How Strong is Burgundy Farm Country Day Academically?
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Anonymous
| That makes no sense. Why omit? They haven't omitted them before. |
Anonymous
| 20:06 again. Also this is on their website. Wouldn't it be direspectful to the students going to publics? Again omission makes no sense. |
Anonymous
| Where is it on the website? I would be interested to know so that I can complain to Jeff Sindler, our head. We should DEFINITELY be posting information about the public high schools our graduates attend. Unfortunately, though, some website viewers don't understand that a student might pick T.C. Williams over GDS, as my DC did several years ago, and assume that those attending public school did not have a choice. Her sister, who is graduating this year, has chosen Maret, so I guess she'll "improve" the statistics. |
Anonymous
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It's not to hard to find. Link is on the front page of the website. If the copy/paste doen't work, go to their home page.
http://www.burgundyfarm.org/news/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=508&ModuleID=25&&NEWSPID=1 |
Anonymous
| Thanks so much for bringing this to my attention. I have contacted Jeff Sindler (our head of school) to request that the public high schools be added to the website list. |
Anonymous
| That's a fairly standard list compared to the past few years that I have looked at. The largest number of students usually go on to TC Williams. That's no big secret as many of the students are from Alex City. And by "largest number" that means usually 4 or 5. Remember the classes are small. |
Anonymous
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The list DOES include public schools. It is:
Congratulations to the Class of 2012, who will be attending the following high schools: Bishop Ireton High School Bishop O'Connell High School Bullis School Duke Ellington School of the Arts Edmund Burke School Hayfield Secondary School Georgetown Day School Gonzaga College High School Madeira School Maret School Pacific Crest Community School (California) School Without Walls St. Andrew's School (Delaware) St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School St. Timothy's School T.C. Williams High School The Cate School (California) The Field School The Solebury School Washington-Lee High School West Potomac High School Yorktown High School I think that's pretty respectable list. The sense I get, as the parent of a Burgundy Lower School child, is that the Burgundy kids generally can go where they want. (And yes, some want to go to public school...!!!) The school is small and teachers know the kids very well, so they can tailor recommendations. Teachers and staff also seem to have good contacts in local private schools. |
Anonymous
| To be fair to the PP, the list was updated and previously did not include the public schools. |
Anonymous
Missing 2 of the Big 3 (Sidwell and STA/NCS) and 3 of the Big 5 (Potomac). |
Anonymous
| Parent of student in class here -- Burgundy is VERY different from NCS/St. Alban's. I don't know of anyone who applied to those schools. |
Anonymous
| And I forgot to add that the one student I know who did apply to Potomac (who, by the way, also got in) is going to Maret. |
Anonymous
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Here's another datapoint-- college matriculation for the Burgunday class of '08 (remember, this is a class of 30 kids):
Congrats to the Class of 2008 Burgundy's Class of 2008 is graduating from high school and preparing for their next adventures. Below is a list of some of the colleges they will be attending. A complete list will be included in the upcoming issue of Voices. Amherst College Bennett College Bucknell University College of Charleston Columbia University Cornell University Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Ithaca College Kenyon College McDaniel College Northeastern University Princeton University Savannah College of Art and Design St. John's College Stanford University The College of William & Mary Tulane University University of Houston University of Pittsburgh University of Vermont Virginia Commonwealth University Xavier University Yale University |
Anonymous
| That list compares favorably with Maret's college acceptance list! |
Anonymous
I agree with tHis. I am the parent of a rising BFCDS 7th grader. NCS/STA isn't a natural progression for most Burgundy families. A lot of us are at BFCDS because we don't want a pressure cooker learning environment. My child was in the vaunted FFx County GT program in 3rD grade and I couldn't get him out of there fast enough. Perfect for some kids, maybe even most, but if it is not what your child needs you look elsewhere. Private school is an expensive burden for many families, and many kids in my world won't continue in private school pst 8th grade. Anyhow, finding a school that giVes. Child the freedom nd encouragement that BFCDS provides is no easy feat. I'm probably not schlepping my kid into DC for HS and there isn't much to choose among in close-in northern VA private schools. We have had quite a few kids go on to Sidwell, btw, including a few I can think of who moved there in 6th grade or after two years in Public HS -- info that isn't reflected in the 2012 graduating class data. In a graduating class of 30, the numbers dictate you are not going to hit all the major schools every year. Especially at a school that isn't pretentious. |
Anonymous
| The high school and college lists are actually quite impressive. The problem is those lists may not reflect the future as the administration has gutted the faculty at the middle school. Only three teachers still teach at the middle school who were teaching there at the start of the 2010-2011 school year. We are holding our breath whether the new teachers and existing classes can replicate this year's college and high school results. |