Maret

[Anonymous]

It's homogenous in thought as a faculty and as a parent/student community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Current Maret family. Definitely agree the school is racially diverse but also agree with the earlier statement that this does not apply to socioeconomic diversity. It is what it is but as a smaller private school its business model is not able to support the same breadth of economic range as other schools in our region of the same caliber.

Or learning styles. There is a model Maret child and they don’t stray too far so be careful that you fit.

Can you tell us about the model Maret child. We are applying but wonder about fit.

How old is the child? Are you full pay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Current Maret family. Definitely agree the school is racially diverse but also agree with the earlier statement that this does not apply to socioeconomic diversity. It is what it is but as a smaller private school its business model is not able to support the same breadth of economic range as other schools in our region of the same caliber.

Or learning styles. There is a model Maret child and they don’t stray too far so be careful that you fit.

Can you tell us about the model Maret child. We are applying but wonder about fit.

How old is the child? Are you full pay?

For K. Yes, full pay.

[Anonymous]

NP. Would a super bright child fit in here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. Would a super bright child fit in here?

There are super bright children at all the top schools (at all schools, actually), including Maret. Whether or not a child fits in will have more to do with social skills, the particular composition of the class, etc.

[Anonymous]

Maret parent here, been at the school for past 5 + years. I have 3 kids at Maret, with 3 totally different learning styles. Maret has been wonderful and accommodating to them all. There is no “model” Maret student. Kids tend to be academically oriented, but with a wide range of abilities.

[Anonymous]

If your child actually gets accepted to Maret, don’t wait. Accept. Amazing school, very small and extremely difficult to get accepted there for good reason.

Signed, Wish I Was- But Not A Maret Parent

[Anonymous]

My child came to Maret from a ‘progressive’ school. It has a liberal and progressive vibe and I think the parents from our former school would mostly be happy (actually happier) at Maret because everything is very well run and well thought out. However, your class will never change its track and start a panda baby unit just because everyone in love with the new panda baby. At our former school, they could have dropped everything for a week in response to student interest. That would never, ever happen at Maret.

[Anonymous]

What is the model mater high school student for fit?

[Anonymous]

Maret^^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child came to Maret from a ‘progressive’ school. It has a liberal and progressive vibe and I think the parents from our former school would mostly be happy (actually happier) at Maret because everything is very well run and well thought out. However, your class will never change its track and start a panda baby unit just because everyone in love with the new panda baby. At our former school, they could have dropped everything for a week in response to student interest. That would never, ever happen at Maret.

Appears the advantages of progressive education were lost on you. The class would not have been dropping everything for a week in a whim but in fact adapting the core elements of the curriculum around the students’ interests. That’s the whole point to progressive education - let the traditional skills be gained in the context of wonder and curiosity. It is something to be celebrated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maret parent here, been at the school for past 5 + years. I have 3 kids at Maret, with 3 totally different learning styles. Maret has been wonderful and accommodating to them all. There is no “model” Maret student. Kids tend to be academically oriented, but with a wide range of abilities.

And the school has the strongest sibling preference practice in the area. A family need only have one exceptional child admitted to make the school experience available to all of the siblings in the family. It is one of the ways the school builds such strong loyalty but it gets in the way of the school being able to accept the brightest of the applicant pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret parent here, been at the school for past 5 + years. I have 3 kids at Maret, with 3 totally different learning styles. Maret has been wonderful and accommodating to them all. There is no “model” Maret student. Kids tend to be academically oriented, but with a wide range of abilities.

And the school has the strongest sibling preference practice in the area. A family need only have one exceptional child admitted to make the school experience available to all of the siblings in the family. It is one of the ways the school builds such strong loyalty but it gets in the way of the school being able to accept the brightest of the applicant pool.

It does reliably fill the lower grades with people with money, though. That’s why full pay is most important in the lower grades like K.

[Anonymous]

Accepting qualified siblings also creates a warm, strong community in which families feel valued as a family unit, not just for their most exceptional child. I think it’s awful for a school to reject qualified siblings just because they might not be the tippy top of the applicant pool. Also, being in a school full of the tippy top students creates a lot of competition and stress in high school which many families would rather avoid.

[Anonymous]

My perception of Maret is that it is conscientious but also laid back. Their focus seems to be on promoting non-determinative
ethics, which is interesting. Academically they seem to offer a broad range of classes based on ability, which is surprising that for its size. And I will probably get slammed for this, but the kids I've met from there seem better adjusted than the kids I've met at Sidwell.