Elementary school with a large Arab population

[Anonymous]

Hello,
We are looking to buy a house close to Tysons. I would like my kids to attend a school with a large percentage of Arab kids (we are from Lebanon).

What elementary schools should we look at? My husband will be working in Mclean so we would like to stay close to that area.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Not so many Arabs, but Long Branch in Arlington has always been good about accommodating different traditions and there are Muslims there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not so many Arabs, but Long Branch in Arlington has always been good about accommodating different traditions and there are Muslims there.

Patrick Henry used to have a descent Arab population, too, fwiw.

[Anonymous]

Pp here, I would also call the mosque, and ask there, even if you are not religious. They can help steer you in the right direction. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Lot of kids from Middle East and Persia at Randolph ES.

[Anonymous]

Freedom Hill ES has a very diverse international population with a sizable group of kids from the middle east to far east.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello,
We are looking to buy a house close to Tysons. I would like my kids to attend a school with a large percentage of Arab kids (we are from Lebanon).

What elementary schools should we look at? My husband will be working in Mclean so we would like to stay close to that area.

Thanks!

Spring Hill ES

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello,
We are looking to buy a house close to Tysons. I would like my kids to attend a school with a large percentage of Arab kids (we are from Lebanon).

What elementary schools should we look at? My husband will be working in Mclean so we would like to stay close to that area.

Thanks!

There is an Arab population in all of the McLean schools. Anecdotally, my neighborhood (of about 40 houses), has three families from Lebanon, but all are Christian or mixed. There are three other families in our neighborhood where at least one of the couple is Muslim.

[Anonymous]

Shrevewood ES - most commonly spoken secondary language: 1st: Spanish; 2nd: Arabic.

I don't know if you have been through this area and I don't know what your definition of "large percentage" is; 10%? 5% large enough so you don't feel isolated?

I think it would be close to impossible to find public schools over the 10% mark, but I think most public schools in the Vienna / McLean / Merrifield area would have sizeable Arab populations so that you wouldn't feel isolated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello,
We are looking to buy a house close to Tysons. I would like my kids to attend a school with a large percentage of Arab kids (we are from Lebanon).

What elementary schools should we look at? My husband will be working in Mclean so we would like to stay close to that area.

Thanks!

Spring Hill ES

Seconded. We are Asian and our kids attend Spring Hill. I was thumbing through their yearbooks and see a lot of middle eastern looking faces. I am not familiar with middle eastern names so I can't tell if they are Arabic or not, but it was like a lot. I also thought it was cute that many of them not only specified being doctors for what they want to grow up to be, but most specified a specialization.

Anyway, Fairfax County Public Schools tracks the very thing you are after, OP. Here they provide maps of elementary school kids based on their language spoken at home and where they live:

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/languagemaps.htm

Looking at the maps now, it seems maybe the middle eastern kids I noticed are mostly Iranian perhaps? Makes sense, I have a very close Iranian friend who lived in this area when his kids were going through the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello,
We are looking to buy a house close to Tysons. I would like my kids to attend a school with a large percentage of Arab kids (we are from Lebanon).

What elementary schools should we look at? My husband will be working in Mclean so we would like to stay close to that area.

Thanks!

Spring Hill ES

Seconded. We are Asian and our kids attend Spring Hill. I was thumbing through their yearbooks and see a lot of middle eastern looking faces. I am not familiar with middle eastern names so I can't tell if they are Arabic or not, but it was like a lot. I also thought it was cute that many of them not only specified being doctors for what they want to grow up to be, but most specified a specialization.

Anyway, Fairfax County Public Schools tracks the very thing you are after, OP. Here they provide maps of elementary school kids based on their language spoken at home and where they live:

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/languagemaps.htm

Looking at the maps now, it seems maybe the middle eastern kids I noticed are mostly Iranian perhaps? Makes sense, I have a very close Iranian friend who lived in this area when his kids were going through the schools.

Spring Hill ES has a yearbook where the kids say what they want to be when they grow up? Kids at my school are figuratively just learning to run and jump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Spring Hill ES has a yearbook where the kids say what they want to be when they grow up? Kids at my school are figuratively just learning to run and jump.

LOL! It was just the six graders. I don't think the lower grades had a "grow up to be" item below their pictures. You really see a lot of family influence in the choice of the kids, many of which are stereotypical based on their cultural background, and also a sign of the times: quite a few kids indicated they wanted to grow up to be YouTubers.

We moved to the area a couple of years ago and I can say that Spring Hill ES is definitely more demanding, both in terms of the general and AAP classes. I am not going to sit here and argue whether this is good or bad for the kids, but it at least makes parents like us happy that our kids are being put through their paces rather than coasting through.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello,
We are looking to buy a house close to Tysons. I would like my kids to attend a school with a large percentage of Arab kids (we are from Lebanon).

What elementary schools should we look at? My husband will be working in Mclean so we would like to stay close to that area.

Thanks!

Spring Hill ES

Seconded. We are Asian and our kids attend Spring Hill. I was thumbing through their yearbooks and see a lot of middle eastern looking faces. I am not familiar with middle eastern names so I can't tell if they are Arabic or not, but it was like a lot. I also thought it was cute that many of them not only specified being doctors for what they want to grow up to be, but most specified a specialization.

Anyway, Fairfax County Public Schools tracks the very thing you are after, OP. Here they provide maps of elementary school kids based on their language spoken at home and where they live:

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/languagemaps.htm

Looking at the maps now, it seems maybe the middle eastern kids I noticed are mostly Iranian perhaps? Makes sense, I have a very close Iranian friend who lived in this area when his kids were going through the schools.

Spring Hill ES has a yearbook where the kids say what they want to be when they grow up? Kids at my school are figuratively just learning to run and jump.

Figuratively?

[Anonymous]

Forest Edge Elementary in Reston -- my DD attends and it's quite diverse. There is an interpreter on staff that speaks Arabic and serves as a liaison to parents. And the language map link confirms that it has a high number of Arabic-speaking students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello,
We are looking to buy a house close to Tysons. I would like my kids to attend a school with a large percentage of Arab kids (we are from Lebanon).

What elementary schools should we look at? My husband will be working in Mclean so we would like to stay close to that area.

Thanks!

Spring Hill ES

Seconded. We are Asian and our kids attend Spring Hill. I was thumbing through their yearbooks and see a lot of middle eastern looking faces. I am not familiar with middle eastern names so I can't tell if they are Arabic or not, but it was like a lot. I also thought it was cute that many of them not only specified being doctors for what they want to grow up to be, but most specified a specialization.

Anyway, Fairfax County Public Schools tracks the very thing you are after, OP. Here they provide maps of elementary school kids based on their language spoken at home and where they live:

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/languagemaps.htm

Looking at the maps now, it seems maybe the middle eastern kids I noticed are mostly Iranian perhaps? Makes sense, I have a very close Iranian friend who lived in this area when his kids were going through the schools.

Spring Hill ES has a yearbook where the kids say what they want to be when they grow up? Kids at my school are figuratively just learning to run and jump.

Figuratively?

Yes, as in metaphorically they are just learning to run and jump in a coordinated fashion.