Norwood, Holton or WES?
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[quote=Anonymous]Lots of families do leave WES for public school during the
ES years.[/quote] Can you define lots? And when do they leave? I've heard a fair number of boys leave for Landon after 2nd grade. The thinking of my friends was that it was easier to get into Landon at 3rd grade and since they eventually wanted him to go there they made the move. I haven't heard about kids leaving for public schools, though. |
Anonymous
| It is not easier to get into Landon in 3rd grade. That may have been what your friend told you and her child may have gotten in but it is not easier in the 3rd grade. That is the most sought after grade for admission. Most legacies choose the 3rd grade for admission. |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous]It is not easier to get into Landon in 3rd grade. That may have been what your friend told you and her child may have gotten in but it is not easier in the 3rd grade. That is the most sought after grade for admission. Most legacies choose the 3rd grade for admission. [/quote]
I'll take your word for it since I don't have a boy and have never looked at Landon (or any other boy's school). I'm guessing, though, that you aren't the poster who said lots of kids leave WES to go to public schools. |
Anonymous
I have experience with two of these three schools listed. Holton is at a completely different level. You can't compare these 3 in the same terms. |
Anonymous
Social - Holton Academics - Holton Music - Holton offers free musical instrument lessons in school and 1 lesson after school. DD had to rent the instrument. Norwood touts their violin program as if it is available to all but, I can't afford it paying full freight, buying lunches, paying $12 or whatever to stay after school for an hour without a teacher supported study hall. Individual attention without asking: Holton Intellectual atmosphere: Holton Arts- HOLTON blows the others away Sports - not Holton b/c team competition sports do not start until 7th grade Facility - Holton Lunch- Holton it is hot and free Breakfast - Holton Study halls with teachers - Holton (very low cost) Best school for busy parents - Holton Longest tenured teachers - Holton Leadership opportunities - Holton Best value - Holton Cultural education - Holton Character development - Holton Most fun - Holton Holton is BY FAR the best value in this economy if your DD fits the criteria and is open to take advantage of all the school has to offer. This school just gets better and better with relatively few administrative missteps in my many years there. They get it. Norwood sticks their hand into my pocket and doesn't teach my child. Worst. |
Anonymous
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I also think Holton is the better school of the three.
Norwood is a good school, but not quite in the same tier. But, the kids do get really good HS placement. WES is not in either catagory. |
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| It seems like it would be hard to compare these three, since Norwood and WES end at grade 8, and Holton doesn't start until grade 3. So you're really only comparing 3rd through 8th grade? |
Anonymous
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"Lunch- Holton it is hot and free"
What planet are you living on? The school costs an arm and a leg! You just disqualified yourself from being taken seriously so the rest of your assessment is meaningless. |
Anonymous
| I'm not the one who wrote that pp -- but she was talking, I'm sure, in the context of the other 2 schools. This is the private school forum -- everyone who has a kid at private knows it costs something and that private schools are expensive. That is a given and a starting point for discussion. |
Anonymous
| For the classes of 2008-10, 31 out of 37girls graduating from Norwood who applied to Holton Arms were accepted. In 2009 and 2010, only 1 girl each year was not admitted. (This info is publicly available on the Norwood web site.) So I'm not quite certain how anyone can possibly say that Norwood is not at the same level as Holton. |
Anonymous
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Because Norwood only goes thru 8th grade!!!
No one is saying Norwood is a bad school--they have very good placements as you just mentioned. But, Norwood goes thru 8th grade, thus is in a different league. Wow, why so sensitive? Most people posting seem to agree that Norwood is great. |
Anonymous
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Hmm... I don't have kids at Holton, but the child of a friend was counseled out before high school because she was too bright. Holton felt they couldn't meet her needs. She moved to public school and found it much more rigorous.
I'm not buying the posts that claim Holton is academically rigorous. |
Anonymous
That is what your friend said that Holton said... However, MCPS can put many of these private schools to shame, including Norwood, WES, and Holton. |
Anonymous
I'm not sensitive. Saying that one school "is in a different league" than another has entirely different connotations than saying that the 2 schools can't be compared because one goes through 8th grade and the other goes through high school. Academically, the schools are at least comparable for the age groups that they teach--as the admission results show. |
Anonymous
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Hahahaha -- that's a good one! Your friend told you that? Maybe she was afraid to tell you the real reason -- her kid was too dumb for Holton. quote=Anonymous]Hmm... I don't have kids at Holton, but the child of a friend was counseled out before high school because she was too bright. Holton felt they couldn't meet her needs. She moved to public school and found it much more rigorous. I'm not buying the posts that claim Holton is academically rigorous. |