SSSAS College Acceptances

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Anonymous wrote:I think the college acceptances should be the least of one’s worries. You should ask around about the identity wheel they had middle schoolers fill out which asked them about gender and their socio-economic status. They explained to children that what is between your legs on not what gender you are it’s just how you feel.

Or maybe ask about how one of the most popular Latin teachers was forced to apologize for using the term slave while explaining to potential Latin students about a party Latin students attend.

This is not the school we started in and it’s so upsetting that the social justice curriculum has replaced actual education.

So grateful we are done this year.

Thanks for demonstrating to the readers of DCUM where some of the hate for SSSA comes from.

Awareness of gender identity and sensitivity to issues around race and slavery are the future, like it or not. I’m happy parents like you are leaving SSSA and I hope you find your “actual education” elsewhere.

The above post explains how SSSAS - which claims to value every child, value diversity, and emphasizes "belonging" - will treat your child! If they think differently - or their parents do - they will be so happy to show you the door! Your different views are not wanted! Of course, if you have them and keep them to yourself, we want your full-pay child- and money for our new science center! Group-think and identity politics are alive and well.

NP with a child in the Middle School. I'm also disgusted by the social justice warriors in the admin, namely the guidance counselor who was pushing the pro-trans book in 7th grade English class. We're going elsewhere for high school.

Reading a book that teaches respect and acceptance of transgender people will not make your child transgender.

I think it’s a stretch to call any of the administrators “social justice warriors” but they are intelligent educators who know it’s 2021, not 1995.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you want a good high school (better than SSAS) close, Ireton fits the bill.

wow what a completely ignorant statement. BI is one of worst private schools in the area.

what tier exactly do you think SSAS belong to?

NP. A couple of tiers above BI for sure. Does BI even decline anyone? It's like public school. You just sign up.

that sounds a lot like SSAS

you have no idea what you are talking about. and it's SSSAS. look up acceptance rates. it's not even close.

Bottom line is that BI is Catholic and SSSAS is Episcopal. Many WASPY Alexandrians would never send their kid to a Catholic school. However, I do know a few families that have had kids at both schools. Believe what you want, but the families with kids at both schools say the academics are equivalent. BI’s new facilities are a big plus as well.

nope. you are spreading BS. and just how many families have kids at both schools anyway? very few.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the college acceptances should be the least of one’s worries. You should ask around about the identity wheel they had middle schoolers fill out which asked them about gender and their socio-economic status. They explained to children that what is between your legs on not what gender you are it’s just how you feel.

Or maybe ask about how one of the most popular Latin teachers was forced to apologize for using the term slave while explaining to potential Latin students about a party Latin students attend.

This is not the school we started in and it’s so upsetting that the social justice curriculum has replaced actual education.

So grateful we are done this year.

Thanks for demonstrating to the readers of DCUM where some of the hate for SSSA comes from.

Awareness of gender identity and sensitivity to issues around race and slavery are the future, like it or not. I’m happy parents like you are leaving SSSA and I hope you find your “actual education” elsewhere.

The above post explains how SSSAS - which claims to value every child, value diversity, and emphasizes "belonging" - will treat your child! If they think differently - or their parents do - they will be so happy to show you the door! Your different views are not wanted! Of course, if you have them and keep them to yourself, we want your full-pay child- and money for our new science center! Group-think and identity politics are alive and well.

NP with a child in the Middle School. I'm also disgusted by the social justice warriors in the admin, namely the guidance counselor who was pushing the pro-trans book in 7th grade English class. We're going elsewhere for high school.

Reading a book that teaches respect and acceptance of transgender people will not make your child transgender.

I think it’s a stretch to call any of the administrators “social justice warriors” but they are intelligent educators who know it’s 2021, not 1995.

Umm, the PP in no way suggested that reading a book would make their child transgender - they just said they didn't want it pushed on their child That's the kind of twisting of a person's words that makes it convenient to pull out the bigot card and just dismiss anyone with a different view as - and here's the usual assortment of terms - homophobic, racist, misogynist, xenophobic, anti-semitic. Oh yes, and on this list, a favortie one for someone with a different view is "uneducated." If you don't support something you must just be stupid
- or even worse in this area - unsophisticated!

And by the way, one can be caring towards and accepting of people with different beliefs but not necessarily subscribe to those beliefs. Most children are already doing this beautifully without the interference of a school's agenda being crammed down their throats every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the college acceptances should be the least of one’s worries. You should ask around about the identity wheel they had middle schoolers fill out which asked them about gender and their socio-economic status. They explained to children that what is between your legs on not what gender you are it’s just how you feel.

Or maybe ask about how one of the most popular Latin teachers was forced to apologize for using the term slave while explaining to potential Latin students about a party Latin students attend.

This is not the school we started in and it’s so upsetting that the social justice curriculum has replaced actual education.

So grateful we are done this year.

Thanks for demonstrating to the readers of DCUM where some of the hate for SSSA comes from.

Awareness of gender identity and sensitivity to issues around race and slavery are the future, like it or not. I’m happy parents like you are leaving SSSA and I hope you find your “actual education” elsewhere.

The above post explains how SSSAS - which claims to value every child, value diversity, and emphasizes "belonging" - will treat your child! If they think differently - or their parents do - they will be so happy to show you the door! Your different views are not wanted! Of course, if you have them and keep them to yourself, we want your full-pay child- and money for our new science center! Group-think and identity politics are alive and well.

NP with a child in the Middle School. I'm also disgusted by the social justice warriors in the admin, namely the guidance counselor who was pushing the pro-trans book in 7th grade English class. We're going elsewhere for high school.

Reading a book that teaches respect and acceptance of transgender people will not make your child transgender.

I think it’s a stretch to call any of the administrators “social justice warriors” but they are intelligent educators who know it’s 2021, not 1995.

Umm, the PP in no way suggested that reading a book would make their child transgender - they just said they didn't want it pushed on their child That's the kind of twisting of a person's words that makes it convenient to pull out the bigot card and just dismiss anyone with a different view as - and here's the usual assortment of terms - homophobic, racist, misogynist, xenophobic, anti-semitic. Oh yes, and on this list, a favortie one for someone with a different view is "uneducated." If you don't support something you must just be stupid
- or even worse in this area - unsophisticated!

And by the way, one can be caring towards and accepting of people with different beliefs but not necessarily subscribe to those beliefs. Most children are already doing this beautifully without the interference of a school's agenda being crammed down their throats every day.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the college acceptances should be the least of one’s worries. You should ask around about the identity wheel they had middle schoolers fill out which asked them about gender and their socio-economic status. They explained to children that what is between your legs on not what gender you are it’s just how you feel.

Or maybe ask about how one of the most popular Latin teachers was forced to apologize for using the term slave while explaining to potential Latin students about a party Latin students attend.

This is not the school we started in and it’s so upsetting that the social justice curriculum has replaced actual education.

So grateful we are done this year.

Thanks for demonstrating to the readers of DCUM where some of the hate for SSSA comes from.

Awareness of gender identity and sensitivity to issues around race and slavery are the future, like it or not. I’m happy parents like you are leaving SSSA and I hope you find your “actual education” elsewhere.

The above post explains how SSSAS - which claims to value every child, value diversity, and emphasizes "belonging" - will treat your child! If they think differently - or their parents do - they will be so happy to show you the door! Your different views are not wanted! Of course, if you have them and keep them to yourself, we want your full-pay child- and money for our new science center! Group-think and identity politics are alive and well.

NP with a child in the Middle School. I'm also disgusted by the social justice warriors in the admin, namely the guidance counselor who was pushing the pro-trans book in 7th grade English class. We're going elsewhere for high school.

Reading a book that teaches respect and acceptance of transgender people will not make your child transgender.

I think it’s a stretch to call any of the administrators “social justice warriors” but they are intelligent educators who know it’s 2021, not 1995.

Umm, the PP in no way suggested that reading a book would make their child transgender - they just said they didn't want it pushed on their child That's the kind of twisting of a person's words that makes it convenient to pull out the bigot card and just dismiss anyone with a different view as - and here's the usual assortment of terms - homophobic, racist, misogynist, xenophobic, anti-semitic. Oh yes, and on this list, a favortie one for someone with a different view is "uneducated." If you don't support something you must just be stupid
- or even worse in this area - unsophisticated!

And by the way, one can be caring towards and accepting of people with different beliefs but not necessarily subscribe to those beliefs. Most children are already doing this beautifully without the interference of a school's agenda being crammed down their throats every day.

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So you’re telling me you’re “caring and accepting” of transgender “beliefs,” yet are outraged by your child reading a “pro-transgender” book in the 7th grade?

Acceptance of transgender people is not, or shouldn’t be, a political issue or about a family’s personal beliefs. It’s about equal rights. It’s about personal freedom and self-definition. And if my children are transgender, I will support them 100%. And when they encounter transgender people in the world, I will be glad I sent them to a school that didn’t attempt to shelter them.

By the way this thread started as one on SSSAS college acceptances and devolved into trash talking the school - and I’m here simply to point out to anyone reading this that those doing the trash taking are conservative bigots who are bothered by progressive pedagogy and a social justice curriculum.

As another PP noted, the school has indeed changed over the last ten years - and it has changed for the better, and changed to reflect changes in American society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want a good high school (better than SSAS) close, Ireton fits the bill.

wow what a completely ignorant statement. BI is one of worst private schools in the area.

what tier exactly do you think SSAS belong to?

NP. A couple of tiers above BI for sure. Does BI even decline anyone? It's like public school. You just sign up.

that sounds a lot like SSAS

you have no idea what you are talking about. and it's SSSAS. look up acceptance rates. it's not even close.

Bottom line is that BI is Catholic and SSSAS is Episcopal. Many WASPY Alexandrians would never send their kid to a Catholic school. However, I do know a few families that have had kids at both schools. Believe what you want, but the families with kids at both schools say the academics are equivalent. BI’s new facilities are a big plus as well.

nope. you are spreading BS. and just how many families have kids at both schools anyway? very few.

I do believe the academics are roughly equivalent—that is to say, equally underwhelming.

[Anonymous]

You just did it again. Calling someone who has a different view a conservative bigot. Case in point.

Don’t listen to anyone. Only liberal, single sided viewpoints for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Perfect take on our woke world of today - I believe in everyone's freedom of speech, just so long as their opinions agree with mine.

[Anonymous]

Back to the topic. SSSAS college acceptances are middle of the road. If you don't know that going in, you did not do your homework. Why go there: people want a solid education and feel SSSAS delivers and the local schools do not. While kids come from all over, most SSSAS families would not go to DC or really anywhere other than Alexandria --- this is the best option. While $40,000 is a lot -- it is not if you make a lot or have a lot. PP said the want to get something (great college) for their money -- many SSSAS parents want great college choices but most are not paying for that. I also would say that the top students -- athletes or not do quite well. It is the bottom 1/2 that are an issue so it matters where you are. By the way, athletics goes both ways -- there are a number of athletes at not highly ranked schools to play sports that could have gone to better schools. That is dumb but is frequently done.

[Anonymous]

Regarding college acceptances, I assume this is why a lot of kids go elsewhere for high school.