sheridan vs. lowell honest feedback on parent communities?

[Anonymous]

Current K Sheridan class of 24 kids has 11 children of color and two same-sex parent families. They are walking the walk in terms of diversity both in terms of admissions and curriculum. It was a major reason why we chose the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like most privates, both schools are mostly white families with professional parents whose household incomes are in the $300-500K range. Minorities kids are mostly Asian or mixed race (white + Asian) kids, a few African Americans or Africans. A smattering of SAHMs.

When was the last time you were in either school? As a previous poster said, this does not reflect either school's population today, either in terms of race or family incomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like most privates, both schools are mostly white families with professional parents whose household incomes are in the $300-500K range. Minorities kids are mostly Asian or mixed race (white + Asian) kids, a few African Americans or Africans. A smattering of SAHMs.

This actually isn't true of sheridan. No idea about Lowell. Thinking this pp went on some tours and tried hard to quickly guess the ethnicities of the kids in the many photos posted all over the school hallways

[Anonymous]

We applied to Sheridan because of its visibly diverse student body. Just wish teachers were a bit more diverse as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We applied to Sheridan because of its visibly diverse student body. Just wish teachers were a bit more diverse as well.

We applied to both, and Lowell has a much more diverse teaching staff.

[Anonymous]

Can either handle 2e kids?

[Anonymous]

Can't say what they do today, but Sheridan two years ago absolutely could not handle 2e kids.

[Anonymous]

Lowell can not handle 2e kids (nor Sheridan in my opinion). We have first-hand experience with both.

[Anonymous]

So what schools can handle 2e kids? And what type of kid does best at Sheridan or Lowell?

Separately, I find it interesting that the acceptance letter at at least one these schools talks more about our family than our child. I wanted to hear a bit more about why they picked my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what schools can handle 2e kids? And what type of kid does best at Sheridan or Lowell?

Separately, I find it interesting that the acceptance letter at at least one these schools talks more about our family than our child. I wanted to hear a bit more about why they picked my kid.

about your second point, that IS interesting. being parent of an incoming Ker i had to be a huge part of the process, and i really enjoyed the admissions experience at one school much more so than at the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what schools can handle 2e kids? And what type of kid does best at Sheridan or Lowell?

Separately, I find it interesting that the acceptance letter at at least one these schools talks more about our family than our child. I wanted to hear a bit more about why they picked my kid.

about your second point, that IS interesting. being parent of an incoming Ker i had to be a huge part of the process, and i really enjoyed the admissions experience at one school much more so than at the other.

I applied to both of these schools for my child and was struck at how warm the admissions process was at each. They both seemed to want to know my child and our family.

Looking back on it, I think both schools want to be sure that the family is on board with the progressive education model. In the parent interviews, each asked what we wanted from our child's education, what types of activities we did together as a family, etc.

In contrast, neither asked me or my spouse what we did for a living or where we went to school (which were asked on applications at other schools). I found that refreshing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lowell can not handle 2e kids (nor Sheridan in my opinion). We have first-hand experience with both.

At the risk of detouring the thread ... which mainstream independents in NWDC -do- encourage 2e students and work really well with them? Maret? How about Sidwell, does Sidwell admit and handle kids with learning disabilities? St. Albans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like most privates, both schools are mostly white families with professional parents whose household incomes are in the $300-500K range. Minorities kids are mostly Asian or mixed race (white + Asian) kids, a few African Americans or Africans. A smattering of SAHMs.

This is definitely NOT true at Lowell. One K class of 12 has 4 AA children, 2 Latino and one Asian. This K class is pretty representative of the rest of the school.