Fairfax private schools for 2023-2024
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febegaj
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Thank you all for your replies. We're Christian so we can consider parochial schools also. I will move both of my kids so they can be together. We would prefer tuition under $30k each. What we want basically is the school to be strong academically.
Flint Hill looks one viable option for us, although tuition is a bit on the higher end. Potomac, Basis, Paul VI, O’Connell, Langley, Congressional and Ireton seem too far away for us. Pinnacle Academy is at the edge of our radius and has resonable tuition. Is it strong academically? Nysmith tuition is too high. Holy Spirit: why is it popular? Tuition is very low. Is it good academically? Nativity: can't find much information about the school online.. St Leo’s: might consider it Trinity at Braddock and Immanuel: Are they indeed super religious? (We don't want that) Otherwise they look good options Pinecrest: It seems to be only K-6. |
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Doesn't sound like it was for you. But, this negativity isn't really helping you. People just assume that the posters with this much hate are the ones whose kids didn't really belong there in the first place. FSIQ 111 with anger issues isn't going to be a great match no matter how much you tell people you were wronged. Most people who left for other reasons have been far less hostile, even if they have their own disconnects with the school. There's plenty of information out there for people to check out, but we've been happy. I'm hopeful for more positive changes--the LS administrators being shown the door was a huge improvement. Got rid of a lot of passive-aggressive toxicity. DC all love school. Isn't that the important thing? |
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Immanuel is, yes. Super conservative, super literal in their biblical translation. Attend the church for a sunday and you will immediately feel it. I'm not sure the level of religion at Trinity, but I know multiple students from different families who have left due to bullying and cliquish behavior. Holy Spirit is popular because it's cheap, there are lots of families that want Catholic education, and as you are finding there aren't many private school options in the Burke area because public schools are generally very good. |
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So why I see more private schools around McLean? I thought the public schools there were better thank Burke area because of higher HHI? |
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McLean has a lot more disposable income than Burke. Regardless, most families still choose public. It's not like some parts of the country where any middle class family is sending their kid to private. |
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We just went through the application process at Trinity (not admitted), and Trinity is indeed very religious. The website states that at least one parent must be Christian, but during the parent interview they asked both of us to speak about our faith. They require a pastor recommendation as part of the application process. On their website, they state that they are pro-life and support a Biblical view of marriage and sexuality. If that works for your family (or is not a deal breaker), it seems like a terrific school with dedicated teachers. We were very impressed, despite having some misgivings about these views. I had not heard about students leaving because of bullying and cliquish behavior. That is concerning. |
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We are a family with conservative values, so we don't mind with those if that's all what "super religious" is about. We just don't want the whole school day to be around religious stuff, we want a school that focuses primarily on academics. Taking Trinity as an example, I see they have posted scores that compare with state average and FCPS https://www.tcsfairfax.org/academics/upper-school-7-12/how-trinity-scores However I would like to see an independent source of such data, comparing all schools across the region. Is there such a source to see how each school does academically? |
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| febegaj, I am the PP - if Trinity's approach sounds good to your family, I encourage you to talk to their admissions office and take a tour. We were really impressed. They teach science, not young earth creationism, but religion is woven into every subject in the standard academic curriculum and they require a religion class every year. Their head of school is clearly very educated and intelligent. It seems like a great school, and I am disappointed that we did not get in. |
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Gross. |
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Nysmith is worth every penny. I agree with you Flint Hill is not. St. Leo's is a bargain. |
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It’s different at each school. |
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We are also right by GMU and just did the private school search. We ended up staying public for the coming year and are going to apply to the Alxandria privates next year when our kids will both be entering expansion years. There really are not many options that are a reasonable distance from the area, which is a shame because I think there is a growing market. We are going to hop the 395 or 495 express lanes part of the way and consider SSSA, ACD, and Burgundy in Alexandria and Langley/Potomac in McLean. Some of them are actually closer than Nysmith.
We have friends who are very happy at Trinity, but they are evangelical. Getting into St. Leos if you are not Catholic is tough and we have not heard great things about Holy Spirit. |
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Some questions....
Does either parent work in DC? Do both parents drive? What are the genders of the children? What about DC schools? I live in Tenleytown DC and I used to work in the area near GMU. The commute took less than an hour each way, going against the traffic pattern. I suspect with the pattern it would take 40 - 45 minutes to most of the schools. Apply for financial aid: DC schools tend to have more aid available than many of the Northern Virginia schools. Just a suggestion..... |
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Kids are girls, but we don't work in DC and we don't want to go through the traffic nightmare to go there and come back twice per day.
Max radius for us is 15min drive |
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Isn't Pinnacle Academy a Gulen school? Formerly an ally of Erdogan, who made his name with test prep schools in Turkey and now has a charter/private school network in the US. The education is probably OK, but the Gulen network gives me hives. Is Dominion Christian in your range? K-6 in Oakton, 7-12 in Reston. We pulled a child from AAP to there, probably for many of your reasons, and are *really* happy with it. Academy for Christian Education, in Reston, has a good rep. I believe they target high performing students. Oak Hill Christian is another nearby school in the classical vein. |