Feedback on Hearst ES

[Anonymous]

Hearst is great! A really lovely school.

[Anonymous]

Hearst is great. I’d also rather move my kid into a deal feeder now so they can start making friends. If you are planning on Deal later.

[Anonymous]

Hearst is good. And it's much more of a local school now, the OOB numbers have come down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
Considering purchasing IB for Hearst ES. Kid is First Grader.
Currently renting IB for H. Mann.

Can you please send me any feedback about Hearst, good and/or bad and also how it compares to H. Mann, if you know.
Thank you!

If your child is currently enrolled in Mann, you can stay through 5th if you move - and then go to Deal.

It is weird that Mann, generally acknowledged to be one of the two best public elementary schools in DC, feeds to a second-tier middle school. I guess that's the reason that a lot of Mann kids leave DCPS after fifth grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
Considering purchasing IB for Hearst ES. Kid is First Grader.
Currently renting IB for H. Mann.

Can you please send me any feedback about Hearst, good and/or bad and also how it compares to H. Mann, if you know.
Thank you!

If your child is currently enrolled in Mann, you can stay through 5th if you move - and then go to Deal.

It is weird that Mann, generally acknowledged to be one of the two best public elementary schools in DC, feeds to a second-tier middle school. I guess that's the reason that a lot of Mann kids leave DCPS after fifth grade.

You must be new. That's now how any of this works.

[Anonymous]

OP here - thanks for the feedback. The only negative thing I have heard about Hearst is it's aftercare program, i.e. that not being good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,
Considering purchasing IB for Hearst ES. Kid is First Grader.
Currently renting IB for H. Mann.

Can you please send me any feedback about Hearst, good and/or bad and also how it compares to H. Mann, if you know.
Thank you!

If your child is currently enrolled in Mann, you can stay through 5th if you move - and then go to Deal.

It is weird that Mann, generally acknowledged to be one of the two best public elementary schools in DC, feeds to a second-tier middle school. I guess that's the reason that a lot of Mann kids leave DCPS after fifth grade.

You again? Hardy is not a second tier middle school.

[Anonymous]

Not compared to most DC middle schools but Hardy sure as heck isn’t Deal. More like “good enough for DC.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not compared to most DC middle schools but Hardy sure as heck isn’t Deal. More like “good enough for DC.”

Do you know anything about/have kids who've attended either Hardy or Deal? You keep posting about Hardy but it doesn't sound like you know the first thing about either school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for the feedback. The only negative thing I have heard about Hearst is it's aftercare program, i.e. that not being good.

We are working on that... it’s good and reasonably priced. But it’s not great. Enrichment changes went into effect this year and that part already is better. Next up: aftercare. But not a reason to skip the school. And all kids get in. No wait lists.

[Anonymous]

Hearst aftercare is super convenient and I think organized. If you want structured activity you sign up for enrichment sessions during aftercare hours. It’s a decent set up honestly. And it just got better this year.

[Anonymous]

We are in our fifth year of using Hearst aftercare, and there's nothing wrong with it! (And not sure what the knock on it is, frankly.)

It's unstructured free play, which is exactly what elementary school children need after a day of school, especially since there is barely any break time during the school day. As PP said, there are opportunities for more structured activities if you'd like to sign up for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in our fifth year of using Hearst aftercare, and there's nothing wrong with it! (And not sure what the knock on it is, frankly.)

It's unstructured free play, which is exactly what elementary school children need after a day of school, especially since there is barely any break time during the school day. As PP said, there are opportunities for more structured activities if you'd like to sign up for them.

+1.

I love the away after school is set up. You can mix and match aftercare with enrichment classes. Innis is very flexible and allows you to just pay for the days you need. We can create a nice mix of sports, language, cooking, etc. and some time for just unstructured play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in our fifth year of using Hearst aftercare, and there's nothing wrong with it! (And not sure what the knock on it is, frankly.)

It's unstructured free play, which is exactly what elementary school children need after a day of school, especially since there is barely any break time during the school day. As PP said, there are opportunities for more structured activities if you'd like to sign up for them.

+1.

I love the away after school is set up. You can mix and match aftercare with enrichment classes. Innis is very flexible and allows you to just pay for the days you need. We can create a nice mix of sports, language, cooking, etc. and some time for just unstructured play.

+1 this set up

[Anonymous]

Op here - thanks for your feedback.
For that matter, I don't think Mann's aftercare is that great either...and it is so expensive! And we do not have a great selection of enrichment either. I see people just love Hearst, must be a reason.