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Does your child have social issues now?
No.
What got us worried are:
1)the reviews
2)the fact that she will be joining during the year. In our country she has been growing with the same school friends so we are worried about integration. We live in a region where people are quite familiar so bullying is not really an issue here.
3)one estate agent told us that bullying is present in all schools...
Thank you everyone for your replies.We are very grateful
Anonymous wrote:fran83 wrote:We are not in the US yet. We have been looking at ratings, gradings, reviews, videos on youtube...The school system in our country is different. It's kind of hard to choose at a distance. We have chosen Arlington mostly based on its closeness to DC. We also looked at Mclean and Vienna. Looks like the schools are better there?
Honestly, it's all basically the same. These are affluent schools and neighborhoods with many resources. PP is right in the sense that what matters is what's best for your child. You're looking at meaningless metrics/rankings.
Progrmmatically, it's better to look at the high schools. Yorktown most closely matches the county's demographics from a diversity standpoint but not the school population's -- so it's predominately white. It's historically considered the "best" HS in the county on a metrics perspective but W-L has its fans, IB and more recently better success in elite college matriculations (not that any of these schools matriculate a whole lot to the ivies, etc -- you need to go to private schools in DC for that path).
One thing to consider is it can be harder to get into Virginia's better universities (UVA, William and Mary) since they tend to prioritize school ranking and Arlington schools are populated by over-achievers in general. So, the competition for limited spots is more fierce.
Thank you for the info. So we don't have to reconsider our choice regarding staying in Arlington then?
Anonymous wrote:fran83 wrote:Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post. We are looking for good academic records, conducive environment for learning, diversity, good discipline, extracurricular activities(swimming would be a plus), 'friendly' educators/teachers. We have been looking at ratings on several platforms and some reviews are concerning. We are worried about bullying since she will be joining in March. So a school with welcoming students will be great. Now, someone mentioned IB, this would be a plus since she has been studying in a british style framework.
I would not worry about bullying. Try to join a swim program now if you can. There’s york and NCAP. All of the high schools have pools. What’s your budget?
She will be joining middle school. We will see regarding swimming when we are in ghe US then. You said not to worry about bullying. This is not really a problem then? We have read several reviews and we were quite concerned about that.
We are not in the US yet. We have been looking at ratings, gradings, reviews, videos on youtube...The school system in our country is different. It's kind of hard to choose at a distance. We have chosen Arlington mostly based on its closeness to DC. We also looked at Mclean and Vienna. Looks like the schools are better there?
We are not in the US yet. We have been looking at ratings, gradings, reviews, videos on youtube...The school system in our country is different. It's kind of hard to choose at a distance. We have chosen Arlington mostly based on its closeness to DC. We also looked at Mclean and Vienna. Looks like the schools are better there?
Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post. We are looking for good academic records, conducive environment for learning, diversity, good discipline, extracurricular activities(swimming would be a plus), 'friendly' educators/teachers. We have been looking at ratings on several platforms and some reviews are concerning. We are worried about bullying since she will be joining in March. So a school with welcoming students will be great. Now, someone mentioned IB, this would be a plus since she has been studying in a british style framework.
Hello everyone. Grateful if you could help us choose a middle school for my daughter. We will be moving to US soon and Arlington is one of our top choices to live. My husband will be working in Dc. We have not chosen a specific region in Arlington yet. What we are looking for is a good public middle school but also a region near to the metro. Dorothy Hamm looks good but no ranking yet and so would like to get some advice to be able to make the best choice. Thank you