Is the Georgetown Day School Nuturing?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I would like to know if the Georgetown Day School is nuturing?. I have a daughter that is very sensitive, but she is not shy. I am wondering if this school would be a good fit. I would also like to know if the teacher are harsh or loving. It seems like a really busy place and I don't want my daughter to get discouraged.

[Anonymous]

I, too, have a sensitive DC and GDS has been a good fit. Lots of hugs, lots of long-term relationships with faculty members, everybody knows your name (and more than a few know your personality/quirks)! Kids are all over the map (some are heart-warmingly wonderful), but the adults are consistently engaged, kind, and supportive in our experience.

[Anonymous]

I think that the early elementary faculty at GDS are very nurturing.

[Anonymous]

To be honest I'm beginning to wonder what this means. Especially at the lower grades. All schools are nurturing for children who are 4, 5, 6. I don't think that you'll see a sizable difference in that one quality among any of the privates. That's part of their job and they will all discuss teaching the whole child. Personally I think it's a fruitless pursuit.

[Anonymous]

Well, as someone who went to public school, I was really struck by how huggy the kids and teachers are (through LS -- including 4th and 5th graders) at GDS compared to the way it was when I grew up. I was also really touched listening to one of the librarians help a middle schooler choose a new novel -- you could hear years of a history of shared books between teacher and student as they debated various titles.

Maybe every private school in this area has that and this isn't a distinguishing feature of GDS -- I don't know. What I do know is that it's not a universal feature of elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

We moved to GDS in MS. I would say it is nurturing in the sense that the school is really about the kids - each individual kid. It goes along with the idea of tolerating wide ranges of people. My DC found, not popularity, but great acceptance by students and teachers alike. I don't know how they do it - was at other very good schools with my children, and GDS is really special in this way.