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Anonymous
I don’t think you understand hit or miss. My daughter had a terrible shadow day host at NCS two years ago. We requested another shadow after acceptance and her host was great! We ended up enrolling. |
Anonymous
Is this a parent posting this?! Or student? Confused? Either way probably best to address it with school directly. |
Anonymous
If this thread is mostly students that even more telling because tbh most parents are totally in the dark about what’s going on with their kids. Especially the teens |
Anonymous
The idea is for them to get work done in class and that’s what we were sold last year when we applied but my daughter tells me the ENTIRE 80mins is spent lecturing in most classes. |
Anonymous
Well, if someone told you your DD would be getting their HW done in class they were misinformed. DD occasionally was able to do some work in class, but mostly not. |
Anonymous
I’m a prospective parent with kids currently in McPS high schools and they all have hours of HW each night. It seems to me so improbable that one could receive a truly rigorous HS education without some significant homework. Maybe I’m missing something here but this strikes me as an odd complaint. It’s not a finishing school, right? |
Anonymous
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2029 new parent. The workload is a lot and having only 2 frees every 8 day makes it tough for girls trying to balance after school activities. When touring we were told work would be minimal with 80 min block going 50 min lecture and 30 min class work/homework but that is not the case.
SR comms is a bit off. There was a fall fest last Friday and the new freshman girls had no idea what it was or what to expect. More comms please SR even more of presence on social media would be great! The girls all seem great BUT new girls definitely have a hard time getting in the girls who have been there. Also, even parents are hard to break into those circles. |
Anonymous
+1. |
Anonymous
Not sure who gave you the information about doing work during class, but this is simply not true. It might be the case in some situations, but not on an ongoing basis. We were never told this and we enrolled because the school is rigorous. My daughter likes the block schedule because it gives her the opportunity to plan her homework ahead of time and sometimes get ahead of it. Of course if you are getting homework from an 80 minute class, it would be on the heavy side. You have two days to get it done. If you have kids who will whine about it, you should look at another school because it will get heavier when they start doing honors and AP classes. My daughter had a fairly easy freshman year (easy to get As) compared to her later years. Get ready or consider transferring to Holy Cross or some other easier school. |
Anonymous
SR parent here who just posted above. The homework is heavy, as it should be. I don't know where these class of 29 "parents" are getting their information, but complaining about "only" 2 frees every 8 days sounds like a spoiled and entitled student posting to me. This thread is off the rails and I think it is because some students have started posting here. And we are falling for it lol. |
Anonymous
This is great PR for the school. It shows that they mean business academically. The school does not promise time to do homework during class. You were surely misinformed. |
Anonymous
| Too much homework has a negative impact on learning. It causes burnout and increases stress. Homework should just reinforce concepts. |
Anonymous
There are plenty of schools that have minimal homework. Go and seek them out! |
Anonymous
This is what we were told on our tour and shadowing with students. In fact, everyone we met before applying told us that it’s one of the perks of block scheduling. In fact, I’m surprised you’ve never heard it mentioned |
Anonymous
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To prospective parents reading this thread : please take everything you read here with a grain of salt. Most of us come here because it’s one of the few places we can anonymously vent about the things that frustrate us about the school. But let me be clear: we all love Stone Ridge.
My daughter has dealt with some mean-girl behavior and definitely feels the pressure from the workload at times. As parents, that’s hard; there’s only so much we can do, and often the stories we get from our girls are only part of the picture. In my experience, Stone Ridge genuinely does its best to address issues when they’re made aware of them. The school is also intentional about fostering inclusivity, both in terms of racial and socioeconomic diversity. It’s easy to complain on an anonymous forum, but let’s be honest, none of us would last a week doing what the teachers and administrators do every day with these girls. There’s a reason Stone Ridge has such a stellar reputation. It’s not an “easy school,” and that’s by design. I’ve talked to parents at Field and Burke whose upper schoolers have no homework and that’s great for them, but Stone Ridge is a different kind of environment. The academics are demanding, the girls can be catty (because middle and high school girls everywhere can be), but it’s still a fantastic place to raise strong, thoughtful young women. Don’t let our venting scare you off. This is just the one space where we can be real, without the polished smiles we all wear at drop-off or school events. We don’t always feel comfortable unloading to administrators, though I’m sure they’d listen. Sometimes it just feels good to get it out. And it’s always easier to focus on what’s hard than to stop and celebrate all the incredible things happening at this school every single day. |