in 6th followed by algebra in 7th and geometry in 8th. Religious is ok but not preferred

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Flint Hill is your only option without a commute

How does Flint Hill go about math placement and would they accept a student now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Flint Hill is your only option without a commute

How does Flint Hill go about math placement and would they accept a student now?

New students aren’t forced given a placement test. You’d have to ask the school if there are any spots open in the grade you want. No guarantees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Flint Hill is your only option without a commute

How does Flint Hill go about math placement and would they accept a student now?

Trying this again without whatever weird auto-fill my phone is doing.

New students are given a placement test. You’d have to ask the school if there are any spots open in the grade you want. No guarantees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Flint Hill is your only option without a commute

How does Flint Hill go about math placement and would they accept a student now?

Trying this again without whatever weird auto-fill my phone is doing.

New students are given a placement test. You’d have to ask the school if there are any spots open in the grade you want. No guarantees.

Thank you! Much appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Nysmsith claims to have advanced math. It is just west of Reston. Too far for us, so we never visited. Probably worth a look see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as your kid is thoroughly neurotypical, check out Ideaventions.

My kid attended summer camp there a few years ago and he was one of the few non-Ideaventions students. I would say that his cohort was strange and I was not at all impressed with the school administration. Hard pass.

[Anonymous]

BIM in McLean/Tysons has an excellent math curriculum. Kids are placed in a math level based on a test before grade 5 or at entrance. Many kids are 2 years ahead of the public school curriculum. Our DC did algebra I in sixth grade. Other kids did pre-algebra or algebra II. The teachers are great - they actually teach rather than planting children in front of an iPad. We disregarded the BIM haters on this forum, thank goodness. Best wishes, OP!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You're going to need to provide a lot more details. How far are you willing to drive? Are you open to religious schools (and if so, any limitations on what religion or how religious)? Are you looking for K-8? High school? 6-12? K-12? Other than strong math curriculum, what's important to you? What defines a strong math curriculum - merely the presence of acceleration? New math? New New Math? Old-school Saxon-style math?

Willing to drive anywhere in these cited areas. Looking for grade 6-8 options. Strong math meaning pre algebra in 6th followed by algebra in 7th and geometry in 8th. Religious is ok but not preferred

That math track is available to strong students at most independents in the area. It's not usually the default (gen ed) track, but neither is it extremely advanced.
If you are in the Flint Hill area, also look at Green Hedges, Edlin School, and New School of Northern VA. All are small, so maybe Flint Hill is more likely to have space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nysmsith claims to have advanced math. It is just west of Reston. Too far for us, so we never visited. Probably worth a look see.

Nysmith has a terrible head of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're going to need to provide a lot more details. How far are you willing to drive? Are you open to religious schools (and if so, any limitations on what religion or how religious)? Are you looking for K-8? High school? 6-12? K-12? Other than strong math curriculum, what's important to you? What defines a strong math curriculum - merely the presence of acceleration? New math? New New Math? Old-school Saxon-style math?

Willing to drive anywhere in these cited areas. Looking for grade 6-8 options. Strong math meaning pre algebra in 6th followed by algebra in 7th and geometry in 8th. Religious is ok but not preferred

That math track is available to strong students at most independents in the area. It's not usually the default (gen ed) track, but neither is it extremely advanced.
If you are in the Flint Hill area, also look at Green Hedges, Edlin School, and New School of Northern VA. All are small, so maybe Flint Hill is more likely to have space.

+1 that track is what I refer to as “standard advanced.” About a third of the students at DC’s k-8 were in those math classes. That doesn’t limit you, OP, so you can really look at any schools that appeal to you.