New Beauvoir Family, Seeking Advice, Along the Lines of "I wish I had known X" When First Starting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did I write this?

Because I think it's fun to rile people up on DCUM over silly little things, and nothing, and I mean nothing, accomplishes that like posting a statement like this about "B." (And the reason this always works is that there is an element of truth to the statement.)

And you need to get a life. Seriously, you are the abomination of desolation. People come here for advice, to be part of a community, or other good reasons. Not because we have anonymity to freely insult others. While most of us are "big girls" and can take insults, your random insults force every single one of us to wade through your pointless posts and the outraged reactions -- all a COMPLETE waste of time. Thanks for nothing.

I disagree. I you didn't take yourself quite so seriously, you would have seen the humor in her original statement. You might have chuckled at it for a moment, and then moved on. Obviously, she was correct, since your funny bone was removed during the application process....maybe you'll find it again.

[Anonymous]

DC just finished first year at Beauvoir. We loved it. We are anxiously awaiting class lists. Do they generate those randomly, or do they divide by abilities, temperament, etc.?

[Anonymous]

That NYC link was hysterical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC just finished first year at Beauvoir. We loved it. We are anxiously awaiting class lists. Do they generate those randomly, or do they divide by abilities, temperament, etc.?

They are not random. They try to build classes that are balanced in an number of ways (gender, temperament, etc.) but also take into account observations about kids who do and don't work well together and placement requests from parents. More than once we've been asked in teacher conferences which kids our DD would be most comfortable with the following year (perhaps in accommodation of her being shy, I don't know...but I offer that as an example.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The odds are much better at B with all the slots available than at St. Patrick's.

How many people could possibly apply to St Pats.... It's like dividing by zero, giving the false illusion of difficult admission. Nowhere around DC does anyone seriously think that St Pats rather than Beauvoir is a difficult school to get into! Get real.

[Anonymous]

We are also a new Pre-K Beauvoir family, and have now (that is, after the first installment of tuition has been paid....) begun to get the jitters like "what more should we know?", but everyone I have met in the extended Beauvoir family has been very helpful, including current/new parents, the admin, staff, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The odds are much better at B with all the slots available than at St. Patrick's.

How many people could possibly apply to St Pats.... It's like dividing by zero, giving the false illusion of difficult admission. Nowhere around DC does anyone seriously think that St Pats rather than Beauvoir is a difficult school to get into! Get real.

Haven't you ever wondered why so many Beauvoir and St. Albands faculty send their children to St. Patricks over Beauvoir??!!

[Anonymous]

By now all of the new families should have gotten a call from a buddy family.

[Anonymous]

Because it might be uncomfortable to have your kids in the same school where you teach??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know there are many Beauvoir threads out there. I spent hours wading through the morass, and still found little in the form of good, practical advice. So here, goes. If you are a current or recently former B family, please let us know what you wish you had known when you first started. Any other practical advice would be appreciated.

TIA.

Here's my best piece of advice, having sent 2 kids to Beauvoir, and now on my 8th year with the school - don't suck up to the few truly famous or fabulously wealthy. I did my first 2 years there, and looking back at it, I feel like vomiting. And I was miserable. And the truly famous and fabulously wealthy treated me like the help. Rather, reach out to those folks who are much more like you. You'll make solid connections and much more enjoy what can otherwise be an experience like living high school all over again. And oh, by the way, if you follow my advice, you'll also find yourself becoming very, well, popular, and those truly famous and fabulously wealthy will seek you out!!

[Anonymous]

Did the class lists come out yet?

[Anonymous]

Why would you want the truly famous and wealthy to seek you out? Yuck. My DC went to Beauvoir and I made friends with parents whom I like. Its really that simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did the class lists come out yet?

You can find out who your DC's teacher is online, but the list of students isn't posted. (At least, not yet.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the class lists come out yet?

You can find out who your DC's teacher is online, but the list of students isn't posted. (At least, not yet.)

You can now find through the website the names of all of the kids in your child's class. I still haven't figured out how they decide which kids go to which class, but we have a great lead teacher (a male for once) and as far as I can tell, no problem kids. We're all happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you want the truly famous and wealthy to seek you out? Yuck. My DC went to Beauvoir and I made friends with parents whom I like. Its really that simple.

How would one know who the "truly" wealthy are in the first place? Is net worth displayed next to their names in the parent/student directory?