st bart in bethesda

[Anonymous]

Looking for feedback on. St Barts in Md.
How stuffy are the parents.
Is the. School academically rigorous
Do you know what high schools their graduates go to


I have searched. For info on the school but. Couldn't. Find anything

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for feedback on. St Barts in Md.
How stuffy are the parents.
Is the. School academically rigorous
Do you know what high schools their graduates go to


I have searched. For info on the school but. Couldn't. Find anything

Thanks

The kids go on to all the know Catholic school, and in fact last year quite a few of them were awarded scholarships.

[Anonymous]

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/jforum.page?module=search&action=search&search_forum=31&match_type=all&search_keywords=st+barts

[Anonymous]

We have been there for 2 years and like it. Smaller than local Montgomery county public school. Aftercare s great and very reasonable. 7$ before drop off and 12$ until 6pm. Always staffed by teachers. Spanish, Art, music, and meeting with the school counselor once a week to talk about feelings. Was very much set on little flower but st. Bart's has better before and after care and diversity. So much more diversity with working moms! Please visit.

[Anonymous]

I'm also considering St Bart's based on strong recommendations from friends with kids there. The parents I know with kids there aren't stuffy but I would say go with your gut feeling when you visit.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Personally I have not seen many AA kids there. Not many latinos in the school. I wonder if my. Daughter would fit in or feel odd. I know acceptance in social groups is. Much harder for girls. But I thought it would be better than Blessed Sac!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally I have not seen many AA kids there. Not many latinos in the school. I wonder if my. Daughter would fit in or feel odd. I know acceptance in social groups is. Much harder for girls. But I thought it would be better than Blessed Sac!!

I haven't been to St.Bart's yet but I am African-American and considering the school. In regards to diversity, that ship sailed when I decided to move to Bethesda. At my local public school, maybe 3% is AA and with five classes per grade that translates into 1-3 AA per class. My kids are going to make close friends with the kids in their class so unless it is a year with two AA girls in the class, it's unlikely for them to have AA friends from school. At this age anyway it seems as though the other kids are accepting of my daughters. I think the older they get and when they go to schools with more AA and have options to sit where they want at lunch and meet more kids thru after school activities and start dating etc, the dynamics may change. In some ways I think at a small school like St. Barts it would be harder to suddenly drift away from those friendships that you formed at an early age with kids from a different background. The challenge for me is making sure my daughters would be equally comfortable in an environment that is majority AA.

Anyway, look at it this way, if we both end up at St. Bart's it will be starting a trend!

[Anonymous]

We had a very bad experience there and are glad we left but also knew many families who were happy there. Certain personalities do fine but our child was MISERABLE! There was actually a pretty big exodus across many grades the year that we left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a very bad experience there and are glad we left but also knew many families who were happy there. Certain personalities do fine but our child was MISERABLE! There was actually a pretty big exodus across many grades the year that we left.

18:19, was the issue simply about being a good fit or was there a leadership issue or techer quality issue going on? Also, I know a lot of times it is how the school deals when there at issues that makes the difference. Did you find the school to be inflexible about working with families?

[Anonymous]

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