High school for girl with inattentive ADHD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

This is a good list and I also would add St. John’s. We know a boy with a similar profile who has had a good experience there.

[Anonymous]

Take Field off the list..super disorganized highschool that says they accommodate adhd and then quietly shames kids who need help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

It's a boarding school although they do have day students as well. And yes, the structure and executive functioning support there is fantastic.

[Anonymous]

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

Whitman is probably too big. But you noted sports. For a lot of ADHD people, sports are zen. It turns their brain off. It's relaxing. So I'd lean into that as you look for other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Very interesting. Which colleges offer this?

[Anonymous]

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

Do not do this OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take Field off the list..super disorganized highschool that says they accommodate adhd and then quietly shames kids who need help.

That is not true. Field is known for this type of kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

This is a good list and I also would add St. John’s. We know a boy with a similar profile who has had a good experience there.

LOL no

[Anonymous]

Benilde program at SJC. My daughter (not a strong athlete) got in with high HSPT test scores/grades and medicated ADHD combined.

We loved Holy Child, but she wanted coed.

[Anonymous]

St. Andrew's is a good option. The class size is around 100 kids with academic classes somewhere around 15-20 kids on average.

[Anonymous]

St. Andrew's is a good option. The class size is around 100 kids with academic classes somewhere around 15-20 kids on average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St. Andrew's is a good option. The class size is around 100 kids with academic classes somewhere around 15-20 kids on average.

St. Andrew's does nothing for ADHD students.

[Anonymous]

Mclean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. Andrew's is a good option. The class size is around 100 kids with academic classes somewhere around 15-20 kids on average.

St. Andrew's does nothing for ADHD students.

You are quite incorrect. Perhaps they did not do what works best for your ADHD kid, but they do have accommodations for ADHD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take Field off the list..super disorganized highschool that says they accommodate adhd and then quietly shames kids who need help.

That is not true. Field is known for this type of kid.

I'd concur that Field is very disorganized. Sure, there still may be ADHD kids there - but I think you can do better elsewhere.