Catholic schools with academic rigor in NOVA
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Anonymous
| In what way is AAP better? More resources? Smaller classes? More demanding academically? My kids are still small, so I haven’t had much contact with families who have kids in AAP. |
Anonymous
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The AAP is an advanced academic curriculum, and the teachers are certified in gifted education.
There's a long section about AAP on this site. Class size maxes out at 30 in AAP. |
Anonymous
| St. Leo’s also has a math track that allows for geometry in 8th grade. I don’t have a sense of how common that is, though. |
Anonymous
My impression is that it’s very common in the schools that have 2 or more classes per grade. |
Anonymous
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We had a very good experience at Saint Mary’s in Alexandria. I have 3 DC with very different academic needs. All did quite well and were able to attend the private Catholic high school of their choice. All 3 were quite prepared for their ninth grade year.
That being said, individual teachers did vary. I imagine the same could be said of any school. FWIW, academics was only one of the factors for me in ES. Kids had a good foundation for learning to study, discipline, charity, etc. We are also a family who believes academics, particularly in the young grades, is a combined school and family role. We did not still outside with the exception of one DC who was dx with dyslexia and ADD, but we did additional reading, writing and math games. |
Anonymous
Holy Spirit does too. I think it's fairly common to offer "advanced" options. |
Anonymous
| Geometry in 8th is what I call “standard advanced” for the DC area. Many privates offer it. More than a third of my child’s class took geometry in 8th this past year. |
Anonymous
| Bump as we are looking in application and open house season |
Anonymous
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Since this is a K-8 thread I will bring up St Anselms Abbey for boys in NE DC. Very rigorous education for 6-12.
I don’t know if you’d want a boy on a long commute, however. |
Anonymous
So does St Joe’s. |
Anonymous
| Does Saint Agnes offer Geometry in 8th grade? |
Anonymous
| Yes. |
Anonymous
| The classical curriculum schools that are low to no tech will have more reading & writing than schools with technology integrated throughout the curriculum. Teachers in front of the class leading and teaching instead of offloading to "individualized" app-based exercises. St. Rita's comes to mind. |
Anonymous
| To what degree are the Catholic K-8s that don’t offer it receptive to a child taking geometry in 8th grade through the Johns Hopkins program (with the parents ponying up the extra $2000)? |
Anonymous
| We’ve had an excellent experience at OLGC in Vienna! |