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If you could choose to send you DS to any private school in the DC Metro area
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Anonymous
Can you share those schools' names? |
Anonymous
Haha.. nod nod. complete with all those web links. |
Anonymous
| Saint Albans School . . . there is no substitute. |
Anonymous
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Did anyone who posted not already have a kid at the school they mentioned?
Maybe the question should be, name the school your child attends, and name where you'd like him/her to be. I'll bet they would always be the same. |
Anonymous
| Norwood. |
Anonymous
I thought Sidwell Friends is top-notch too. Right? |
Anonymous
15:58 here. I'm sorry for seeming incendiary. I was responding to 13:59, who suggested that saying St. Anselm's serves "gifted" boys is merely saying it's a private school. I still contend that St. Anselm's gears its curriculum unusually high, and only tries to serve boys who work comfortably at that level. That information should be useful to someone who is looking for the right school for his son. But I concede that the "gifted" shorthand is freighted and vague, and I'll avoid it in the future.
I regret any offense I've given here, especially because I don't want it to cast a shadow on the St. Anselm's community, which is warm and welcoming. |
Anonymous
| GDS |
Anonymous
I'm not that poster and I know nothing about the school, but I can certainly understand why someone would flag the fact that wealth isn't the primary way admission is rationed at a particular school. Like it or not, high tuition (not inferior achievement) is what excludes the vast majority of local kids from Sidwell, St Albans, GDS, NCS, Holton, Maret, etc. These are schools for very affluent kids. Some are selective enough to be schools for the smartest affluent kids. But they're still primarily schools for affluent kids. |
Anonymous
| St. Albans or Sidwell |
Anonymous
| We know a kid at St Anselms going into 8th grade who was rejeted everywhere else. he is definitely not academically gifted but is a very good athlete. |
Anonymous
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Since this is a total "If you could could...." no boundaries, no traffic jams, no residency requirements....
Lower school: Burgundy Farm, in part for the tremendous outdoor experiences including their West Virginia campus. Middle school: Maret or Potomac. H.S.: Best public that would be right for DS, depending on talents (Ellington? Thomas Jefferson? Churchill?) and regardless of residency requirements... |
Anonymous
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Prior to seeing how my 5 yo is developing as a student, I wanted the Sidwells, Marets, Beauvoirs---
In really seeing his strengths and educational needs, I want St. Patrick's or Green Acres for him... REALLY depends on the child. |
Anonymous
| Well, I'm new to this thread, but I've lived in DC for over 30 years, and St. Anselm's has a longstanding reputation for academic rigor. |
Anonymous
| Mater Dei |