Does anyone on Capitol Hill send their kid to an elementary in upper NW?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, my kids were at a CH school some years ago for pre k/K and I LOVED it. But even though the I loved their teachers and classmates, I didn't like the behavior, language, and activity I was seeing from some of the kids in the upper grades (4-5/6), so I applied out for private. I thought about waiting a few years, but I figured they had a better chance of getting accepted to the lower grades.

They both got in to great schools and I haven't regretted the decision at all, not even once. The commute isn't great, but its a sacrifice I chose to make and one that won't last forever. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.

As a mom to a child starting ECE in CH, I'm just curious, what privates are CH families moving to for later elementary years? And then do you plan to stay private for MS and HS as well?

We looked at basically every school- including Capitol Hill Day and St. Peter’s on the Hill. We didn’t look at anything in Maryland. We looked at Potomac and Burgundy Farms in VA. If you begin to do research you’ll find a wide set of options. We are applying for K, first choice is Maret (and we find out Friday). We plan to do private through HS and will move closer to the school in a few years once we get the other 2 kids through daycare and prek (our eldest did get pre-K 3 lottery to our inbound). There were CH families at every school we looked at. Capitol Hill Day was fabulous, we didn’t end up applying because we decided we don’t like super progressive schools. I think it’s a great option if that’s your education philosophy.

You couldn't find tolerable public K on Capitol Hill? Come on, ridiculous. Capitol Hill Day just isn't fabulous. They're charging more than 30K for a campus without a gym or stage (they borrow stages from CH churches, including mine). No secret that CHD essentially admits any family that can pay where the kid isn't a discipline problem. If you want to raise a cocoon kid who may not be able to cope with the every day rough and tumble of life, keep at it, mom. We're Ivy league grads. Our kids went through a DCPS CH ES program from PreS-5th grade. They play in competitive orchestras at Strathmore, are bilingual (in a language not taught in any DC school), and compete in regional math Olympiads and pre-SCRIPPS spelling bees (and often win). Why don't you take your private school K rhapsodies to the private school threads, where they belong?

Why didn’t you have your kids do the DC Youth Orchestra?
Don’t they practice at Eastern HS?

We started at DCYO but my kid wanted to play in one of the single wind instrument ensembles at Strathmore, offered for harp, flute and clarinet for ages 12-18 for those who audition successfully. The MYCO instruction and the fantastic venue--Strathmore--are worth the weekly commute to rehearsals. My older kid has a music/academic scholarship to a private after 8 years in DCPS.

yikes that is a big committment to staying on the Hill.

How many people would move for a once a week HS orchestra? Come on…

In MoCo the schools actually have good orchestras (even in MS) and high quality arts programs are easier to access. It’s just a truth of living on the Hill. All the high quality stuff for kids is far away.

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Anonymous wrote:We live near Eastern Market and find out on Friday if we are going to do the commute to an upper NW private. Can’t move for 3 years either but aren’t willing to do our Hill inbound. All our friends think we are crazy but I think it’ll be worth it.

Also on the Hill and waiting on private school decisions this Friday. Good luck!

Good luck to you too! If by any chance you end up commuting to Woodley Park and want to consider a carpool, come back to this thread. Hope you get good news on Friday!

Yes, Woodley Park is our first choice too!

We got in! Hope you got good news too!

Yes! Congrats! I am planning to reach out to the school to connect us with other Capitol Hill families.

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Anonymous wrote:We live near Eastern Market and find out on Friday if we are going to do the commute to an upper NW private. Can’t move for 3 years either but aren’t willing to do our Hill inbound. All our friends think we are crazy but I think it’ll be worth it.

Also on the Hill and waiting on private school decisions this Friday. Good luck!

Good luck to you too! If by any chance you end up commuting to Woodley Park and want to consider a carpool, come back to this thread. Hope you get good news on Friday!

Yes, Woodley Park is our first choice too!

We got in! Hope you got good news too!

Ok now you really should stop. It's super annoying here for actual DCPS parents who don't have the "Woodley Park" alternative.

Disagree. I am at a DC public school and don't have the money for private school and I am thrilled for PPP, PPPP and anyone else who found a school that works for their needs and abilities.

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Anonymous wrote:We live near Eastern Market and find out on Friday if we are going to do the commute to an upper NW private. Can’t move for 3 years either but aren’t willing to do our Hill inbound. All our friends think we are crazy but I think it’ll be worth it.

Also on the Hill and waiting on private school decisions this Friday. Good luck!

Good luck to you too! If by any chance you end up commuting to Woodley Park and want to consider a carpool, come back to this thread. Hope you get good news on Friday!

Yes, Woodley Park is our first choice too!

We got in! Hope you got good news too!

Ok now you really should stop. It's super annoying here for actual DCPS parents who don't have the "Woodley Park" alternative.

Disagree. I am at a DC public school and don't have the money for private school and I am thrilled for PPP, PPPP and anyone else who found a school that works for their needs and abilities.

no, they need to take their stupid “we got in” gloating to the private school board.

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Anonymous wrote:We live near Eastern Market and find out on Friday if we are going to do the commute to an upper NW private. Can’t move for 3 years either but aren’t willing to do our Hill inbound. All our friends think we are crazy but I think it’ll be worth it.

Also on the Hill and waiting on private school decisions this Friday. Good luck!

Good luck to you too! If by any chance you end up commuting to Woodley Park and want to consider a carpool, come back to this thread. Hope you get good news on Friday!

Yes, Woodley Park is our first choice too!

We got in! Hope you got good news too!

Yes! Congrats! I am planning to reach out to the school to connect us with other Capitol Hill families.

Maybe you can demonstrate your no-doubt superior social skills by moving this conversation to the private school board.

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Anonymous wrote:We live near Eastern Market and find out on Friday if we are going to do the commute to an upper NW private. Can’t move for 3 years either but aren’t willing to do our Hill inbound. All our friends think we are crazy but I think it’ll be worth it.

Also on the Hill and waiting on private school decisions this Friday. Good luck!

Good luck to you too! If by any chance you end up commuting to Woodley Park and want to consider a carpool, come back to this thread. Hope you get good news on Friday!

Yes, Woodley Park is our first choice too!

We got in! Hope you got good news too!

Yes! Congrats! I am planning to reach out to the school to connect us with other Capitol Hill families.

Maybe you can demonstrate your no-doubt superior social skills by moving this conversation to the private school board.

Don’t listen to these haters. Congratulations. I hope it turns out to be a good fit for your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:We commute to upper NW for a charter. It’s not ideal but I don’t regret it. Our children will enter middle school soon, whereupon they will be able to get themselves to school. I have had one insane neighbor (a repulsive white lady) try to to label our family racists for not going to our local school, but we don’t care.

The drive is bad but if your kids are older I would do it. I would not send your kids to a local Capitol Hill school when your gut is telling you it’s the wrong fit. Trust your gut.

There aren't charters in Upper NW. There are charters in lower NW (BASIS and a few more) and Upper NE.

Creative Minds is in NW, so is EL Haynes, Bethune, and Breakthrough. Did you mean WOTP?

So is lamb and dci.

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Anonymous wrote:We commute to upper NW for a charter. It’s not ideal but I don’t regret it. Our children will enter middle school soon, whereupon they will be able to get themselves to school. I have had one insane neighbor (a repulsive white lady) try to to label our family racists for not going to our local school, but we don’t care.

The drive is bad but if your kids are older I would do it. I would not send your kids to a local Capitol Hill school when your gut is telling you it’s the wrong fit. Trust your gut.

There aren't charters in Upper NW. There are charters in lower NW (BASIS and a few more) and Upper NE.

I wish I had the confidence of mediocre white people on the hill. I really wish I could correct people regularly even though I’m not fully informed.

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Anonymous wrote:We commute to upper NW for a charter. It’s not ideal but I don’t regret it. Our children will enter middle school soon, whereupon they will be able to get themselves to school. I have had one insane neighbor (a repulsive white lady) try to to label our family racists for not going to our local school, but we don’t care.

The drive is bad but if your kids are older I would do it. I would not send your kids to a local Capitol Hill school when your gut is telling you it’s the wrong fit. Trust your gut.

There aren't charters in Upper NW. There are charters in lower NW (BASIS and a few more) and Upper NE.

I wish I had the confidence of mediocre white people on the hill. I really wish I could correct people regularly even though I’m not fully informed.

I feel this on a weekly basis.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, my kids were at a CH school some years ago for pre k/K and I LOVED it. But even though the I loved their teachers and classmates, I didn't like the behavior, language, and activity I was seeing from some of the kids in the upper grades (4-5/6), so I applied out for private. I thought about waiting a few years, but I figured they had a better chance of getting accepted to the lower grades.

They both got in to great schools and I haven't regretted the decision at all, not even once. The commute isn't great, but its a sacrifice I chose to make and one that won't last forever. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.

As a mom to a child starting ECE in CH, I'm just curious, what privates are CH families moving to for later elementary years? And then do you plan to stay private for MS and HS as well?

We looked at basically every school- including Capitol Hill Day and St. Peter’s on the Hill. We didn’t look at anything in Maryland. We looked at Potomac and Burgundy Farms in VA. If you begin to do research you’ll find a wide set of options. We are applying for K, first choice is Maret (and we find out Friday). We plan to do private through HS and will move closer to the school in a few years once we get the other 2 kids through daycare and prek (our eldest did get pre-K 3 lottery to our inbound). There were CH families at every school we looked at. Capitol Hill Day was fabulous, we didn’t end up applying because we decided we don’t like super progressive schools. I think it’s a great option if that’s your education philosophy.

You couldn't find tolerable public K on Capitol Hill? Come on, ridiculous. Capitol Hill Day just isn't fabulous. They're charging more than 30K for a campus without a gym or stage (they borrow stages from CH churches, including mine). No secret that CHD essentially admits any family that can pay where the kid isn't a discipline problem. If you want to raise a cocoon kid who may not be able to cope with the every day rough and tumble of life, keep at it, mom. We're Ivy league grads. Our kids went through a DCPS CH ES program from PreS-5th grade. They play in competitive orchestras at Strathmore, are bilingual (in a language not taught in any DC school), and compete in regional math Olympiads and pre-SCRIPPS spelling bees (and often win). Why don't you take your private school K rhapsodies to the private school threads, where they belong?

Why didn’t you have your kids do the DC Youth Orchestra?
Don’t they practice at Eastern HS?

We started at DCYO but my kid wanted to play in one of the single wind instrument ensembles at Strathmore, offered for harp, flute and clarinet for ages 12-18 for those who audition successfully. The MYCO instruction and the fantastic venue--Strathmore--are worth the weekly commute to rehearsals. My older kid has a music/academic scholarship to a private after 8 years in DCPS.

Are you personally driving this commute or have you hired it out or is your kid old enough to drive and you have a second car? I'm wondering how you are making this work.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, my kids were at a CH school some years ago for pre k/K and I LOVED it. But even though the I loved their teachers and classmates, I didn't like the behavior, language, and activity I was seeing from some of the kids in the upper grades (4-5/6), so I applied out for private. I thought about waiting a few years, but I figured they had a better chance of getting accepted to the lower grades.

They both got in to great schools and I haven't regretted the decision at all, not even once. The commute isn't great, but its a sacrifice I chose to make and one that won't last forever. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.

As a mom to a child starting ECE in CH, I'm just curious, what privates are CH families moving to for later elementary years? And then do you plan to stay private for MS and HS as well?

We looked at basically every school- including Capitol Hill Day and St. Peter’s on the Hill. We didn’t look at anything in Maryland. We looked at Potomac and Burgundy Farms in VA. If you begin to do research you’ll find a wide set of options. We are applying for K, first choice is Maret (and we find out Friday). We plan to do private through HS and will move closer to the school in a few years once we get the other 2 kids through daycare and prek (our eldest did get pre-K 3 lottery to our inbound). There were CH families at every school we looked at. Capitol Hill Day was fabulous, we didn’t end up applying because we decided we don’t like super progressive schools. I think it’s a great option if that’s your education philosophy.

You couldn't find tolerable public K on Capitol Hill? Come on, ridiculous. Capitol Hill Day just isn't fabulous. They're charging more than 30K for a campus without a gym or stage (they borrow stages from CH churches, including mine). No secret that CHD essentially admits any family that can pay where the kid isn't a discipline problem. If you want to raise a cocoon kid who may not be able to cope with the every day rough and tumble of life, keep at it, mom. We're Ivy league grads. Our kids went through a DCPS CH ES program from PreS-5th grade. They play in competitive orchestras at Strathmore, are bilingual (in a language not taught in any DC school), and compete in regional math Olympiads and pre-SCRIPPS spelling bees (and often win). Why don't you take your private school K rhapsodies to the private school threads, where they belong?

Why didn’t you have your kids do the DC Youth Orchestra?
Don’t they practice at Eastern HS?

We started at DCYO but my kid wanted to play in one of the single wind instrument ensembles at Strathmore, offered for harp, flute and clarinet for ages 12-18 for those who audition successfully. The MYCO instruction and the fantastic venue--Strathmore--are worth the weekly commute to rehearsals. My older kid has a music/academic scholarship to a private after 8 years in DCPS.

Are you personally driving this commute or have you hired it out or is your kid old enough to drive and you have a second car? I'm wondering how you are making this work.

It’s one single day a week. My Hill kids do DCYOP and it’s not like Takoma is close… Like, yes, Strathmore is another 15-20 minutes, but either way you’re just hanging out/running errands/waiting for your kid, not driving home & back unless you absolutely have to.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, my kids were at a CH school some years ago for pre k/K and I LOVED it. But even though the I loved their teachers and classmates, I didn't like the behavior, language, and activity I was seeing from some of the kids in the upper grades (4-5/6), so I applied out for private. I thought about waiting a few years, but I figured they had a better chance of getting accepted to the lower grades.

They both got in to great schools and I haven't regretted the decision at all, not even once. The commute isn't great, but its a sacrifice I chose to make and one that won't last forever. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.

As a mom to a child starting ECE in CH, I'm just curious, what privates are CH families moving to for later elementary years? And then do you plan to stay private for MS and HS as well?

We looked at basically every school- including Capitol Hill Day and St. Peter’s on the Hill. We didn’t look at anything in Maryland. We looked at Potomac and Burgundy Farms in VA. If you begin to do research you’ll find a wide set of options. We are applying for K, first choice is Maret (and we find out Friday). We plan to do private through HS and will move closer to the school in a few years once we get the other 2 kids through daycare and prek (our eldest did get pre-K 3 lottery to our inbound). There were CH families at every school we looked at. Capitol Hill Day was fabulous, we didn’t end up applying because we decided we don’t like super progressive schools. I think it’s a great option if that’s your education philosophy.

You couldn't find tolerable public K on Capitol Hill? Come on, ridiculous. Capitol Hill Day just isn't fabulous. They're charging more than 30K for a campus without a gym or stage (they borrow stages from CH churches, including mine). No secret that CHD essentially admits any family that can pay where the kid isn't a discipline problem. If you want to raise a cocoon kid who may not be able to cope with the every day rough and tumble of life, keep at it, mom. We're Ivy league grads. Our kids went through a DCPS CH ES program from PreS-5th grade. They play in competitive orchestras at Strathmore, are bilingual (in a language not taught in any DC school), and compete in regional math Olympiads and pre-SCRIPPS spelling bees (and often win). Why don't you take your private school K rhapsodies to the private school threads, where they belong?

Why didn’t you have your kids do the DC Youth Orchestra?
Don’t they practice at Eastern HS?

We started at DCYO but my kid wanted to play in one of the single wind instrument ensembles at Strathmore, offered for harp, flute and clarinet for ages 12-18 for those who audition successfully. The MYCO instruction and the fantastic venue--Strathmore--are worth the weekly commute to rehearsals. My older kid has a music/academic scholarship to a private after 8 years in DCPS.

Are you personally driving this commute or have you hired it out or is your kid old enough to drive and you have a second car? I'm wondering how you are making this work.

It’s one single day a week. My Hill kids do DCYOP and it’s not like Takoma is close… Like, yes, Strathmore is another 15-20 minutes, but either way you’re just hanging out/running errands/waiting for your kid, not driving home & back unless you absolutely have to.

Takoma from the Hill is a pointless PITA too. I have to take my kid weekly to MoCo for therapy (b/c there are not specialists any closer) and it sucks. Living in MoCo would be convenient for many reasons, including buses to schools where you don’t have to assume you will “supplement,” access to medical care/therapists, and extra curriculars. Spending hours driving to far-flung activities or schools defeats the purpose of living on the Hill.

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Anonymous wrote:We commute to upper NW for a charter. It’s not ideal but I don’t regret it. Our children will enter middle school soon, whereupon they will be able to get themselves to school. I have had one insane neighbor (a repulsive white lady) try to to label our family racists for not going to our local school, but we don’t care.

The drive is bad but if your kids are older I would do it. I would not send your kids to a local Capitol Hill school when your gut is telling you it’s the wrong fit. Trust your gut.

There aren't charters in Upper NW. There are charters in lower NW (BASIS and a few more) and Upper NE.

I wish I had the confidence of mediocre white people on the hill. I really wish I could correct people regularly even though I’m not fully informed.

I feel this on a weekly basis.

tx for being racist. always nice to read.

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Anonymous wrote:We commute to upper NW for a charter. It’s not ideal but I don’t regret it. Our children will enter middle school soon, whereupon they will be able to get themselves to school. I have had one insane neighbor (a repulsive white lady) try to to label our family racists for not going to our local school, but we don’t care.

The drive is bad but if your kids are older I would do it. I would not send your kids to a local Capitol Hill school when your gut is telling you it’s the wrong fit. Trust your gut.

There aren't charters in Upper NW. There are charters in lower NW (BASIS and a few more) and Upper NE.

I wish I had the confidence of mediocre white people on the hill. I really wish I could correct people regularly even though I’m not fully informed.

I feel this on a weekly basis.

tx for being racist. always nice to read.

No one called white people mediocre. Just that person.

And actually it was admiration- I wish I had the confidence and entitlement of a mediocre white person.

I’m impressed!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, my kids were at a CH school some years ago for pre k/K and I LOVED it. But even though the I loved their teachers and classmates, I didn't like the behavior, language, and activity I was seeing from some of the kids in the upper grades (4-5/6), so I applied out for private. I thought about waiting a few years, but I figured they had a better chance of getting accepted to the lower grades.

They both got in to great schools and I haven't regretted the decision at all, not even once. The commute isn't great, but its a sacrifice I chose to make and one that won't last forever. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.

As a mom to a child starting ECE in CH, I'm just curious, what privates are CH families moving to for later elementary years? And then do you plan to stay private for MS and HS as well?

We looked at basically every school- including Capitol Hill Day and St. Peter’s on the Hill. We didn’t look at anything in Maryland. We looked at Potomac and Burgundy Farms in VA. If you begin to do research you’ll find a wide set of options. We are applying for K, first choice is Maret (and we find out Friday). We plan to do private through HS and will move closer to the school in a few years once we get the other 2 kids through daycare and prek (our eldest did get pre-K 3 lottery to our inbound). There were CH families at every school we looked at. Capitol Hill Day was fabulous, we didn’t end up applying because we decided we don’t like super progressive schools. I think it’s a great option if that’s your education philosophy.

You couldn't find tolerable public K on Capitol Hill? Come on, ridiculous. Capitol Hill Day just isn't fabulous. They're charging more than 30K for a campus without a gym or stage (they borrow stages from CH churches, including mine). No secret that CHD essentially admits any family that can pay where the kid isn't a discipline problem. If you want to raise a cocoon kid who may not be able to cope with the every day rough and tumble of life, keep at it, mom. We're Ivy league grads. Our kids went through a DCPS CH ES program from PreS-5th grade. They play in competitive orchestras at Strathmore, are bilingual (in a language not taught in any DC school), and compete in regional math Olympiads and pre-SCRIPPS spelling bees (and often win). Why don't you take your private school K rhapsodies to the private school threads, where they belong?

Why didn’t you have your kids do the DC Youth Orchestra?
Don’t they practice at Eastern HS?

We started at DCYO but my kid wanted to play in one of the single wind instrument ensembles at Strathmore, offered for harp, flute and clarinet for ages 12-18 for those who audition successfully. The MYCO instruction and the fantastic venue--Strathmore--are worth the weekly commute to rehearsals. My older kid has a music/academic scholarship to a private after 8 years in DCPS.

Are you personally driving this commute or have you hired it out or is your kid old enough to drive and you have a second car? I'm wondering how you are making this work.

It’s one single day a week. My Hill kids do DCYOP and it’s not like Takoma is close… Like, yes, Strathmore is another 15-20 minutes, but either way you’re just hanging out/running errands/waiting for your kid, not driving home & back unless you absolutely have to.

Takoma from the Hill is a pointless PITA too. I have to take my kid weekly to MoCo for therapy (b/c there are not specialists any closer) and it sucks. Living in MoCo would be convenient for many reasons, including buses to schools where you don’t have to assume you will “supplement,” access to medical care/therapists, and extra curriculars. Spending hours driving to far-flung activities or schools defeats the purpose of living on the Hill.

My kids’ school is 3 blocks away & most of my kids’ activities are Hill based (including the awesome Suzuki program at CHAW). DCYOP is literally the only thing we commute for and we often do it on the metro. It’s between 30 and 45 minutes door to door depending on how we do it.