Relocating with 9th grade girl- serious student

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, in your shoes, I would seriously consider delaying your move until your DD graduates. Or have the parent changing jobs commute if that is your situation.

This is crazy. People move and switch private schools all the time. The lists above are a good start. If your daughter is as strong as she sounds, you’ll be looking for the best fit. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

If you don’t have to move….don’t. Let her finish out high school where she is. My parents moved me between 9-10 and it was a nightmare. Really changed the trajectory of my life and I was a messed up teen for quite awhile. Another transfer came up while a younger a sibling was a junior and a parent stayed behind for a year so they didn’t have to experience what I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With how difficult admissions are for 10th grade at local privates I hope you are checking into any standardized testing that might be applicable now. You may reject the idea outright, but I wonder if you have considered boarding school. Many if not most boarding schools will have quite a few students entering in 10th grade and the more selective and/or larger boarding schools should easily be able to accommodate her math needs. Some aren't terribly far away like Saint Andrews School in Delaware.

She’s taken the ISEE and PSAT 8/9 within the last year so should have enough standardized test material to share.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t have to move….don’t. Let her finish out high school where she is. My parents moved me between 9-10 and it was a nightmare. Really changed the trajectory of my life and I was a messed up teen for quite awhile. Another transfer came up while a younger a sibling was a junior and a parent stayed behind for a year so they didn’t have to experience what I did.

OT, but I really wonder about how fragile people are to have such trauma responses to an entirely normal occurrence in a child's life. Moving from one privileged setting to another in itself isn't the destabilizing event.

[Anonymous]

Serious question from someone who hasn't a clue on how this works. Is the connection between DC privates and NY privates so tight that a privileged person in OP's position can just have the headmistress make a few calls and, just like that, OP's kid skips the line so to speak and easily lands into a top DC private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question from someone who hasn't a clue on how this works. Is the connection between DC privates and NY privates so tight that a privileged person in OP's position can just have the headmistress make a few calls and, just like that, OP's kid skips the line so to speak and easily lands into a top DC private?

Is OP coming from NY? Count me as someone who think if you are working near Chevy Chase you should be open to considering Whitman, BCC, etc. — although I think it would help to know roughly where OP is coming from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t have to move….don’t. Let her finish out high school where she is. My parents moved me between 9-10 and it was a nightmare. Really changed the trajectory of my life and I was a messed up teen for quite awhile. Another transfer came up while a younger a sibling was a junior and a parent stayed behind for a year so they didn’t have to experience what I did.

OT, but I really wonder about how fragile people are to have such trauma responses to an entirely normal occurrence in a child's life. Moving from one privileged setting to another in itself isn't the destabilizing event.

Right?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question from someone who hasn't a clue on how this works. Is the connection between DC privates and NY privates so tight that a privileged person in OP's position can just have the headmistress make a few calls and, just like that, OP's kid skips the line so to speak and easily lands into a top DC private?

yes, perhaps. If there are spots and if there aren't greater needs at the school. I.e. a VIP's kid or a basketball center will trump OP's kid. A school also isn't going to add kids if they're already overenrolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question from someone who hasn't a clue on how this works. Is the connection between DC privates and NY privates so tight that a privileged person in OP's position can just have the headmistress make a few calls and, just like that, OP's kid skips the line so to speak and easily lands into a top DC private?

yes, perhaps. If there are spots and if there aren't greater needs at the school. I.e. a VIP's kid or a basketball center will trump OP's kid. A school also isn't going to add kids if they're already overenrolled.

But aren't they all enrolled to capacity and with waitlists?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gds and Sidwell are far more open to advanced math than either NCS or Holton. GDS was 100% fine with calc in 10th. Sidwell was also open to it. Just went through this with our kid.

GDS more than Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about strength in HS computer science courses ?

Public--100%. And I have kids at two different Big3 high schools.
there's no private that begins to match what is offered at TJ or Montgomery Blair in computer science.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about strength in HS computer science courses ?

Public--100%. And I have kids at two different Big3 high schools.
there's no private that begins to match what is offered at TJ or Montgomery Blair in computer science.

+1000

How does admission to magnets work for 10th grade? (Btw can’t see going to TJ while
Mom works in CC MD)

[Anonymous]

Check out St. Andrew’s in Potomac. Episcopal so not secular, but offers the math classes she would need/want, and is a kind, more relaxed environment—not a pressure cooker. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

OP, most high schools will be able to do that since she's already in HS. Its not uncommon around here in publics that kids start Algebra in 7th, some, like mine and you can see another poster's child started in 6th. Its hard to keep that track and transfer to private in MS, but should be fine for any high school if they offer multiple math classes in HS. We looked into private this year for the weekly testing/distancing that our public doesn't have for MS and none could really offer Geometry in 7th that had space and those that had space said we had to pay extra for a tutor or additional math class. But, its not uncommon around here at all but some publics will offer a lot more class options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holton Arms is the way to go. STEM program is rigorous and teachers are world class. Administration supports teachers through fully paid education and summer travel programs.

This
If you have to go private and want STEM, Holton is the way to go.