Green Acres, St. Andrews, Field
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Anonymous
| Any input regarding any of those schools? |
Anonymous
| What specifically do you want to know? |
Anonymous
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For what year, what are you looking for. The three are very different.
St Andrews is the most traditional but is known to work with kids who have some learning issues. Good extracurricular's. K-12 2 campuses Green Acres considered to be more progressive. k-8 mixed feelings about this school usually pop up on this board Field-6-12 considered progressive but with some traditional type areas. Good arts/music not big on sports also known for taking kids with learning issues. Compares with Burke. |
Anonymous
| Very different schools |
Anonymous
| A friend's son is at Field and they love it. He is very very bright but also a bit on the LD side with some anxiety. From what she told me the school works with the child. There are no bells, classes are very small, lots of teacher attention, in depth class discussions and also students can take a "time out" per say if they are feeling stressed during the day. If I could afford something like that for my DC I would do it in a heart beat, it sounds wonderful. |
Anonymous
GT/ADHD boy with some anxiety. I need to start thinking about where would be a good fit for middle school. |
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Anonymous
| i wouldn't recommend Green Acres since it goes only up to 8th grade. I would go for Burke or Field. |
Anonymous
| Green Acres middle school starts in 5th grade. |
Anonymous
| PP, yes, but does the OP know that? for a child that is a bit anxious i wouldn't recommend a school were he will have to move after2 years. |
Anonymous
How are Field and Burke different? |
Anonymous
| I don't know anyone with an ADHD or LD child at Burke. I think there is a belief that it's good for these kids because it's progressive, but in don't know about that in fact. Field and st. Andrew's get high marks from friends who have had LD or ADHD kids there. I do get the sense that at any of these schools you need to have a clear picture of the supports your child needs, and be very up front in discussing that with admissions to be sure those needs can be met. In other words, I would not expect the school to sort things out for you. I also hear good things about McLean for students like your DC but again, no first-hand experience. Good luck, OP! |
Anonymous
| NP here. I certainly do know some students with varying degrees of learning disabilities at Burke. And you can also find some such students at Big X schools as well. |
Anonymous
Green Acres has no high school, so I would only go that route for a middle schooler if you had no good alternatives. The other two go through HS, so you wouldn't have to change again. GT/ADHD kids who are medicated can do very well St. Andrew's. If you don't medicate, it probably won't work well for anyone. They have a warm, supportive environment, but expect kids to work hard to compensate for any limitations. You need to visit the schools with your boy. They are physically very different, and some kids have a viscerally strong preference for one or the other.good luck. |
Anonymous
I wasn't saying there aren't kids with LDs or ADHD at Burke, only that I don't know any. I do think there is often a belief that progressive schools are better for these kids, and I think it's important to realize this is a very individual thing, especially if there's anxiety involved. The three schools the OP asked about have a different on-campus feel than Burke, which is more urban and less green. OP, someone recently suggested the middle and upper schools as Sandy Spring Friends for my GTLD kid. I don't know if you've considered it. |