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[Anonymous]

Their website actually has very little information. Could anyone tell me entry years, and how many kids for PK and K? Also the hours for the school day?

We didn't apply for PK this year and just wondering if they are more like Beauvoir where they take most kids in PK or more like Sidwell where they take equal numbers both times. We really like Maret too so didn't want to apply for PK and not even be able to consider it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their website actually has very little information. Could anyone tell me entry years, and how many kids for PK and K? Also the hours for the school day?

We didn't apply for PK this year and just wondering if they are more like Beauvoir where they take most kids in PK or more like Sidwell where they take equal numbers both times. We really like Maret too so didn't want to apply for PK and not even be able to consider it.

Take 20 in PK, who are divided into two groups of ten to join 2 PK/K classes, and 20 in K for a K only class. Have had experience with both arrangements and liked both. Entry in PK, K, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th, though intakes in other years if attrition. FWIW, some folks apply to all the schools with PK classes as admissions is very competitive at all the schools. If not successful for PK, then they have another shot @ K. Very difficult to be admitted to Maret for K if not sibling, legacy, faculty DC, etc. Beauvoir takes the most, so perhaps best odds, but no school you mentioned is a "safe" school.