High schools for nice kids?

[Anonymous]

Any high schools out there that you'd consider particularly good at creating a climate of... general niceness, for lack of a better term? My children are still in mid-elementary at a great pre-k-8 school. I fear for them, going out into a world of bullies, means girls, cut-throat academic competition, spoiled rich brats.... Any schools for nice, normal, kind kids?

[Anonymous]

Dont confuse the parents with the kids. In my experience at 3 different high schools (attended one and have kids at 2) the kids usually are nice.

[Anonymous]

Utopia High School. In addition to the nicest students, all the teachers have Ph.D.'s, tuition is $1,000 year, and the entire graduating class gets admitted to their first college of choice. I'll see you at dropoff!

[Anonymous]

The kid I know from WIS are all nice. FWIW, WIS is not my own DC's school (where I don't know as many HS kids and where the ones I do know are the children of friends so it's a biased sample).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any high schools out there that you'd consider particularly good at creating a climate of... general niceness, for lack of a better term? My children are still in mid-elementary at a great pre-k-8 school. I fear for them, going out into a world of bullies, means girls, cut-throat academic competition, spoiled rich brats.... Any schools for nice, normal, kind kids?

With two kids at three schools, so far, I think the bullies, mean girls, etc. are much more of an issue during middle school. By high school the kids are more supportive, less competitive, and just nicer.

[Anonymous]

Where do you live OP? That will determine the answer. And, if you're Catholic -- that would be helpful to know too since some of the Catholic h.s. have super nice kids...some of the less elite ones.

[Anonymous]

Sandy Spring Friends

[Anonymous]

The WIS family I know are the nicest people I've ever met.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The kid I know from WIS are all nice. FWIW, WIS is not my own DC's school (where I don't know as many HS kids and where the ones I do know are the children of friends so it's a biased sample).

Oops. I meant KIDS I know. All from different families too.

[Anonymous]

I second Sandy Spring Friends HS. My kids attend and it’s great. (My older two attended two other different private schools so I have a comparison.)
I disagree with 14:11 “Don’t confuse the parents with the kids”. My experience is that rude parents raise rude kids. Of course there are some exceptions.
Somewhat agree with 15:05 that “bullies, mean girls, etc. are much more of an issue during middle school”. I think it depends on the school. One of the schools my DC attended there was quite a lot of FB bullying. Very sad. Several girls left mid-year.

[Anonymous]

There ARE stupid questions!

[Anonymous]

Burke!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There ARE stupid questions!

Said by a person for whom appearing smart is more important than treating others kindly....

See, different environments value/encourage different sorts of behaviors. And there's nothing wrong with looking for a school where "don't be a jerk" is as (or more important) than "come out on top."

[Anonymous]

All high schools could use more nice kids.

[Anonymous]

George School in Newtown, PA (another Friends School).