Nysmith School

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Anonymous wrote:Where do Nysmith students go for high school?

Former parent. Ours went to DC Big 3s.

The biggest % by far go to TJ. Many to Potomac and Flint Hill. A small percentage to local high schools.

A surprising number to StA/NCS, Sidwell, GDS, and other DC privates, despite the distance for most families.

Every year a handful to go boarding schools (from Exeter and Andover to Middleburg).

Some were going to Basis McLean to continue a private STEM track - that may have tailed off. .

Can a current parent give us last years stats? Did more go to TJ or Flint Hill? What school was number 3 on list? Numbers/percentages?

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Where do Nysmith students go for high school?


https://www.nysmith.com/high-school-placement/

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Anonymous wrote:My kids were there in the 2000s and are out of college now.

Do they still have a large percentage of 8th graders go on to TJ? When my DD finished 8th there, 14 of the 30 kids went to TJ.

Also, I wasn't aware of any financial aid there. You pretty much had to be able to afford to send your kid there. That often excludes Latinx or AA.

There were fabulously wealthy families there, like with indoor pools, and enormous houses on expensive real estate. We weren't one of those, LOL. There's just a lot of wealth in this area.

Lastly, they didn't offer any extra support for kids with ADHD, and executive dysfunction, and were very up front about this.

Our DC has ADHD and they are offering accommodations. That being said you have to be able to keep up with the classwork.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why the Nysmith "parents" (or admissions director posting as parents, you never know on this website) are sooo defensive. You love your school. Great.

Let me ask you, why are you on this site? Shouldn't you be on the public school forum?

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How was their past school year with Covid?

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Anonymous wrote:The school hasn't been good for students of color and kids with ADHD.

The school is unbelievably diverse (from a culture perspective) ... not African American diverse but neither is that part of Fairfax county which is where the school draws from... I know many many kids with adhd at Nysmith ... many.

"Not African American diverse" Let me guess, not Latinx diverse either, huh?

Try South Eastern Indian and Asian diverse.

It's diverse from an international perspective - definitely south eastern indian and asian but also middle eastern. The part of Fairfax County that Nysmith is in (Herndon) has a significiant population of international diversity that the school draws from. . .

What about socioeconomic diversity?

Oh, not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:How was their past school year with Covid?

We have two children at Nysmith and feel they did an incredible job last year. We have friends/family in other schools and feel that Nysmith did a better job educating during COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:How was their past school year with Covid?

We have two children at Nysmith and feel they did an incredible job last year. We have friends/family in other schools and feel that Nysmith did a better job educating during COVID.

Thank you for responding.

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Anonymous wrote:How was their past school year with Covid?

We have two children at Nysmith and feel they did an incredible job last year. We have friends/family in other schools and feel that Nysmith did a better job educating during COVID.

Agreed!! Parents are given the options to send kids to in-person school or stay home for virtual distance learning. My kids started off with distance learning and switched to in-person. Couldn't have been happier.