K-8 parents of 8th graders—are you satisfied with outplacement?

[Anonymous]

My 8th grader at a K-12 absolutely takes advantage of high school resources - particularly in debate. and she has a good feel for high school which is helpful.

[Anonymous]

This thread is no longer answering the question asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 3 children went K-8 and then 'graduated' to new schools for high school. If I could go back in time, I would have moved them earlier. Socially, it takes about 1.5 years to settle into a new school with friends. At the end of high school, they are flying high and loving their group of friends. But it can be a very hard process to get to that point. They must be patient and know that it takes time. Of course there are benefits to being the leaders on campus when in middle school at a K-8, but I'm not sure it was worth it. This was just our experience, but a common story amongst our friends. Good luck with your decision!

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was Norwood’s placement last year: https://www.norwoodschool.org/program/high-school-placement

By my count, 22 of out of the 48 kids went to a top tier school:

GDS — 2
Prep — 1
Holton — 4
Landon — 2
Maret — 2
NCS — 1
Potomac — 2
Sidwell — 5
STA — 3

People will say some of these aren’t top tier, but they’re all very strong. I don’t believe all these kids fell into the categories PP listed. How many 8th graders have developed an app anyway?!

Only a matter of time before the bitter naysayers will claim that these were due to hooks like legacy/sibling/athlete/URM/etc.

Might be bitter but it is still the truth for most!

[Anonymous]

Ours seem unexpectedly bad/low this year. We know of several families essentially shut out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was Norwood’s placement last year: https://www.norwoodschool.org/program/high-school-placement

By my count, 22 of out of the 48 kids went to a top tier school:

GDS — 2
Prep — 1
Holton — 4
Landon — 2
Maret — 2
NCS — 1
Potomac — 2
Sidwell — 5
STA — 3

People will say some of these aren’t top tier, but they’re all very strong. I don’t believe all these kids fell into the categories PP listed. How many 8th graders have developed an app anyway?!

Only a matter of time before the bitter naysayers will claim that these were due to hooks like legacy/sibling/athlete/URM/etc.

Might be bitter but it is still the truth for most!

Nope. Bitter, party of one, your table is ready.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours seem unexpectedly bad/low this year. We know of several families essentially shut out.

What school?

[Anonymous]

I heard Langley did fairly well
several admits to GDS, Maret, Potomac, Fielld, SAES, STA, SR, Visi, Gonzaga, Holton

[Anonymous]

DS is in a K-8 that he started in 5th grade. He didn't apply to a competitive Big 5 or anything, but he got into his first choice and is thrilled.
I was SO impressed by the admissions director's handling of the high school process. They were really informative while keeping the stress level and chaos to a minimum.
In hearing from my son, all of his friends got into a top choice, but again - many of them didn't apply to Big 3/5/whatever schools. The one I know who did, did get in. (But he's an off-the-charts genius kind of kid)

We're so thrilled that DS went to a K-8 for middle school - it was exactly what he needed. Now we're really excited for him to move onto a bigger pond in a 9-12 high school only school.

[Anonymous]

We are but I know many who aren't.

[Anonymous]

Very happy with outplacement from Congressional.

[Anonymous]

We are not happy. Worst decision ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I just don’t believe this.

This was Norwood’s placement last year: https://www.norwoodschool.org/program/high-school-placement

By my count, 22 of out of the 48 kids went to a top tier school:

GDS — 2
Prep — 1
Holton — 4
Landon — 2
Maret — 2
NCS — 1
Potomac — 2
Sidwell — 5
STA — 3

People will say some of these aren’t top tier, but they’re all very strong. I don’t believe all these kids fell into the categories PP listed. How many 8th graders have developed an app anyway?!

I’d be careful interpreting the list above. This is not the number of individual students that ended up going to these schools, this is the number of acceptances the schools have issued. In most cases, from our experience, it’s the same kids who are getting multiple acceptances at these top tier schools ( elite athletes, URM, super scholars ) . For example, one very elite athlete ( and bright student) at our K-8 got into 4 of the “ Big 5”. When our school publishes acceptances, it might look like they had 4 students accepted at those schools when they in fact had only 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard Langley did fairly well
several admits to GDS, Maret, Potomac, Fielld, SAES, STA, SR, Visi, Gonzaga, Holton

The # of admits to the top schools in that list are sparse . Same kids

[Anonymous]

we are a former Langley family with many friends still at the school and I agree with PP.
Their outplacement this year was not the best.
Zero accepted at Sidwell , 1 accepted at GDS. I am not sure about other “Big 5s” but seems like the same few kids who got into several of the top schools