Maret

[Anonymous]

Making fun of the parents/schools/system, not the kids. The actual individual kids have little to do with it regardless of how “super smart” or “exceptional” they turn out to be. They are 5.

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Anonymous wrote:See, this is why you don’t what to go to Maret. The parents make of 5 year olds while sayimg their kids are “super smart”

Consistent with the people I know there

I don't think that person necessarily is a Maret parent, just someone trying to cause trouble. The five, or so, Maret parents I know are all absolutely lovely.

It seems pretty consistent to me. Reminds me of the mother who screamed and yelled that because her kid didn't get an A in one of his electives, his GPA was screwed and he was going to have to go to a state school. Which, of course, was probably my fault because I went to a state school...

[Anonymous]

How did Maret do for ED?

[Anonymous]

How is it socially? It’s such a small school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is it socially? It’s such a small school.

It’s a lot more clique-y— esp around race and location of residence—than a lot of people will admit.

[Anonymous]

I take that to mean that the FA kids aren’t included?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Making fun of the parents/schools/system, not the kids. The actual individual kids have little to do with it regardless of how “super smart” or “exceptional” they turn out to be. They are 5.

The line referring to super smart kids coming out of NCRC is a DCUM classic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I take that to mean that the FA kids aren’t included?

What FA kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I take that to mean that the FA kids aren’t included?

There's certainly that, but a lot of the Far Upper NW/Lower MoCo kids seem to look down on kids from Silver Spring or Virginia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is it socially? It’s such a small school.

It’s a lot more clique-y— esp around race and location of residence—than a lot of people will admit.

This has been our experience with our DC who started in HS and we’ve been pretty disappointed with that dynamic.

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Anonymous wrote:I take that to mean that the FA kids aren’t included?

There's certainly that, but a lot of the Far Upper NW/Lower MoCo kids seem to look down on kids from Silver Spring or Virginia.

Are all of the NW DC privates like this - e.g., GDS, Sidwell, St Albans/NCS? This has been one of my concerns.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I take that to mean that the FA kids aren’t included?

There's certainly that, but a lot of the Far Upper NW/Lower MoCo kids seem to look down on kids from Silver Spring or Virginia.

Are all of the NW DC privates like this - e.g., GDS, Sidwell, St Albans/NCS? This has been one of my concerns.

Our experience with NCS/STA is that it is definitely like this for middle/high school (major divide between upper NW and for example, Silver Spring). Some of it is just logistics. The close-in kids
walk or bike to each others' houses. The further out kids are completely out of the loop.
My kid is in 8th grade and we're just off Mass Ave in NW and his/her closest 6 friends are all within biking/distance. They see each other almost every day after school (outside-only while walking or on porches or biking or hanging out in a park). The nicest kid in the world might
live in Silver Spring but I don't have the bandwidth to drive my 8th grader across town every day at 3pm to they can go bike in a parking lot in Silver Spring. Plus kids at these ages plan their own meet-ups. So there is a major social divide between kids who live further out and those who do not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I take that to mean that the FA kids aren’t included?

There's certainly that, but a lot of the Far Upper NW/Lower MoCo kids seem to look down on kids from Silver Spring or Virginia.

Are all of the NW DC privates like this - e.g., GDS, Sidwell, St Albans/NCS? This has been one of my concerns.

Our experience with NCS/STA is that it is definitely like this for middle/high school (major divide between upper NW and for example, Silver Spring). Some of it is just logistics. The close-in kids
walk or bike to each others' houses. The further out kids are completely out of the loop.
My kid is in 8th grade and we're just off Mass Ave in NW and his/her closest 6 friends are all within biking/distance. They see each other almost every day after school (outside-only while walking or on porches or biking or hanging out in a park). The nicest kid in the world might
live in Silver Spring but I don't have the bandwidth to drive my 8th grader across town every day at 3pm to they can go bike in a parking lot in Silver Spring. Plus kids at these ages plan their own meet-ups. So there is a major social divide between kids who live further out and those who do not.

In normal times, sleepovers, weekend get togethers and Uber can help mix up the dynamic. Think outside the box. it doesn't have to be every time, but inclusion matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I take that to mean that the FA kids aren’t included?

There's certainly that, but a lot of the Far Upper NW/Lower MoCo kids seem to look down on kids from Silver Spring or Virginia.

Are all of the NW DC privates like this - e.g., GDS, Sidwell, St Albans/NCS? This has been one of my concerns.

Our experience with NCS/STA is that it is definitely like this for middle/high school (major divide between upper NW and for example, Silver Spring). Some of it is just logistics. The close-in kids
walk or bike to each others' houses. The further out kids are completely out of the loop.
My kid is in 8th grade and we're just off Mass Ave in NW and his/her closest 6 friends are all within biking/distance. They see each other almost every day after school (outside-only while walking or on porches or biking or hanging out in a park). The nicest kid in the world might
live in Silver Spring but I don't have the bandwidth to drive my 8th grader across town every day at 3pm to they can go bike in a parking lot in Silver Spring. Plus kids at these ages plan their own meet-ups. So there is a major social divide between kids who live further out and those who do not.

Not hanging out is one thing; thinking Silver Spring is “poor” or “ghetto” is quite another, and that type of thinking is a little more deeply rooted than not having a sleepover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I take that to mean that the FA kids aren’t included?

There's certainly that, but a lot of the Far Upper NW/Lower MoCo kids seem to look down on kids from Silver Spring or Virginia.

Are all of the NW DC privates like this - e.g., GDS, Sidwell, St Albans/NCS? This has been one of my concerns.

Our experience with NCS/STA is that it is definitely like this for middle/high school (major divide between upper NW and for example, Silver Spring). Some of it is just logistics. The close-in kids
walk or bike to each others' houses. The further out kids are completely out of the loop.
My kid is in 8th grade and we're just off Mass Ave in NW and his/her closest 6 friends are all within biking/distance. They see each other almost every day after school (outside-only while walking or on porches or biking or hanging out in a park). The nicest kid in the world might
live in Silver Spring but I don't have the bandwidth to drive my 8th grader across town every day at 3pm to they can go bike in a parking lot in Silver Spring. Plus kids at these ages plan their own meet-ups. So there is a major social divide between kids who live further out and those who do not.

Not hanging out is one thing; thinking Silver Spring is “poor” or “ghetto” is quite another, and that type of thinking is a little more deeply rooted than not having a sleepover.

One can see this attitude in the previous post where the poster assumes the only place to bike in Silver Spring is a parking lot. Apples don’t fall far.