Strongest Academic Program - Private Schools in Bowie/Upper Marlboro

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone moved from MoCo privates to PG private and can compare side by side with regards to diversity and cultural inclusiveness. To be totally honest, one draw would be more opportunities to socialize with other minority children. I'm sorry if that is politically incorrect, but we need to do this for the development of a healthy racial self-image. It's tough being the only child of color in your class.

U referring to HS or elementary?

Secondary schools.

PG Privates are for the most part Majority Black with a good percentage of "others". Dematha All Boys, Elizabeth Seton is All Girls, while Bishop Mac Namara is co Ed, as well as Riverdale Baptist

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Check out your public options before committing to any of these schools. The areas you've noted have great school options. Many have left Pius andHT to attend my public elementary. Feel children are more challenged .

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Anonymous wrote:Check out your public options before committing to any of these schools. The areas you've noted have great school options. Many have left Pius andHT to attend my public elementary. Feel children are more challenged .

What school is that?

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Excellence only have temporary accredidation? That concerns me. I was looking there because they have a later cutoff and my daughter misses the state cutoff by 2 days.

I have heard only great things about Holy Trinity, but they refuse to waive the cutoff until at least K. I was trying to get DD in their PK3.

I would love more information about Excellence. How do the students do on standardized tests?

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Surprised to hear some feel children are not challenged at St Pius or Holy Trinity. Anyone else hear this as well? This is disappointing

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised to hear some feel children are not challenged at St Pius or Holy Trinity. Anyone else hear this as well? This is disappointing

Where did you hear this? Just to revamp this thread, alot of the privates in PG County are more like Public/Private schools. I say that to say, large classrooms, no diversity, etc. If you could travel a little, maybe in VA, DC or further out MD, it would be much better.

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We left HT for our local public school. Though we left for other academic reasons, it quickly became apparent to me that HT is behind in math. Many of the concepts that were supposed to be a review for my DC were actually being taught for the first time. As a result, my DC was more behind in math. However, I still like HT, on the whole, and the admissions director will tell you that by 8th grade graduation, academically those graduates can compete with any of the other local privates.

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This is an eye-opener. Thank you for posting, 12/05/2017 12:11.
Is there a standardized test we should be asking about when comparing schools?
12/05/2017 12:11 is the most objective information we have.
I wish there was an equivalent to SAT that we could compare across all the 8th grades to see where these schools really stand
I am really getting worried that we are all getting hoodwinked into thinking these private schools are stronger than our local public schools
Any insight or advice?

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone experienced the admission process at Holy Trinity? We are trying to decide if we will go through it.
The registration fee ($800), student fee ($500) and early tuition payment plan of apr-jan got us really skeptical. Also, the fact that the withdrawal process is slim to none once you sign the contract. Admission Director stated that you will still be charged the tuition if you withdraw after 14 days.
Any comments?

Reviving this thread.... and yes, I toured last week and this is a deal breaker for me. For what you get,$10k tuition does NOT include $800 registration fee or$500 endowment. So basically add $1300 to tuition. I didn’t see that much value in the school. $9-10k I could stomach it.

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Trinity is awesome.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone experienced the admission process at Holy Trinity? We are trying to decide if we will go through it.
The registration fee ($800), student fee ($500) and early tuition payment plan of apr-jan got us really skeptical. Also, the fact that the withdrawal process is slim to none once you sign the contract. Admission Director stated that you will still be charged the tuition if you withdraw after 14 days.
Any comments?

Reviving this thread.... and yes, I toured last week and this is a deal breaker for me. For what you get,$10k tuition does NOT include $800 registration fee or$500 endowment. So basically add $1300 to tuition. I didn’t see that much value in the school. $9-10k I could stomach it.

I posted this . After considering what it included and the value, we decided it was the best in the area and will be confusing with enrollment if accepted.

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Here we are - with another school year to start in just a few weeks! Anyone with new opinions, news, or updates on this topic?

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Anonymous wrote:This is an eye-opener. Thank you for posting, 12/05/2017 12:11.
Is there a standardized test we should be asking about when comparing schools?
12/05/2017 12:11 is the most objective information we have.
I wish there was an equivalent to SAT that we could compare across all the 8th grades to see where these schools really stand
I am really getting worried that we are all getting hoodwinked into thinking these private schools are stronger than our local public schools
Any insight or advice?

Private schools are only accountable to their "customers," the students and parents, who have no real way of assessing quality of instruction. Some of them are run like tiny dictatorships, I speak from experience.

My advice- work with your public school! You're already paying for it in our high taxes, and the more people are invested in our local publics, the better they will do, which will only lead to more enrollment by middle class and higher income parents and increased property values. The private schools in PG are unimpressive academically and add nothing to our community.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an eye-opener. Thank you for posting, 12/05/2017 12:11.
Is there a standardized test we should be asking about when comparing schools?
12/05/2017 12:11 is the most objective information we have.
I wish there was an equivalent to SAT that we could compare across all the 8th grades to see where these schools really stand
I am really getting worried that we are all getting hoodwinked into thinking these private schools are stronger than our local public schools
Any insight or advice?

Private schools are only accountable to their "customers," the students and parents, who have no real way of assessing quality of instruction. Some of them are run like tiny dictatorships, I speak from experience.

My advice- work with your public school! You're already paying for it in our high taxes, and the more people are invested in our local publics, the better they will do, which will only lead to more enrollment by middle class and higher income parents and increased property values. The private schools in PG are unimpressive academically and add nothing to our community.

I somewhat agree with this. I have kids starting PreK-4 at a Virginia private and I live in Clinton, MD. If it could only be that simple. The fact that PreK-4 is income based and I'll have to pay anyway, choosing to pay for private school was a no brainer. However, PG privates are really not all that great. If I had to choose, I would say Holy Trinity but that's picking the best crab from the barrel.