Baltimore Privates

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My kids are in upper school at a couple of the Roland Park Private Schools now, and they have good friends who go to City and Poly. They also know kids at Dulaney and Towson, and of course the other private schools. They do tend to hang out more with the other private school kids just because they mix more. But meeting friends at one of the other private schools or Starbucks or Eddies after school isn't any harder than meeting up with Poly or City kids. In middle school, it's true that it's harder for the private school kids to meet public school kids through school functions, but most of the upper school social activities allow friends as long as they have a school ID. So it's not just a group of kids from a limited list of schools who can attend a mixer, it's any kid with a valid HS ID who can come to the dance with you.

It's possible that our kids are just in different social circles, and an anecdote is worth what you paid for it, but at least some RP private school kids hang out with public school kids, and the City/Poly kids I know are smart, funny, kind, and I'm glad my kids have them as friends.

I’m pp and my kids are also at RP private schools. Since there are ony a dozen or so kids from RP at City or Poly for any particular grade, sure, it’s possible that your kids have friends in this cohort and mine don’t, and of course, most kids have neighborhood friends that differ from school friends. mever have I ever heard my kids say, however, that they are going to a City or Poly party, school social event, or sports game. They go to these events at other privates all the time. And I expect that the city and poly kids tend to hang out with one another for similar reasons. They aren’t really on the same event circuit although I’m sure there are crossover friendships.

Do your kids not even go to the City-Poly game? I don't have kids particularly interested in football, but it seems like every year they go to the City-Poly game, the Turkey Bowl, and the Gilman-McDonogh game. Field Hockey has a lot of cross over w/City and Poly, which is probably where some of my kids contacts come from. And with friendships being half digital these days, it's not hard to keep up with kids you may only see occasionally, vs every day. I didn't grow up here, but my kids experience have convinced me Baltimore really is a small town. It seems like everyone's only a degree or two apart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My kids are in upper school at a couple of the Roland Park Private Schools now, and they have good friends who go to City and Poly. They also know kids at Dulaney and Towson, and of course the other private schools. They do tend to hang out more with the other private school kids just because they mix more. But meeting friends at one of the other private schools or Starbucks or Eddies after school isn't any harder than meeting up with Poly or City kids. In middle school, it's true that it's harder for the private school kids to meet public school kids through school functions, but most of the upper school social activities allow friends as long as they have a school ID. So it's not just a group of kids from a limited list of schools who can attend a mixer, it's any kid with a valid HS ID who can come to the dance with you.

It's possible that our kids are just in different social circles, and an anecdote is worth what you paid for it, but at least some RP private school kids hang out with public school kids, and the City/Poly kids I know are smart, funny, kind, and I'm glad my kids have them as friends.

I’m pp and my kids are also at RP private schools. Since there are ony a dozen or so kids from RP at City or Poly for any particular grade, sure, it’s possible that your kids have friends in this cohort and mine don’t, and of course, most kids have neighborhood friends that differ from school friends. mever have I ever heard my kids say, however, that they are going to a City or Poly party, school social event, or sports game. They go to these events at other privates all the time. And I expect that the city and poly kids tend to hang out with one another for similar reasons. They aren’t really on the same event circuit although I’m sure there are crossover friendships.

Do your kids not even go to the City-Poly game? I don't have kids particularly interested in football, but it seems like every year they go to the City-Poly game, the Turkey Bowl, and the Gilman-McDonogh game. Field Hockey has a lot of cross over w/City and Poly, which is probably where some of my kids contacts come from. And with friendships being half digital these days, it's not hard to keep up with kids you may only see occasionally, vs every day. I didn't grow up here, but my kids experience have convinced me Baltimore really is a small town. It seems like everyone's only a degree or two apart.

Nope, neither has even spoken of it. They do go to the Turkey Bowl, and Mcdonogh/Gilman, and are huge Ravens fans. Not sure where you are going with field hockey overlap -- they don't play any public schools in field hockey at middle or high school level.