rosemary hills vs. university park ES

[Anonymous]

Based on our renting budget, we are thinking to send our kid for kindergarten in either rosemary hills or university park ES. Which one is better? Any suggestion would be very appreciated.

[Anonymous]

I don't know anything about university park, but Rosemary Hills is a very good k-2 school. The kids then go to North Chevy Chase or Chevy Chase ES and then on to Westland (or possibly the new MS to be built) and BCC HS. I think it's a great pyramid.

[Anonymous]

Both elementary school are really great. We used to live in Univ Park and it is a strong smaller neighborhood school. It is really nice. We now live in Chevy Chase and our son attends rosemary hills. We have had a good experience so far with RH. It is a much larger school that covers a larger area of students. RH is only K-2 as well, but it is still has a great deal of students even with that limitation. If you are going to stay beyong 5th grade and for middle school, Univ Park may not be the best bet as the middle and high schools for that area are not very good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both elementary school are really great. We used to live in Univ Park and it is a strong smaller neighborhood school. It is really nice. We now live in Chevy Chase and our son attends rosemary hills. We have had a good experience so far with RH. It is a much larger school that covers a larger area of students. RH is only K-2 as well, but it is still has a great deal of students even with that limitation. If you are going to stay beyong 5th grade and for middle school, Univ Park may not be the best bet as the middle and high schools for that area are not very good.

OP, can your kid still receive enough attention when switch to the larger class? Does RH provide curriculum that fit kids or at least the kids won’t feel boring?

[Anonymous]

The curriculum is the same throughout MCPS! (It's supposed to be, anyway!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The curriculum is the same throughout MCPS! (It's supposed to be, anyway!)

I think Univ Park is in PG County, so not MCPS.

[Anonymous]

OP: thanks for the input. I think I will choose RH...
how is the after school program in Rosemary Hills? Is it educational ?

[Anonymous]

Hi OP this is 12:55 again. Let me clarify-my DS never attend Univ Park-we moved from there before he began kinder, but our neighbors all had kids there and loved it.
My son has done really well at RH this year despite the large class size. Montg County uses the 2.0 curriculum now and there is alot of controversy around it and you can read more on this forum by searching other threads. I don't have anything else to compare it too and he is only in kinder so even though it is rather vague, I am not up in arms over it. I also spoke to his teacher about it though and read up in the curriculum.

For after school at RH you either sign up for aftercare or indiv activities that are run via the PTA or other private orgs. The days and times vary as do the subjects or sports and they cost varying amounts for 6 weeks sessions at a time. The aftercare is not educational but focuses on fun activities for the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP this is 12:55 again. Let me clarify-my DS never attend Univ Park-we moved from there before he began kinder, but our neighbors all had kids there and loved it.
My son has done really well at RH this year despite the large class size. Montg County uses the 2.0 curriculum now and there is alot of controversy around it and you can read more on this forum by searching other threads. I don't have anything else to compare it too and he is only in kinder so even though it is rather vague, I am not up in arms over it. I also spoke to his teacher about it though and read up in the curriculum.

For after school at RH you either sign up for aftercare or indiv activities that are run via the PTA or other private orgs. The days and times vary as do the subjects or sports and they cost varying amounts for 6 weeks sessions at a time. The aftercare is not educational but focuses on fun activities for the kids.

Thanks, the information is very helpful.

[Anonymous]

for what it's worth, I have a first grader at Rosemary Hills, and she is very jealous of the kids who go to aftercare. She always begs me to be able to go. So i have the impression that the kids there enjoy it. (She would have, I'm sure. Though my son never could have handled such a long day at that age. Too exhausting to be social so long!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:for what it's worth, I have a first grader at Rosemary Hills, and she is very jealous of the kids who go to aftercare. She always begs me to be able to go. So i have the impression that the kids there enjoy it. (She would have, I'm sure. Though my son never could have handled such a long day at that age. Too exhausting to be social so long!)

Thanks for sharing. It's so glad to hear that. My son is in a full-time daycare. I put him there from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. He still complains that I pick him up too early. He needs long social days.