Private High Schools w/lots of math and science, small classes for bright, motivated ADHD boy?

[Anonymous]

Unless it's changed in the past few years, GDS isn't exactly known for athletes. And probably 1/2 the kids I graduated with were on ADHD meds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - you said big classes and long days are part of the problem for your child. All the privates help on the small class size issue, but could be worse on long days. Sports, ECs and homework are so built into the fabric of most privat upper schools, that long days and crunching the evening for homework are the norm.

oP here. Privates won't be worse on long days nor homework than Basis is, I assure you-first class on 8th at Basis is 7;45, there is only a 25 minute break for lunch, no sports teams nor arts elective classes are 55 minutes and so you have 9 academic classes, 8 of which have comprehensive exams. The school has an accellerated curriculum, and a lot of homework as well. DC also commutes 2 hours a day. I went to a big 3 school in DC, so unless things have drastically changed, Basis has longer days, and that is before travel teams, extracurriculars, and teacher hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - you said big classes and long days are part of the problem for your child. All the privates help on the small class size issue, but could be worse on long days. Sports, ECs and homework are so built into the fabric of most privat upper schools, that long days and crunching the evening for homework are the norm.

oP here. Privates won't be worse on long days nor homework than Basis is, I assure you-first class on 8th at Basis is 7;45, there is only a 25 minute break for lunch, no sports teams nor arts elective classes are 55 minutes and so you have 9 academic classes, 8 of which have comprehensive exams. The school has an accellerated curriculum, and a lot of homework as well. DC also commutes 2 hours a day. I went to a big 3 school in DC, so unless things have drastically changed, Basis has longer days, and that is before travel teams, extracurriculars, and teacher hours.

OK. You convinced me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bullis. Yes sports are big there but really just for the recruits. What would be a great match is your decription of your child - especially with the new STEM building

Can you expand on this thought? I like the idea of Bullis for my anxious, ADHD boy also, but wouldn't want him to be a fish out of water since he's not into sports.

Yes, I'm curious about this also? Thanks.