The Heights and Oakcrest

[Anonymous]

The Heights and Oakcrest are extraordinarily conservative. People call it “ultra conservative“. Just keep that in mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

We applied multiple times to the Heights and got turned down... it's very annoying as 35 of the available 45 slots were reserved for alumni kids, siblings, and teachers kids. If you don't have an "in" - you're not going there. And my kids supposedly attend a "feeder" school.

I also know a wonderful boy who didn’t get into The Heights for 9th grade. He is academically gifted, kind, fit, the whole package! Plus, a great family. He wanted to go there so much! Basically, there were no spaces once all of the “hooked” kids were admitted.

There were other great boys who couldn’t get in at various grade levels.

Unless you have a special connection to the school it’s not happening!

The girls school should be fine, if your family is a match they will have a spot. Perhaps you can get your daughter into Oakcrest then use that as leverage to gain admission for your boys.

That's disappointing - I'm sorry that your friend's son was not able to get into The Heights. It is a great school, but space constraints sadly mean that there is not enough room for every student whom the school would love to have join.

As a Heights family, I will say that we had no "special connection" to the school. One thing we did, however, was apply and enroll our boys in The Heights starting in the Lower School (3rd grade). This was a win-win as our boys received a great elementary and middle school education (while being established for the same in high school at The Heights) and the school received our support and commitment over many years.

I do hope that The Heights is able to expand its numbers to allow an even greater number of boys to attend in the future, so long as it doesn't change the wonderful character of the school.

[Anonymous]

Hands down two best schools in the DC area. Rigor and family values together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Heights and Oakcrest are extraordinarily conservative. People call it “ultra conservative“. Just keep that in mind.

Conservative, not "ultra" -- its just that every other school promotes LGBTQ and non-family values. Standing for traditional marriage/society isn't "ultra"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Heights and Oakcrest are extraordinarily conservative. People call it “ultra conservative“. Just keep that in mind.

Conservative, not "ultra" -- its just that every other school promotes LGBTQ and non-family values. Standing for traditional marriage/society isn't "ultra"

OMG. You could't have proven my point any better. Can only imagine what you think is ultra-conservative...

[Anonymous]

My son was not offered a place at The Heights. We had an opportunity to move to a different state with a similar school that made us feel welcome. My son is thriving.

[Anonymous]

There are no feeder schools to either.

The Heights is extremely competitive.

Attend the lectures, start going to open houses early, and start doing camps young to familiarize with school and faculty. It's heaven on earth for boys, I hope you can get in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son was not offered a place at The Heights. We had an opportunity to move to a different state with a similar school that made us feel welcome. My son is thriving.

I'm really happy that you found a great school for your son! Honestly, there should be more similar schools across the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Heights and Oakcrest are extraordinarily conservative. People call it “ultra conservative“. Just keep that in mind.

Conservative, not "ultra" -- its just that every other school promotes LGBTQ and non-family values. Standing for traditional marriage/society isn't "ultra"

Do they encourage students to marry young?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no feeder schools to either.

The Heights is extremely competitive.

Attend the lectures, start going to open houses early, and start doing camps young to familiarize with school and faculty. It's heaven on earth for boys, I hope you can get in!

Let's not get carried away. The lower school is pretty close for most boys, but after that there are a number of things that they need to work on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Heights and Oakcrest are extraordinarily conservative. People call it “ultra conservative“. Just keep that in mind.

Conservative, not "ultra" -- its just that every other school promotes LGBTQ and non-family values. Standing for traditional marriage/society isn't "ultra"

Do they encourage students to marry young?

1 Corinthians 7:9

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no feeder schools to either.

The Heights is extremely competitive.

Attend the lectures, start going to open houses early, and start doing camps young to familiarize with school and faculty. It's heaven on earth for boys, I hope you can get in!

Let's not get carried away. The lower school is pretty close for most boys, but after that there are a number of things that they need to work on.

Sorry, what are you saying?

[Anonymous]

I'm really happy that you found a great school for your son! Honestly, there should be more similar schools across the country.

Thank you. On the off chance that this will help another family, here are the other schools similar to The Heights that I found:

Houston, TX
Western Academy (grades 3-8) https://www.westernacademy.net/
Located near Memorial Villages which are some of the nicest neighborhoods in Houston.

Millis, MA
Sparhawk Academy (grades 3-8) https://sparhawkacademy.org/
Pretty land. You can live in Wellesley and divide the commute if someone needed to work in Boston.

Chicago, IL
Northridge Preparatory School (grades 6-12) https://northridgeprep.org/
Just over the border of Chicago in Niles. Safe, but not very pretty. Nearby Park Ridge is nice. Well-developed HS program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm really happy that you found a great school for your son! Honestly, there should be more similar schools across the country.

Thank you. On the off chance that this will help another family, here are the other schools similar to The Heights that I found:

Houston, TX
Western Academy (grades 3-8) https://www.westernacademy.net/
Located near Memorial Villages which are some of the nicest neighborhoods in Houston.

Millis, MA
Sparhawk Academy (grades 3-8) https://sparhawkacademy.org/
Pretty land. You can live in Wellesley and divide the commute if someone needed to work in Boston.

Chicago, IL
Northridge Preparatory School (grades 6-12) https://northridgeprep.org/
Just over the border of Chicago in Niles. Safe, but not very pretty. Nearby Park Ridge is nice. Well-developed HS program.

Great information - thanks for sharing this list.

The Heights had a recent podcast with a current faculty member at Sparhawk Academy:

https://heightsforum.org/podcast/teaching-craftsmanship-on-skills-and-boys-hands/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm really happy that you found a great school for your son! Honestly, there should be more similar schools across the country.

Thank you. On the off chance that this will help another family, here are the other schools similar to The Heights that I found:

Houston, TX
Western Academy (grades 3-8) https://www.westernacademy.net/
Located near Memorial Villages which are some of the nicest neighborhoods in Houston.

Millis, MA
Sparhawk Academy (grades 3-8) https://sparhawkacademy.org/
Pretty land. You can live in Wellesley and divide the commute if someone needed to work in Boston.

Chicago, IL
Northridge Preparatory School (grades 6-12) https://northridgeprep.org/
Just over the border of Chicago in Niles. Safe, but not very pretty. Nearby Park Ridge is nice. Well-developed HS program.

These schools were founded to mimic The Heights. Admin is mostly old Heights teachers/alumni.