Washington - Lee is the best high school in Arlington, it has proving itself where it counts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National Merit Semifinalists Announced — Eighteen Arlington Public Schools students have earned the honor of being named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. The semifinalists include 4 students from H-B Woodlawn, 9 students from Washington-Lee, 2 students from Yorktown and 3 students who are attending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. [Arlington Public Schools]



BTW, I am not a W-L parent. I am just tired of some of the snobbiness from the other school.

FYI - TJ is in Fairfax County

The students may be residents of Arlington Co. though.

Yes- the poster clearly recites that the 3 students are Arlington county residents. One can infer that there is a high possiblity they attended Arlington Co. public schools for elementary and middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:W-L also had more acceptances to top colleges/universities than Yorktown, Woodlawn and McLean HS as shown in the latest Arlington magazine.

I finally saw this article. The stats weren't reported consistently among the schools, but one would not infer in any event that W-L had more acceptance to "top colleges/universities" than the other schools, unless you have a very narrow definition of "top colleges/universities." So, for example, W-L had a couple of kids get into Yale last year, but no one from Yorktown or McLean got in. There were also a few more W&L students who got into W&M than at Yorktown or McLean. On the other hand, more kids from McLean than from W-L got into other schools like Cornell, Penn, Carnegie-Mellon, and U. Va., and more kids from Yorktown than from W-L got into other schools like Duke, Georgetown, Michigan and Virginia Tech. As to Woodlawn, it's so much smaller than W-L that comparisons of the numbers of college acceptances aren't meaningful.

Not saying W&L isn't a good school, but the above statement is debatable and/or wrong.