Beauvoir and Active Children

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir gives times outs to children for not sitting still? Is it true they take away recess too?

Never heard of this and believe me I would know because I have a very active and spirited child!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir gives times outs to children for not sitting still? Is it true they take away recess too?

Never heard of this and believe me I would know because I have a very active and spirited child!

I wrote the above and just to clarify - my child is at Beauvoir and has never had this happen to him or his classmates. He loves school and is so happy there. The teachers we have had are encouraging and really know how to interact with all different kinds of children.

[Anonymous]

Have some experience with Beauvoir and an "active" child. If you child is moderately fidgety and generally accepting of guidance then he/she will be fine. if on the other hand has more severe attention and or hyperactive issues, then Beauvoir is neither equipped or interested in accomodating this type of child. Beavoir's strength is generally confined to a fairly narrow band of kids. The lower school head has little capacity to understand or support kids who are outside the narrow band. In fact, I was aware of one instance where the school aggressively advised a parent to medicate an overly active child.

[Anonymous]

That sounds criminal. People who do not have medical backgrounds have no business telling people what should or should not be prescribed. There are laws and regulations about this. Furthermore, because of the relationship between an educational institution and a parent, there is an implied sense of reliance that is being abused if this really occurred. What a true outrage!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have some experience with Beauvoir and an "active" child. If you child is moderately fidgety and generally accepting of guidance then he/she will be fine. if on the other hand has more severe attention and or hyperactive issues, then Beauvoir is neither equipped or interested in accomodating this type of child. Beavoir's strength is generally confined to a fairly narrow band of kids. The lower school head has little capacity to understand or support kids who are outside the narrow band. In fact, I was aware of one instance where the school aggressively advised a parent to medicate an overly active child.

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Beauvoir does not have a "lower school head" - the school only goes through 3rd grade................

[Anonymous]

In response to the last poster -- yes it does have a lower grade division director and an upper grade division director. my semantics may have been incorrect

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uhm, the part about NCS girls being mean? With some exceptions, of course, this rumor isn't so far off from truth. Been there, done that.

Recently? Do you the reality at the school today may be a bit different from its historical reputation?

[Anonymous]

Beauvoir prefers conforming cookie-cutter kids. Any kid outside of the mold, even slightly, confounds them. They try their hardest to suppress the "boy" in boys. Ironic, as the first thing St. Albans school does is wash off the Beauvoir from those Beauvoir boys. Anyone observing those C Formers rampaging through the Prison Yard and its environs -- what a grand sight to see -- will know what I mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir prefers conforming cookie-cutter kids. Any kid outside of the mold, even slightly, confounds them. They try their hardest to suppress the "boy" in boys. Ironic, as the first thing St. Albans school does is wash off the Beauvoir from those Beauvoir boys. Anyone observing those C Formers rampaging through the Prison Yard and its environs -- what a grand sight to see -- will know what I mean.

Okay, I don't mind if people don't like Beauvoir and want to post about it on here but what I mind is completely untrue statements. Previous poster, I am sorry if you had this experience or if a friend of yours did. However, I can say from experience because I have a super active boy there that this is NOT true! He is anything but conforming and cookie-cutter. He is high energy, precocious, and gets very antsy sitting still for long periods of time and his best friend seems to be pretty much the same way from what his mother has said. However he is respectful to adults and teachers, which is maybe the problem that the previous poster's child had or friend's child had. Being disrespectful will get you into trouble at any school. Our son has never had issues with behavior and I have stopped in unannounced from time to time to drop things off or because of a meeting or something and I have observed my child and his friends and they looked happy as can be and engaged. From experience I must say that Beauvoir is actually a perfect place for a child like this because the curriculum is set up in a way that the children are engaged and not bored. My son says he doesn't get bored and likes school which hasn't always been the case. We have been at the school for a while now and we haven't encountered any issues like this. Feel free to disagree but I just wanted to put my experience out there for those that are considering the school and would like another opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir prefers conforming cookie-cutter kids. Any kid outside of the mold, even slightly, confounds them. They try their hardest to suppress the "boy" in boys. Ironic, as the first thing St. Albans school does is wash off the Beauvoir from those Beauvoir boys. Anyone observing those C Formers rampaging through the Prison Yard and its environs -- what a grand sight to see -- will know what I mean.

Okay, I don't mind if people don't like Beauvoir and want to post about it on here but what I mind is completely untrue statements. Previous poster, I am sorry if you had this experience or if a friend of yours did. However, I can say from experience because I have a super active boy there that this is NOT true! He is anything but conforming and cookie-cutter. He is high energy, precocious, and gets very antsy sitting still for long periods of time and his best friend seems to be pretty much the same way from what his mother has said. However he is respectful to adults and teachers, which is maybe the problem that the previous poster's child had or friend's child had. Being disrespectful will get you into trouble at any school. Our son has never had issues with behavior and I have stopped in unannounced from time to time to drop things off or because of a meeting or something and I have observed my child and his friends and they looked happy as can be and engaged. From experience I must say that Beauvoir is actually a perfect place for a child like this because the curriculum is set up in a way that the children are engaged and not bored. My son says he doesn't get bored and likes school which hasn't always been the case. We have been at the school for a while now and we haven't encountered any issues like this. Feel free to disagree but I just wanted to put my experience out there for those that are considering the school and would like another opinion.

PP: Why do you need to be so critical of someone else's child? People consider the source, and you are not sounding very respectful...