SWS vs Maury

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another parent of a SWS alum who ended up at BASIS, I don't get the concern about academics in higher grades. My kid enjoyed their time at SWS, did well and learned a ton, and has excelled at BASIS.

OK, but there's no shortage of SWS kids at Mathnasium on Penn Ave. in the afternoons, and Maury kids for that matter. It's DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Here's the list for the upcoming programming cycle:

Tippi Jam ($200)
Go Spanish Now ($120)
Power Tots Gymnastics ($152)
Kaizen Karate ($144)
Jimmy Potters ($235)
Village Music School ($198)
Code Advantage ($248)
Chess Wizards ($184)
Tommie Shaw Dance School ($199)

And that's only up to kindergarten--I could go on with the options for 1st-5th.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, this simply isn't correct--there are tons of pay-for enrichments available on top of the regular aftercare at SWS.

Anonymous wrote: I mean enrichments outside/on top of the aftercare model like many other schools on the Hill now have (LT, CHML, VN at least). Like LT, for instance, offers like 50 different afterschool clubs. A few parents tried to bring this model to the principal and were completely shut down.

Like what?

[Anonymous]

SWS is smaller and the reggio model matters more in early grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the list for the upcoming programming cycle:

Tippi Jam ($200)
Go Spanish Now ($120)
Power Tots Gymnastics ($152)
Kaizen Karate ($144)
Jimmy Potters ($235)
Village Music School ($198)
Code Advantage ($248)
Chess Wizards ($184)
Tommie Shaw Dance School ($199)

And that's only up to kindergarten--I could go on with the options for 1st-5th.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, this simply isn't correct--there are tons of pay-for enrichments available on top of the regular aftercare at SWS.

Anonymous wrote: I mean enrichments outside/on top of the aftercare model like many other schools on the Hill now have (LT, CHML, VN at least). Like LT, for instance, offers like 50 different afterschool clubs. A few parents tried to bring this model to the principal and were completely shut down.

Like what?

Do you need to be in aftercare to do these?

[Anonymous]

Yes, you must enroll in polite Piggy's

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the list for the upcoming programming cycle:

Tippi Jam ($200)
Go Spanish Now ($120)
Power Tots Gymnastics ($152)
Kaizen Karate ($144)
Jimmy Potters ($235)
Village Music School ($198)
Code Advantage ($248)
Chess Wizards ($184)
Tommie Shaw Dance School ($199)

And that's only up to kindergarten--I could go on with the options for 1st-5th.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, this simply isn't correct--there are tons of pay-for enrichments available on top of the regular aftercare at SWS.

Anonymous wrote: I mean enrichments outside/on top of the aftercare model like many other schools on the Hill now have (LT, CHML, VN at least). Like LT, for instance, offers like 50 different afterschool clubs. A few parents tried to bring this model to the principal and were completely shut down.

Like what?

Do you need to be in aftercare to do these?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, you must enroll in polite Piggy's

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the list for the upcoming programming cycle:

Tippi Jam ($200)
Go Spanish Now ($120)
Power Tots Gymnastics ($152)
Kaizen Karate ($144)
Jimmy Potters ($235)
Village Music School ($198)
Code Advantage ($248)
Chess Wizards ($184)
Tommie Shaw Dance School ($199)

And that's only up to kindergarten--I could go on with the options for 1st-5th.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, this simply isn't correct--there are tons of pay-for enrichments available on top of the regular aftercare at SWS.

Anonymous wrote: I mean enrichments outside/on top of the aftercare model like many other schools on the Hill now have (LT, CHML, VN at least). Like LT, for instance, offers like 50 different afterschool clubs. A few parents tried to bring this model to the principal and were completely shut down.

Like what?

Do you need to be in aftercare to do these?

So in other words the PP was correct when they said the principal rejected enrichments outside of the aftercare model... Not sure what folks are arguing about then. SWS doesn't have enrichments available to non-aftercare participants. The other schools mentioned do. That's a big difference for a lot of families.

[Anonymous]

My SWS kid switched ino a FCPS elementary in a late elementary school grade with zero issues, right on track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My SWS kid switched ino a FCPS elementary in a late elementary school grade with zero issues, right on track.

DP to add, we never did math tutoring or anything while at SWS. Just whatever homework was assigned.