private school for ADHD kid with executive functioning issues

[Anonymous]

[guardian]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you KIDDING?

Field is total chaos with kids who don't listen
St. Andrews is amazing with every kind of learner
Sandy Spring great
Sheridan school great
Siena School great
Bullis--spoiled kids, entitled, terrible teachers until you get to the high school
Holton is the least nurturing place you could every go with the exception of NCS
GDS MS is insane, US great
Stone Ridge work too intense for someone with severe ADD ADHD in upper school, but fine for mild ADD/ADHD
Holy Child supportive
Burke is for kids who are totally unsuccessful somewhere else from what I understand.

PP, if you don't know what you're talking about, shut up.

Can't speak to the other schools but your comment about Burke is both nasty and inaccurate. As parent of two Burke kids, I would NOT actually recommend it for kids with serious ADHD, because it is a little too rigid and demanding. But it is hardly for kids who can't hack it elsewhere. Class of '19 college matriculations include Brown, Williams, U. Chicago, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Bates, Wash U, Tufts, Tulane, Davidson, Mount Holyoke, Skidmore etc. Burke kids are pretty varied and the school is truly racially and socioeconomically diverse - and they do just fine in college and in life.

Burke parent, what is the homework load like? Not OP, but also looking at many of these same schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you KIDDING?

Field is total chaos with kids who don't listen
St. Andrews is amazing with every kind of learner
Sandy Spring great
Sheridan school great
Siena School great
Bullis--spoiled kids, entitled, terrible teachers until you get to the high school
Holton is the least nurturing place you could every go with the exception of NCS
GDS MS is insane, US great
Stone Ridge work too intense for someone with severe ADD ADHD in upper school, but fine for mild ADD/ADHD
Holy Child supportive
Burke is for kids who are totally unsuccessful somewhere else from what I understand.

So did you have a dozen kids and send each to a different school so you can have these opinions? Or are you noisy making this up based on what you’ve read on this forum and basically full of crap?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you KIDDING?

Field is total chaos with kids who don't listen
St. Andrews is amazing with every kind of learner
Sandy Spring great
Sheridan school great
Siena School great
Bullis--spoiled kids, entitled, terrible teachers until you get to the high school
Holton is the least nurturing place you could every go with the exception of NCS
GDS MS is insane, US great
Stone Ridge work too intense for someone with severe ADD ADHD in upper school, but fine for mild ADD/ADHD
Holy Child supportive
Burke is for kids who are totally unsuccessful somewhere else from what I understand.

So did you have a dozen kids and send each to a different school so you can have these opinions? Or are you noisy making this up based on what you’ve read on this forum and basically full of crap?

+1. This nicely sums up what I was about to ask too, thanks! Good luck OP, hope you find a great fit for your DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you KIDDING?

Field is total chaos with kids who don't listen
St. Andrews is amazing with every kind of learner
Sandy Spring great
Sheridan school great
Siena School great
Bullis--spoiled kids, entitled, terrible teachers until you get to the high school
Holton is the least nurturing place you could every go with the exception of NCS
GDS MS is insane, US great
Stone Ridge work too intense for someone with severe ADD ADHD in upper school, but fine for mild ADD/ADHD
Holy Child supportive
Burke is for kids who are totally unsuccessful somewhere else from what I understand.

I only have personal experience with Bullis. While there are definitely some stereotypical entitled kids there, there are also many who are not. The lower school teachers from our experience have been absolutely fantastic and it is an incredibly nurturing environment. Our son has executive functioning ADD and they have been doing everything that was recommended on his evaluation. They even have emotional learning classes for all of the lower school kids. The high school is a different beast, but I have said before on here, if you child starts at Bullis before then, it's a much different experience than starting in high school. We are very happy there, but I understand how it's not for everyone.

I know a few kids, including my sister, who went to Holton. It's not very nurturing at all, but definitely a good school.

I have heard nothing but positive things come out of St. Andrews and every one I knew who went there loved it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[guardian]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you KIDDING?

Field is total chaos with kids who don't listen
St. Andrews is amazing with every kind of learner
Sandy Spring great
Sheridan school great
Siena School great
Bullis--spoiled kids, entitled, terrible teachers until you get to the high school
Holton is the least nurturing place you could every go with the exception of NCS
GDS MS is insane, US great
Stone Ridge work too intense for someone with severe ADD ADHD in upper school, but fine for mild ADD/ADHD
Holy Child supportive
Burke is for kids who are totally unsuccessful somewhere else from what I understand.

PP, if you don't know what you're talking about, shut up.

Can't speak to the other schools but your comment about Burke is both nasty and inaccurate. As parent of two Burke kids, I would NOT actually recommend it for kids with serious ADHD, because it is a little too rigid and demanding. But it is hardly for kids who can't hack it elsewhere. Class of '19 college matriculations include Brown, Williams, U. Chicago, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Bates, Wash U, Tufts, Tulane, Davidson, Mount Holyoke, Skidmore etc. Burke kids are pretty varied and the school is truly racially and socioeconomically diverse - and they do just fine in college and in life.

Burke parent, what is the homework load like? Not OP, but also looking at many of these same schools.

It is higher than I would like. It's hard to say, of course, because every kid is different, and it also depends on the teachers, but typically there is homework every night in every class in HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[guardian]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you KIDDING?

Field is total chaos with kids who don't listen
St. Andrews is amazing with every kind of learner
Sandy Spring great
Sheridan school great
Siena School great
Bullis--spoiled kids, entitled, terrible teachers until you get to the high school
Holton is the least nurturing place you could every go with the exception of NCS
GDS MS is insane, US great
Stone Ridge work too intense for someone with severe ADD ADHD in upper school, but fine for mild ADD/ADHD
Holy Child supportive
Burke is for kids who are totally unsuccessful somewhere else from what I understand.

PP, if you don't know what you're talking about, shut up.

Can't speak to the other schools but your comment about Burke is both nasty and inaccurate. As parent of two Burke kids, I would NOT actually recommend it for kids with serious ADHD, because it is a little too rigid and demanding. But it is hardly for kids who can't hack it elsewhere. Class of '19 college matriculations include Brown, Williams, U. Chicago, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Bates, Wash U, Tufts, Tulane, Davidson, Mount Holyoke, Skidmore etc. Burke kids are pretty varied and the school is truly racially and socioeconomically diverse - and they do just fine in college and in life.

Burke parent, what is the homework load like? Not OP, but also looking at many of these same schools.

It is higher than I would like. It's hard to say, of course, because every kid is different, and it also depends on the teachers, but typically there is homework every night in every class in HS.

Isn’t having homework in every class except PE and Art typical for high school? I did and I went to private high school in the 80s...

[Anonymous]

OP-What is your current school? I ask because my middle schooler is at private. He has ADHD. I would like to switch him to public. But, I am worried after seeing your post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP-What is your current school? I ask because my middle schooler is at private. He has ADHD. I would like to switch him to public. But, I am worried after seeing your post.

DP. Why do you want to switch? Which school?