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Feynman School Finds a Campus: Open Houses on May 16th and May 20th
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Anonymous
Another school for the "financially gifted?" 
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Anonymous
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I find it amazing that all of you naysayers have so much time and attention on your hands that you garner such satisfaction in degrading a school that hasn't even opened its doors. If you have a child who taught themselves to read at 2 or 3 or has other areas of high-potential, it's understandable you would want to know that he or she will continue to derive joy and wonder from an environment well-suited to him/her.
Regarding the marketing, you can say what you will and criticize the approach, but Feynman School and its founders are simply working hard to serve a need - plain and simple. Sure, some will disagree with the early identification, but many private schools serving this population launched this way. Here's hoping that you can simply allow parents of potential students to investigate, without blasting the good-will efforts of all of those involved out of the gate. |
Anonymous
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I agree with 14:14 100%.
I wish the school the best of luck. |
DeborahMersino
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By the way, I thought I was logged on when I just posted. This reply (above) is mine. I've been transparent all along and want to keep it that way. To those who are grossly opposed to either the approach, label and/or other aspects, you of course are entitled to your opinion. If you have worked with this population and knew all that's gone into curriculum development and the like, though, you would see and understand why Feynman School is so arduously committed to its mission and to meeting the needs of these students. Warmest regards, Deborah Mersino |
Anonymous
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You're paid to promote this school, aren't you Ms. Mersino? A quick Google search indicates that you're a marketing consultant based in Colorado. And there's enough sock-puppeting that occurs with online marketing to raise questions when we start seeing anonymous posts expressing excitement about a school that hasn't even opened its doors yet.
More substance and less puffery (and fewer insinuations that critical commentary is either a sign of bad faith or ignorance) would make a better case for this school. |
Anonymous
Jesus....give it a rest and move on. Live and let live. |
Anonymous
| I'm glad you did that research pp. I found it very, very fishy that that many people would comment about a school so far out in MD that it really would fit better on a Baltimore Board. |
Anonymous
Me again...I also want to applaud your detective work. Her company website address is listed in her signature on the prior Feynman School posts. She's not hiding anything moron. |
Anonymous
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I'm not the one who wrote the reply, but I don't think you should be calling anyone a moron 15:36...I suspect you and Deborah are one and the same.
Jeff specifically bars people from selling or marketing on anything other than places specifically set for marketing/selling. He may charge some ad fees for Deborah...which she should pay if she wants to market her wares for some dumb school here. |
Anonymous
No I'm not...I'm just a parent with a gifted kid who is so completely appauled by the negativity here. It's unwarranted and it hits close to home. Feel free to ask Jeff about my IP address. I'm sure he'll confirm that I've been a regular poster here for quite some time on many different subjects. |
Anonymous
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This a conveniently timed thread given the upcoming open house. The first posts about this school were in preschool forum before it had a location.
Good job marketing. (Not that there's anything wrong with that...) Having lived in "this population", it does seem like quite a bit of hubris to focus on preschool in MoCo and not higher need urban areas where there are g&t but few programs. Hope for kids it works out. |
Anonymous
Baltimore??? Geography's not your strong suit is it? |
Anonymous
| I cannot believe all of the negative postings about this school. I have a highly gifted child who is in PK and can learn any math concept in a matter of minutes up to a 5th-6th grade level. There is no private school in this area that can accomodate him. He questions are so unbelievable for his age that people stop me when they hear what he is asking. Rob and Susan Gold have told me that they will be able to accommodate him at whatever level he is at. He loves math and wants more and more yet he loves sports too. Anything that he can learn, he wants to know more and more about. He loves geography and science. On a recent trip, he asked me to print out all of the states, capitals and abbreviations so that he could study while traveling. He is cute as a button and truly needs a school that will allow him to be curious and ask many questions as well as meet him at his level in math. He is an excellent reader. This child is good at everything but needs to be challenged. I think that the Feynman school is the answer for him. He began reading on his own at 3 and speaking in full sentences at 15 months. I believe that you can tell when your child is truly gifted at an early age. They required me to do the WIPZ and are only accepting kids that score very high. |
Anonymous
Agreed! Some posters on this thread seem very threatened by this new Feynman school, abnormally so. A troll perhaps? I know of one very established Bethesda school potentially losing two students to Feynman this year. |
Anonymous
I actually made it to the open house on Sunday. I arrived around 2:30 and there were three or four other families there with children. I looked around a bit on my own prior to signing in just to see if the environment felt like a warm, inviting place where I'd want to send my three-year old daughter to preschool. I was impressed that a new school was able to obtain such nice facilities (shared space with Seneca Academy). Feynman School had its own wing and there was definite separation from the Seneca Academy, although I was assured that Feynman did have access to the playground, library materials, common areas, etc. I had the opportunity to speak with the co-founders and they addressed all of my questions. The curriculum sounds very enriching. The director said there would be a number of field trips as well as guest speakers coming in especially from the sciences and performing arts. They seemed pretty cordial, gave me their contact info and invited me to call with any additional questions. I took some of their literature and an application home. We live in Rockville (near Wootton HS) so Feynman School would be in the opposite direction of my usual daily commute to Bethesda but we have been looking for a program like this and we are seriously considering pursuing this option. Would love to hear others' impressions from those that attended the open house. Thanks! |