Most down-to-Earth school community

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The families I've met from GDS are extremely down to earth. Probably have Ivy League pedigree but that's because they are smart, not snooty. Nice kids, too.

[Anonymous]

You will find down to earth families at any school, and you will find snobby parents at any school. You just need to find like-minded people, so socialize as much as possible and attend all the parent meetings you can the first year.

BTW, it turns out that you can't really control who your children befriend, so it is best that you go into a new school with the attitude that anyone can be your friend, or at the very least, friendly.

[Anonymous]

NPS has fit the bill for our very down to earth family

[Anonymous]

We are at River Farm Cooperative in Alexandria and it's exactly what you're describing. It's far from you, but we have several families that make a trek from up to an hour away. We are middle class families that make sacrifices to send their kids to a school we can believe in. It pulls from Montessori, Waldorf, and homeschooling. And it's less than $6000 a year.

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I bet you'd like Sandy Spring Friends. My kid has been there for 5 years now, and he loves it and so do we. Money and things are just don't seem to be a big thing for anyone I know there, which is really nice. A really nice community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is at Green Acres, and from our experience it is very much what you are looking for.

Agree 100%. We're a middle class family and we feel very comfortable.

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Anonymous wrote:Landon.

Oh. Wait. Did you say DOWN TO EARTH? Never mind.

Actually, I was wondering what "Down to Earth" meant. If it means having the most realistic appreciation of how the world works and how to navigate one's journey through society I would say Sidwell and the Cathedral Schools.

Sidwell?

I thought that Liberal thinking was all about the way the world ought to be and not at all about the world that actually exists.

That's poor liberals. Most folks need to have to have a pretty good knowledge of how to work the system to get into the Top 3/5.

Is there such a thing as a "poor liberal"? I thought liberal thinking was a luxury of the monied folks.

Stop hijacking the thread because you have a political axe to grind.

A question that you don't like, or perhaps don't understand the meaning of, is not a hijack. Its just a question relevant to the title, if you define "down to earth" as a school where there is a student body coming from liberal families.

Is it possible to have a wealthy, down to earth family? A lot of people have said that this is the very contradiction of "down to earth"

Which if you can keep up, and follow the train of thought here, is why I asked if you can have poor liberals.

Got it now, sweetheart? I know if its too much for you go back to reading tabloids and drinking cheap wine.

Nice try. I have a doctorate from Harvard. F off.

[Anonymous]

Self-sufficient? Did you mean self-absorbed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The families I've met from GDS are extremely down to earth. Probably have Ivy League pedigree but that's because they are smart, not snooty. Nice kids, too.

Anyone that talks about peoples' "pedigrees" isn't a good judge of what's "down to earth."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm very happy at Maret. We're one of those families who don't qualify for aid, but finances are tight after tuition. We're very comfortable at Maret and it's a very low key school. The kids don't dress up for school and the parents are typically in jeans whenever that's an option. There are a lot of wealthy families and sometimes it's hard not to notice (like when you have a pool play date or something), but almost everyone makes an effort to avoid any conspicuous displays of wealth.

Are you a Maret student?

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Anonymous wrote:Landon.

Oh. Wait. Did you say DOWN TO EARTH? Never mind.

Actually, I was wondering what "Down to Earth" meant. If it means having the most realistic appreciation of how the world works and how to navigate one's journey through society I would say Sidwell and the Cathedral Schools.

Sidwell?

I thought that Liberal thinking was all about the way the world ought to be and not at all about the world that actually exists.

That's poor liberals. Most folks need to have to have a pretty good knowledge of how to work the system to get into the Top 3/5.

Is there such a thing as a "poor liberal"? I thought liberal thinking was a luxury of the monied folks.

Stop hijacking the thread because you have a political axe to grind.

A question that you don't like, or perhaps don't understand the meaning of, is not a hijack. Its just a question relevant to the title, if you define "down to earth" as a school where there is a student body coming from liberal families.

Is it possible to have a wealthy, down to earth family? A lot of people have said that this is the very contradiction of "down to earth"

Which if you can keep up, and follow the train of thought here, is why I asked if you can have poor liberals.

Got it now, sweetheart? I know if its too much for you go back to reading tabloids and drinking cheap wine.

Nice try. I have a doctorate from Harvard. F off.

Sure you do hon, just like every other loser who says that here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm very happy at Maret. We're one of those families who don't qualify for aid, but finances are tight after tuition. We're very comfortable at Maret and it's a very low key school. The kids don't dress up for school and the parents are typically in jeans whenever that's an option. There are a lot of wealthy families and sometimes it's hard not to notice (like when you have a pool play date or something), but almost everyone makes an effort to avoid any conspicuous displays of wealth.

Are you a Maret student?

Only twice have I seen students whose behavior was so kind and considerate that I asked where they attended school:

1. At a Starbucks on Conn, a group of teenagers. They were from Maret.
2. At a field trip at a pumpkin patch, teachers & young students, Barnesville.

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Anonymous wrote:Landon.

Oh. Wait. Did you say DOWN TO EARTH? Never mind.

Actually, I was wondering what "Down to Earth" meant. If it means having the most realistic appreciation of how the world works and how to navigate one's journey through society I would say Sidwell and the Cathedral Schools.

Sidwell?

I thought that Liberal thinking was all about the way the world ought to be and not at all about the world that actually exists.

That's poor liberals. Most folks need to have to have a pretty good knowledge of how to work the system to get into the Top 3/5.

Is there such a thing as a "poor liberal"? I thought liberal thinking was a luxury of the monied folks.

Stop hijacking the thread because you have a political axe to grind.

A question that you don't like, or perhaps don't understand the meaning of, is not a hijack. Its just a question relevant to the title, if you define "down to earth" as a school where there is a student body coming from liberal families.

Is it possible to have a wealthy, down to earth family? A lot of people have said that this is the very contradiction of "down to earth"

Which if you can keep up, and follow the train of thought here, is why I asked if you can have poor liberals.

Got it now, sweetheart? I know if its too much for you go back to reading tabloids and drinking cheap wine.

Nice try. I have a doctorate from Harvard. F off.

Sure you do hon, just like every other loser who says that here.

Not your hon and by no stretch of the imagination a loser, and I certainly do. The diploma's hanging on the wall right behind me. If you want to pretend I'm lying because you can't stand to be wrong, then that's your prerogative. I'll just continue knowing the truth. Now go back to your little cave, sad person.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm very happy at Maret. We're one of those families who don't qualify for aid, but finances are tight after tuition. We're very comfortable at Maret and it's a very low key school. The kids don't dress up for school and the parents are typically in jeans whenever that's an option. There are a lot of wealthy families and sometimes it's hard not to notice (like when you have a pool play date or something), but almost everyone makes an effort to avoid any conspicuous displays of wealth.

Are you a Maret student?

Only twice have I seen students whose behavior was so kind and considerate that I asked where they attended school:

1. At a Starbucks on Conn, a group of teenagers. They were from Maret.
2. At a field trip at a pumpkin patch, teachers & young students, Barnesville.

That's very helpful (OP here). This is the kind of information I want. My DH and I were raised to behave that way, and that's what we want for our kids. I've had good vibes about Maret and if we lived close enough we would do Barnesville in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet you'd like Sandy Spring Friends. My kid has been there for 5 years now, and he loves it and so do we. Money and things are just don't seem to be a big thing for anyone I know there, which is really nice. A really nice community.

Thanks! I keep hearing good things about this school.