Holy Trinity in Georgetown_how is their curriculum?

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Anonymous wrote:While I really dislike the school personally, the OP I think was just trying to throw mud at the school and she seems to have disappeared

Can you talk about this more? What do you dislike about the school? We are considering it

Seems this PP did exactly what they criticized OP for doing.

PP here. No, I did not. We applied coming from one of the famous preschools in NWDC. We were prisoners, but did not go to mass (just donated to the school/church a bit). We were disrespected by the admission lady (con’t remember her name, but she is tall) in front of all the other parents touring the school. I won’t go into details, but I was upset. We were waitlisted, but would not have taken the spot anyway. We ended up admitted at 2 Big 3 for K. Min all honesty there is a lot not to like about the school when compared with BVR, Sidwell, etc. but the disrespect I felt from the AD was enough for us to run from the school.
We had applied because it was cheap and heard was good education, but probably not comparable to what my kids are getting now.

Seems like a lot of sour grapes for not being admitted? How in the world did she “disrespect” you, I’m honestly at a loss what could have transpired?

The school definitely prefers active parishioners, the Catholic but is serious.

Comparing a $20k Catholic school to a $50k BVR is a bit ridiculous.

Let’s say she disclosed something about our family/my child to the rest of the touring families. It was awful. Not so much for what she disclosed that is really not a big deal, but that used our case to disclose some private information tht I had shared only with her and the principal to 5-6 other families.
I was shocked, embarrassed and left before tour was even over. The day after I spoke to our preschool principal and told that we did not want to keep HTS on our list. I am not even sure the teachers sent the recommendation letters.

On top of that, large classes, lots of electronics, zero playground or play space…. Maybe I am spoiled, but there is a lot wrong with the school apart my personal negative experience

That is not very professional obviously. I’m sorry you experienced that. There are surveys going out to families and there will be a new principal so many changes likely coming.

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anyone that actually gets offered a spot at HTS should consider themselves lucky. HTS was our #1 but it was not in the way of things for DC. luckily we had a back up plan.

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Anonymous wrote:While I really dislike the school personally, the OP I think was just trying to throw mud at the school and she seems to have disappeared

Can you talk about this more? What do you dislike about the school? We are considering it

Seems this PP did exactly what they criticized OP for doing.

PP here. No, I did not. We applied coming from one of the famous preschools in NWDC. We were prisoners, but did not go to mass (just donated to the school/church a bit). We were disrespected by the admission lady (con’t remember her name, but she is tall) in front of all the other parents touring the school. I won’t go into details, but I was upset. We were waitlisted, but would not have taken the spot anyway. We ended up admitted at 2 Big 3 for K. Min all honesty there is a lot not to like about the school when compared with BVR, Sidwell, etc. but the disrespect I felt from the AD was enough for us to run from the school.
We had applied because it was cheap and heard was good education, but probably not comparable to what my kids are getting now.

Seems like a lot of sour grapes for not being admitted? How in the world did she “disrespect” you, I’m honestly at a loss what could have transpired?

The school definitely prefers active parishioners, the Catholic but is serious.

Comparing a $20k Catholic school to a $50k BVR is a bit ridiculous.

Let’s say she disclosed something about our family/my child to the rest of the touring families. It was awful. Not so much for what she disclosed that is really not a big deal, but that used our case to disclose some private information tht I had shared only with her and the principal to 5-6 other families.
I was shocked, embarrassed and left before tour was even over. The day after I spoke to our preschool principal and told that we did not want to keep HTS on our list. I am not even sure the teachers sent the recommendation letters.

On top of that, large classes, lots of electronics, zero playground or play space…. Maybe I am spoiled, but there is a lot wrong with the school apart my personal negative experience

Then why did you even apply if you had so many problems with the school? Sounds like everybody’s time was wasted.

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Anonymous wrote:While I really dislike the school personally, the OP I think was just trying to throw mud at the school and she seems to have disappeared

Can you talk about this more? What do you dislike about the school? We are considering it

Seems this PP did exactly what they criticized OP for doing.

PP here. No, I did not. We applied coming from one of the famous preschools in NWDC. We were prisoners, but did not go to mass (just donated to the school/church a bit). We were disrespected by the admission lady (con’t remember her name, but she is tall) in front of all the other parents touring the school. I won’t go into details, but I was upset. We were waitlisted, but would not have taken the spot anyway. We ended up admitted at 2 Big 3 for K. Min all honesty there is a lot not to like about the school when compared with BVR, Sidwell, etc. but the disrespect I felt from the AD was enough for us to run from the school.
We had applied because it was cheap and heard was good education, but probably not comparable to what my kids are getting now.

Seems like a lot of sour grapes for not being admitted? How in the world did she “disrespect” you, I’m honestly at a loss what could have transpired?

The school definitely prefers active parishioners, the Catholic but is serious.

Comparing a $20k Catholic school to a $50k BVR is a bit ridiculous.

Let’s say she disclosed something about our family/my child to the rest of the touring families. It was awful. Not so much for what she disclosed that is really not a big deal, but that used our case to disclose some private information tht I had shared only with her and the principal to 5-6 other families.
I was shocked, embarrassed and left before tour was even over. The day after I spoke to our preschool principal and told that we did not want to keep HTS on our list. I am not even sure the teachers sent the recommendation letters.

On top of that, large classes, lots of electronics, zero playground or play space…. Maybe I am spoiled, but there is a lot wrong with the school apart my personal negative experience

Then why did you even apply if you had so many problems with the school? Sounds like everybody’s time was wasted.

What kind of embarrassing secrets do you tell an admin when you are applying to a school? I really would not expect them to keep track of what is secret and what is not.

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Anonymous wrote:While I really dislike the school personally, the OP I think was just trying to throw mud at the school and she seems to have disappeared

Can you talk about this more? What do you dislike about the school? We are considering it

Seems this PP did exactly what they criticized OP for doing.

PP here. No, I did not. We applied coming from one of the famous preschools in NWDC. We were prisoners, but did not go to mass (just donated to the school/church a bit). We were disrespected by the admission lady (con’t remember her name, but she is tall) in front of all the other parents touring the school. I won’t go into details, but I was upset. We were waitlisted, but would not have taken the spot anyway. We ended up admitted at 2 Big 3 for K. Min all honesty there is a lot not to like about the school when compared with BVR, Sidwell, etc. but the disrespect I felt from the AD was enough for us to run from the school.
We had applied because it was cheap and heard was good education, but probably not comparable to what my kids are getting now.

Seems like a lot of sour grapes for not being admitted? How in the world did she “disrespect” you, I’m honestly at a loss what could have transpired?

The school definitely prefers active parishioners, the Catholic but is serious.

Comparing a $20k Catholic school to a $50k BVR is a bit ridiculous.

Let’s say she disclosed something about our family/my child to the rest of the touring families. It was awful. Not so much for what she disclosed that is really not a big deal, but that used our case to disclose some private information tht I had shared only with her and the principal to 5-6 other families.
I was shocked, embarrassed and left before tour was even over. The day after I spoke to our preschool principal and told that we did not want to keep HTS on our list. I am not even sure the teachers sent the recommendation letters.

On top of that, large classes, lots of electronics, zero playground or play space…. Maybe I am spoiled, but there is a lot wrong with the school apart my personal negative experience

Then why did you even apply if you had so many problems with the school? Sounds like everybody’s time was wasted.

Because it was cheaper and academics were/are supposed to be strong. It was our safety school.

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Anonymous wrote:While I really dislike the school personally, the OP I think was just trying to throw mud at the school and she seems to have disappeared

Can you talk about this more? What do you dislike about the school? We are considering it

Seems this PP did exactly what they criticized OP for doing.

PP here. No, I did not. We applied coming from one of the famous preschools in NWDC. We were prisoners, but did not go to mass (just donated to the school/church a bit). We were disrespected by the admission lady (con’t remember her name, but she is tall) in front of all the other parents touring the school. I won’t go into details, but I was upset. We were waitlisted, but would not have taken the spot anyway. We ended up admitted at 2 Big 3 for K. Min all honesty there is a lot not to like about the school when compared with BVR, Sidwell, etc. but the disrespect I felt from the AD was enough for us to run from the school.
We had applied because it was cheap and heard was good education, but probably not comparable to what my kids are getting now.

Seems like a lot of sour grapes for not being admitted? How in the world did she “disrespect” you, I’m honestly at a loss what could have transpired?

The school definitely prefers active parishioners, the Catholic but is serious.

Comparing a $20k Catholic school to a $50k BVR is a bit ridiculous.

Let’s say she disclosed something about our family/my child to the rest of the touring families. It was awful. Not so much for what she disclosed that is really not a big deal, but that used our case to disclose some private information tht I had shared only with her and the principal to 5-6 other families.
I was shocked, embarrassed and left before tour was even over. The day after I spoke to our preschool principal and told that we did not want to keep HTS on our list. I am not even sure the teachers sent the recommendation letters.

On top of that, large classes, lots of electronics, zero playground or play space…. Maybe I am spoiled, but there is a lot wrong with the school apart my personal negative experience

Then why did you even apply if you had so many problems with the school? Sounds like everybody’s time was wasted.

What kind of embarrassing secrets do you tell an admin when you are applying to a school? I really would not expect them to keep track of what is secret and what is not.

I don’t want to say, but it was private information about a family that you CANNOT discole to others. She said something like “and if this is your issue, you can always do like this family” pointing at me. Absolutely unacceptable and unprofessional. I have been involved in private schools for almost 8 years now and can compare quite a bit…

I am glad you are happy there and we are happy where my kids are. My experience with your school was awful… that’s all

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Anonymous wrote:While I really dislike the school personally, the OP I think was just trying to throw mud at the school and she seems to have disappeared

Can you talk about this more? What do you dislike about the school? We are considering it

Seems this PP did exactly what they criticized OP for doing.

PP here. No, I did not. We applied coming from one of the famous preschools in NWDC. We were prisoners, but did not go to mass (just donated to the school/church a bit). We were disrespected by the admission lady (con’t remember her name, but she is tall) in front of all the other parents touring the school. I won’t go into details, but I was upset. We were waitlisted, but would not have taken the spot anyway. We ended up admitted at 2 Big 3 for K. Min all honesty there is a lot not to like about the school when compared with BVR, Sidwell, etc. but the disrespect I felt from the AD was enough for us to run from the school.
We had applied because it was cheap and heard was good education, but probably not comparable to what my kids are getting now.

Seems like a lot of sour grapes for not being admitted? How in the world did she “disrespect” you, I’m honestly at a loss what could have transpired?

The school definitely prefers active parishioners, the Catholic but is serious.

Comparing a $20k Catholic school to a $50k BVR is a bit ridiculous.

Let’s say she disclosed something about our family/my child to the rest of the touring families. It was awful. Not so much for what she disclosed that is really not a big deal, but that used our case to disclose some private information tht I had shared only with her and the principal to 5-6 other families.
I was shocked, embarrassed and left before tour was even over. The day after I spoke to our preschool principal and told that we did not want to keep HTS on our list. I am not even sure the teachers sent the recommendation letters.

On top of that, large classes, lots of electronics, zero playground or play space…. Maybe I am spoiled, but there is a lot wrong with the school apart my personal negative experience

Then why did you even apply if you had so many problems with the school? Sounds like everybody’s time was wasted.

What kind of embarrassing secrets do you tell an admin when you are applying to a school? I really would not expect them to keep track of what is secret and what is not.

I don’t want to say, but it was private information about a family that you CANNOT discole to others. She said something like “and if this is your issue, you can always do like this family” pointing at me. Absolutely unacceptable and unprofessional. I have been involved in private schools for almost 8 years now and can compare quite a bit…

I am glad you are happy there and we are happy where my kids are. My experience with your school was awful… that’s all

And again, it wasn’t particularly embarrassing, but the school has no right to disclose any kind of info.

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Information doesn’t have to be embarrassing for it to be unacceptable to have it shared without permission. My child has a learning difference. We are not embarrassed about it and very forthcoming with schools, but if we were on a tour and someone said “and if your child has dyslexia like this woman’s does, here’s what we offer” I would be *livid*.

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Anonymous wrote:Information doesn’t have to be embarrassing for it to be unacceptable to have it shared without permission. My child has a learning difference. We are not embarrassed about it and very forthcoming with schools, but if we were on a tour and someone said “and if your child has dyslexia like this woman’s does, here’s what we offer” I would be *livid*.

Thank you. This is similar of what happened. It was my a learning difference, but something on the line of: financial aid, redshirting, repeating a year, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Information doesn’t have to be embarrassing for it to be unacceptable to have it shared without permission. My child has a learning difference. We are not embarrassed about it and very forthcoming with schools, but if we were on a tour and someone said “and if your child has dyslexia like this woman’s does, here’s what we offer” I would be *livid*.

Thank you. This is similar of what happened. It was my a learning difference, but something on the line of: financial aid, redshirting, repeating a year, etc.

So it was about redshirting — which is a ridiculous thing to hire, does your kid lie about their birthday. No one who goes to famous preschools is applying to financial aid. And the topics of repeating year is so rare to never come up. So an innocent mistake that, not about learning disability or your finances, and you are on a vendetta.

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Please explain to this to me: where do these kids go after graduating? What schools would accept them if the academics suck so much? I know they don’t even have a science teacher this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Information doesn’t have to be embarrassing for it to be unacceptable to have it shared without permission. My child has a learning difference. We are not embarrassed about it and very forthcoming with schools, but if we were on a tour and someone said “and if your child has dyslexia like this woman’s does, here’s what we offer” I would be *livid*.

Thank you. This is similar of what happened. It was my a learning difference, but something on the line of: financial aid, redshirting, repeating a year, etc.

So it was about redshirting — which is a ridiculous thing to hire, does your kid lie about their birthday. No one who goes to famous preschools is applying to financial aid. And the topics of repeating year is so rare to never come up. So an innocent mistake that, not about learning disability or your finances, and you are on a vendetta.

It actually wasn’t redshirting, but something similar to those examples I quoted. Look, this was my experience and that’s it. I would never send my kids there, but I am glad you/your kids are happy there. My understand is that the academics are good. HTS is just not the place for my kids as I am sure Sidwell/BVR is not the place for yours.

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Anonymous wrote:Information doesn’t have to be embarrassing for it to be unacceptable to have it shared without permission. My child has a learning difference. We are not embarrassed about it and very forthcoming with schools, but if we were on a tour and someone said “and if your child has dyslexia like this woman’s does, here’s what we offer” I would be *livid*.

Thank you. This is similar of what happened. It was my a learning difference, but something on the line of: financial aid, redshirting, repeating a year, etc.

So it was about redshirting — which is a ridiculous thing to hire, does your kid lie about their birthday. No one who goes to famous preschools is applying to financial aid. And the topics of repeating year is so rare to never come up. So an innocent mistake that, not about learning disability or your finances, and you are on a vendetta.

It actually wasn’t redshirting, but something similar to those examples I quoted. Look, this was my experience and that’s it. I would never send my kids there, but I am glad you/your kids are happy there. My understand is that the academics are good. HTS is just not the place for my kids as I am sure Sidwell/BVR is not the place for yours.

You examples are nonsensical, redshirting would not be considered sensitive, while financial aid would be.

Did you expressly ask for confidentiality?

Sure it’s a tiny playground for a tiny school. But comparing $42k BVR to $16k (parishioners) tuition is just bad form.

Trash talking a small catholic school from you $$$ fancy preschool pedigree is just poor form.

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The “famous preschool” and Big 3 references are informative.

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Anonymous wrote:Information doesn’t have to be embarrassing for it to be unacceptable to have it shared without permission. My child has a learning difference. We are not embarrassed about it and very forthcoming with schools, but if we were on a tour and someone said “and if your child has dyslexia like this woman’s does, here’s what we offer” I would be *livid*.

Thank you. This is similar of what happened. It was my a learning difference, but something on the line of: financial aid, redshirting, repeating a year, etc.

So it was about redshirting — which is a ridiculous thing to hire, does your kid lie about their birthday. No one who goes to famous preschools is applying to financial aid. And the topics of repeating year is so rare to never come up. So an innocent mistake that, not about learning disability or your finances, and you are on a vendetta.

It actually wasn’t redshirting, but something similar to those examples I quoted. Look, this was my experience and that’s it. I would never send my kids there, but I am glad you/your kids are happy there. My understand is that the academics are good. HTS is just not the place for my kids as I am sure Sidwell/BVR is not the place for yours.

You examples are nonsensical, redshirting would not be considered sensitive, while financial aid would be.

Did you expressly ask for confidentiality?

Sure it’s a tiny playground for a tiny school. But comparing $42k BVR to $16k (parishioners) tuition is just bad form.

Trash talking a small catholic school from you $$$ fancy preschool pedigree is just poor form.

Ok whatever. This was MY experience. HTS was on our list and had the admission lady not done what she did, we would have considered it (if admitted). It wasn’t our top choice, but lower tuition would have been great (especially since I have 3 kids). I also believe in the importance of academics and I went to a Jesuit university. The disregard the admission person showed us was not only embarrassing, but made me realize that the culture difference from the schools I was used to for my kids was just too big.
I would have preferred the cheaper tuition if the only difference were the playground.