Was Stone Ridge everything you hoped it would be for your high school daughter?

[Anonymous]

We have a High school girl at SR I’m very unhappy with the social dynamics. Very cliquey

[Anonymous]

Although Stone Ridge is Catholic “lite” it’s still culturally Catholic. Your daughter won’t be bullied if you’re not part of the culture but she might have a hard time breaking into the groups of girls from Blessed Sacrament who have known each other since they were 3 and she won’t have the chance to get to know other SR girls by running into them at Columbia CC if you’re not a member there.

Some kids have the type of personality where they can fit in anywhere. But if your DD isn’t a star athlete, is somewhat introverted, and you aren’t already part of the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Catholic community, I could see Stone Ridge being a bit of a tough place for her to find her group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What’s the DEI insanity?

They went all-in on CRT last year but seem to have backed off somewhat from the cliff edge.

I'm sure the Virginia election result will make them back off even more.

Well that's a deal killer. Not getting my money

JFC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Although Stone Ridge is Catholic “lite” it’s still culturally Catholic. Your daughter won’t be bullied if you’re not part of the culture but she might have a hard time breaking into the groups of girls from Blessed Sacrament who have known each other since they were 3 and she won’t have the chance to get to know other SR girls by running into them at Columbia CC if you’re not a member there.

Some kids have the type of personality where they can fit in anywhere. But if your DD isn’t a star athlete, is somewhat introverted, and you aren’t already part of the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Catholic community, I could see Stone Ridge being a bit of a tough place for her to find her group.

Tell me it's cliquey without telling me it's cliquey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What’s the DEI insanity?

They went all-in on CRT last year but seem to have backed off somewhat from the cliff edge.

I'm sure the Virginia election result will make them back off even more.

Well that's a deal killer. Not getting my money

JFC

Just for clarification, this post is nonsense. They never taught CRT at SE. there were a couple of clumsy student led workshops on race sensitivity that many found awkward and patronizing.

What the Virginia results tell us is that people are scared about stuff is not even happening (teaching CRT is not happening in Va schools) …

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of these bullying comments are from the same person. I ask because Jeff confirmed on website feedback that there was one person posting more than once here with the negative comments. It's also interesting that the same person checked the website feedback thread almost immediately after that inquiry because he/she mentioned it here almost immediately. To me this makes me have reservations about this poster in general because they seem be surfing all over DCUM in a crazed manner. For what it's worth, I made that inquiry.

We are not at SR, but considering the upper school. I know the middle school can be nasty with regard to cliques and bullying, but have heard that all pretty much dissipates in high school. This is no different than any other middle school...middle school is universally horrible!

I have no idea who posted what but it does seem like bullying and exclusion is real at SR. Various posts had very different writing styles and syntax.

I wish the school would take it way more seriously … it is hard given that they are proud of their Catholic identity and want to preserve that as they should. The best Christian example is love. Perhaps more tough love is needed to counter bullying and exclusion (suspensions when there is clear proof. It won’t stop without consequences). They could use incentives as well - give more credit and acknowledgement to girls who are routinely kind and inclusive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Just for clarification, this post is nonsense. They never taught CRT at SE. there were a couple of clumsy student led workshops on race sensitivity that many found awkward and patronizing.

What the Virginia results tell us is that people are scared about stuff is not even happening (teaching CRT is not happening in Va schools) …

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Just for clarification, this post is nonsense. They never taught CRT at SE. there were a couple of clumsy student led workshops on race sensitivity that many found awkward and patronizing.

What the Virginia results tell us is that people are scared about stuff is not even happening (teaching CRT is not happening in Va schools) …

Really please name one school system in Va that teaches CRT in any form as part of their curriculum …

[Anonymous]

How many girls from Blessed Sacrament are typically moving to SR each year? It was a question I forgot to ask at the parent coffee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Although Stone Ridge is Catholic “lite” it’s still culturally Catholic. Your daughter won’t be bullied if you’re not part of the culture but she might have a hard time breaking into the groups of girls from Blessed Sacrament who have known each other since they were 3 and she won’t have the chance to get to know other SR girls by running into them at Columbia CC if you’re not a member there.

Some kids have the type of personality where they can fit in anywhere. But if your DD isn’t a star athlete, is somewhat introverted, and you aren’t already part of the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Catholic community, I could see Stone Ridge being a bit of a tough place for her to find her group.

Tell me it's cliquey without telling me it's cliquey.

I have a graduate and a current Upper School student. Neither of them fit any of the categories listed above. They both found their group- their friends are lovely. For both of them- it was almost exclusively girls who were new to the school for Upper School. The girls who start earlier tend to keep their friend groups, with some expansion, at least in my kids’ experience. Almost half of the class is new for Upper School…45ish new girls is a good number of potential friends.

Sorry to hear about the girls who were bullied. Also sorry that you did not feel heard or supported.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Really please name one school system in Va that teaches CRT in any form as part of their curriculum …

I'm sure you don't even live in Virginia so you have no objective knowledge about this, just what you heard the racebaiters on MSNBC say last week. According to them the state that unseated the sitting white Attorney General (running for a third term) and replaced him with the Hispanic candidate, as well as electing the first ever black woman Lt Gov is full of white supremacists.

Nobody is saying that there is a CRT 101 course (it would be difficult, considering nobody can clearly articulate what it is anyway), but unless you are truly obtuse (and not just someone whose opinions are second hand ones from cable TV), you will know that education in a school does not just happen in the classroom. Educating children is just as much a part of the school culture which is inculcated in a variety of ways, during extra curricular activities and enrichment events, meetings, clubs, interpersonal relationships, and the way teachers present information. Educators work with curriculum but that is only half the story. The other half is pedagogy, how the curriculum is delivered. This is where parents were concerned. Virginians took a nuanced view of something they felt was not appropriate. That is their right as citizens of a free Republic.

If CRT was so great why are schools like SR backing off from something they embraced so wholeheartedly just last year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What’s the DEI insanity?

They went all-in on CRT last year but seem to have backed off somewhat from the cliff edge.

I'm sure the Virginia election result will make them back off even more.

Well that's a deal killer. Not getting my money

JFC

Please take your swearing elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

We really love SR. It is challenging and our daughter has risen to the challenge. Is it perfect? No but no school is. But it is so superior in every way to the public school we left. We are grateful to be a part of the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Really please name one school system in Va that teaches CRT in any form as part of their curriculum …

I'm sure you don't even live in Virginia so you have no objective knowledge about this, just what you heard the racebaiters on MSNBC say last week. According to them the state that unseated the sitting white Attorney General (running for a third term) and replaced him with the Hispanic candidate, as well as electing the first ever black woman Lt Gov is full of white supremacists.

Nobody is saying that there is a CRT 101 course (it would be difficult, considering nobody can clearly articulate what it is anyway), but unless you are truly obtuse (and not just someone whose opinions are second hand ones from cable TV), you will know that education in a school does not just happen in the classroom. Educating children is just as much a part of the school culture which is inculcated in a variety of ways, during extra curricular activities and enrichment events, meetings, clubs, interpersonal relationships, and the way teachers present information. Educators work with curriculum but that is only half the story. The other half is pedagogy, how the curriculum is delivered. This is where parents were concerned. Virginians took a nuanced view of something they felt was not appropriate. That is their right as citizens of a free Republic.

If CRT was so great why are schools like SR backing off from something they embraced so wholeheartedly just last year?

The school never taught it - there were a couple of workshops led by students that were not well recoeved because they were over the top. It is ridiculous to make a bruh hah ha over this …

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Really please name one school system in Va that teaches CRT in any form as part of their curriculum …

I'm sure you don't even live in Virginia so you have no objective knowledge about this, just what you heard the racebaiters on MSNBC say last week. According to them the state that unseated the sitting white Attorney General (running for a third term) and replaced him with the Hispanic candidate, as well as electing the first ever black woman Lt Gov is full of white supremacists.

Nobody is saying that there is a CRT 101 course (it would be difficult, considering nobody can clearly articulate what it is anyway), but unless you are truly obtuse (and not just someone whose opinions are second hand ones from cable TV), you will know that education in a school does not just happen in the classroom. Educating children is just as much a part of the school culture which is inculcated in a variety of ways, during extra curricular activities and enrichment events, meetings, clubs, interpersonal relationships, and the way teachers present information. Educators work with curriculum but that is only half the story. The other half is pedagogy, how the curriculum is delivered. This is where parents were concerned. Virginians took a nuanced view of something they felt was not appropriate. That is their right as citizens of a free Republic.

If CRT was so great why are schools like SR backing off from something they embraced so wholeheartedly just last year?

The school never taught it - there were a couple of workshops led by students that were not well recoeved because they were over the top. It is ridiculous to make a bruh ha ha over this …