The Heights

[Anonymous]

How is the lunch program at The Heights? We have a child with food allergy to nuts. He self manages his epi but wondered about food etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is the lunch program at The Heights? We have a child with food allergy to nuts. He self manages his epi but wondered about food etc.

You better hope they're good because I'm pretty sure they don't have a nurse on staff...

[Anonymous]

That Isn’t great. I thought there was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is the lunch program at The Heights? We have a child with food allergy to nuts. He self manages his epi but wondered about food etc.

They don't have lunch you bring your own.

They don't have a nurse but they have athletic trainers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the lunch program at The Heights? We have a child with food allergy to nuts. He self manages his epi but wondered about food etc.

They don't have lunch you bring your own.

They don't have a nurse but they have athletic trainers.

They have a nurse. They did not in the past.

They also have an optional hot lunch program through a caterer. The menu is designed for what boys generally like (e.g., pizza, burgers, tacos, etc.). As you can imagine, other boys in the school have nut allergies, so they work with you to manage that, although it isn't nut free. Other kids could bring PB&J sandwiches, so your son has to practice some diligence if its one of his friends bringing one.

[Anonymous]

For the person with nut allergy, there are now two doctors in the DC area offering Oral Immunotherapy (OIT). Dr Ted Kim at Allergy Partners in NoVa and Schreiber Allergy in Rockville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heights = Opus dei = incredibly conservative patriarchal. Not a chance in hell I would send my boy there, but I am a bleeding heart liberal. If your are a right wing conservative, go for it.

+1. lots of trumpers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Heights = Opus dei = incredibly conservative patriarchal. Not a chance in hell I would send my boy there, but I am a bleeding heart liberal. If your are a right wing conservative, go for it.

+1. lots of trumpers.

Yes, ultra conservative. I may be wrong, but I heard Laura Ingraham has sons there? Whether she does or not, though, hers is the kind of viewpoint that is pervasive at this school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heights = Opus dei = incredibly conservative patriarchal. Not a chance in hell I would send my boy there, but I am a bleeding heart liberal. If your are a right wing conservative, go for it.

+1. lots of trumpers.

Yes, ultra conservative. I may be wrong, but I heard Laura Ingraham has sons there? Whether she does or not, though, hers is the kind of viewpoint that is pervasive at this school.

Serious question, are you actually familiar with the school or are you making assumptions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heights = Opus dei = incredibly conservative patriarchal. Not a chance in hell I would send my boy there, but I am a bleeding heart liberal. If your are a right wing conservative, go for it.

+1. lots of trumpers.

Yes, ultra conservative. I may be wrong, but I heard Laura Ingraham has sons there? Whether she does or not, though, hers is the kind of viewpoint that is pervasive at this school.

Serious question, are you actually familiar with the school or are you making assumptions?

NP, is the school not extremely conservative and Trumpy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heights = Opus dei = incredibly conservative patriarchal. Not a chance in hell I would send my boy there, but I am a bleeding heart liberal. If your are a right wing conservative, go for it.

+1. lots of trumpers.

Yes, ultra conservative. I may be wrong, but I heard Laura Ingraham has sons there? Whether she does or not, though, hers is the kind of viewpoint that is pervasive at this school.

Serious question, are you actually familiar with the school or are you making assumptions?

NP, is the school not extremely conservative and Trumpy?

We attended and were not Catholic. You need to understand that conservative and "Trumpy" do not go hand in hand. There are many political conservatives like us who are not and never will be Trumpers. We just believe in a small federal government, more power should be given to the states to control and make important decisions because they are closer to their own constituents, and the federal government should not tax and spend like the democrats do. It should tax only for the things that states cannot do: such as postage, militia, some federal highways, etc. The states are supposed to be doing everything for themselves and acting as incubators on controversial ideas or problems so the other 49 can follow. So we are Madisonian Conservatives. There are many like that at the Heights. There are many pro-life advocates (of course) at the Heights; there are also many anti death-penalty (a liberal point of view) because they are Catholic. So you cannot assume that just because someone is a Conservative that they are a Trumper. And Vice versa. Same with Republicanism - that's the party - we stopped being members of the party when Trump became the candidate in 2016. All that being said, the primary focus of the school is Catholicism and it is Opus Dei and Opus Dei members will be teaching your children. You have to be comfortable with that. It is also very much sink or swim. Don't expect any hand holding. And they don't believe in SN issues like ADHD, dyslexia, executive functioning, etc. You would be wise to select a SN school if your son has those issues.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heights = Opus dei = incredibly conservative patriarchal. Not a chance in hell I would send my boy there, but I am a bleeding heart liberal. If your are a right wing conservative, go for it.

+1. lots of trumpers.

Yes, ultra conservative. I may be wrong, but I heard Laura Ingraham has sons there? Whether she does or not, though, hers is the kind of viewpoint that is pervasive at this school.

Serious question, are you actually familiar with the school or are you making assumptions?

NP, is the school not extremely conservative and Trumpy?

We attended and were not Catholic. You need to understand that conservative and "Trumpy" do not go hand in hand. There are many political conservatives like us who are not and never will be Trumpers. We just believe in a small federal government, more power should be given to the states to control and make important decisions because they are closer to their own constituents, and the federal government should not tax and spend like the democrats do. It should tax only for the things that states cannot do: such as postage, militia, some federal highways, etc. The states are supposed to be doing everything for themselves and acting as incubators on controversial ideas or problems so the other 49 can follow. So we are Madisonian Conservatives. There are many like that at the Heights. There are many pro-life advocates (of course) at the Heights; there are also many anti death-penalty (a liberal point of view) because they are Catholic. So you cannot assume that just because someone is a Conservative that they are a Trumper. And Vice versa. Same with Republicanism - that's the party - we stopped being members of the party when Trump became the candidate in 2016. All that being said, the primary focus of the school is Catholicism and it is Opus Dei and Opus Dei members will be teaching your children. You have to be comfortable with that. It is also very much sink or swim. Don't expect any hand holding. And they don't believe in SN issues like ADHD, dyslexia, executive functioning, etc. You would be wise to select a SN school if your son has those issues.

Understood, this is why I said conservative AND Trumpy, because I know they are not always synonymous and my understanding is that both are very common at the Heights. There are some applicants who would be uncomfortable with either/or.

[Anonymous]

OP we have several friends there and many have 8ther grade students. These families span the political ideologies - maybe not far liberal but liberal to fairly conservative). What I took note of is that many decided to stay at The Heights even though DC got in at other popular schools (Prep, Gonzaga, SJC).

We are looking at Oakcrest for our daughter. In our visits there (virtual and in-person) we didn't notice much difference from the other MS we looked at (re:
their Opus Dei theology).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heights = Opus dei = incredibly conservative patriarchal. Not a chance in hell I would send my boy there, but I am a bleeding heart liberal. If your are a right wing conservative, go for it.

+1. lots of trumpers.

Yes, ultra conservative. I may be wrong, but I heard Laura Ingraham has sons there? Whether she does or not, though, hers is the kind of viewpoint that is pervasive at this school.

Yep. Her daughter is at Oakcrest as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heights = Opus dei = incredibly conservative patriarchal. Not a chance in hell I would send my boy there, but I am a bleeding heart liberal. If your are a right wing conservative, go for it.

+1. lots of trumpers.

Yes, ultra conservative. I may be wrong, but I heard Laura Ingraham has sons there? Whether she does or not, though, hers is the kind of viewpoint that is pervasive at this school.

Serious question, are you actually familiar with the school or are you making assumptions?

NP, is the school not extremely conservative and Trumpy?

We attended and were not Catholic. You need to understand that conservative and "Trumpy" do not go hand in hand. There are many political conservatives like us who are not and never will be Trumpers. We just believe in a small federal government, more power should be given to the states to control and make important decisions because they are closer to their own constituents, and the federal government should not tax and spend like the democrats do. It should tax only for the things that states cannot do: such as postage, militia, some federal highways, etc. The states are supposed to be doing everything for themselves and acting as incubators on controversial ideas or problems so the other 49 can follow. So we are Madisonian Conservatives. There are many like that at the Heights. There are many pro-life advocates (of course) at the Heights; there are also many anti death-penalty (a liberal point of view) because they are Catholic. So you cannot assume that just because someone is a Conservative that they are a Trumper. And Vice versa. Same with Republicanism - that's the party - we stopped being members of the party when Trump became the candidate in 2016. All that being said, the primary focus of the school is Catholicism and it is Opus Dei and Opus Dei members will be teaching your children. You have to be comfortable with that. It is also very much sink or swim. Don't expect any hand holding. And they don't believe in SN issues like ADHD, dyslexia, executive functioning, etc. You would be wise to select a SN school if your son has those issues.

Has there ever been a time that red states are financially independent? What about spending under red presidents?