Dream School?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Expeditionary learning school. Huge outdoor space with lots of outdoor time. Progressive education (not talking about politics, but educational philosophy) where students follow their passions and interests for learning. OUTDOOR TIME and movement for my active kid. No worksheets.

Take a look at Proctor Academy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A school with a nice playground like Beauvoirs. Doesn’t need to be on several acres though. I want to be for schooling, not landscaping and grass maintenance. Teachers that love teaching and want the best for the kids in their class. Other kids who are nice and not complete jerks. No cliques. 2 recesses a day and Spanish offered at the elem level. I do like a uniform as long as it’s practical and comfortable. No homework for the Elem years. …. True diversity, income, race, religion, family types……. And it Needs to be less than a 15 min drive from my house and cost less than $15k.

This plus violin, dance, piano, and good art/stem programs. An outdoor classroom, a garden, and maybe a few farm animals. Lots of field trips. Oh, and two languages: French and Spanish. Charlotte Mason-inspired. Preferably free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A school with a nice playground like Beauvoirs. Doesn’t need to be on several acres though. I want to be for schooling, not landscaping and grass maintenance. Teachers that love teaching and want the best for the kids in their class. Other kids who are nice and not complete jerks. No cliques. 2 recesses a day and Spanish offered at the elem level. I do like a uniform as long as it’s practical and comfortable. No homework for the Elem years. …. True diversity, income, race, religion, family types……. And it Needs to be less than a 15 min drive from my house and cost less than $15k.

This plus violin, dance, piano, and good art/stem programs. An outdoor classroom, a garden, and maybe a few farm animals. Lots of field trips. Oh, and two languages: French and Spanish. Charlotte Mason-inspired. Preferably free.

We have almost all of this at our (not DC) private.

No farm animals, but veggie gardening & lots of practical skills.
3 recesses per day, including cycling.
Spanish & Russian starting in PreK, German in MS.
No uniform, but easy, simple solid-color clothing dress code.
No piano, but strings starting in 3rd.

Unfortunately 80% of the other the parents are whack jobs and while the LS is lovely, most transfer out for MS to get more academic rigor.