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Might reconsider Catholic schools. my kids who are good athletes begged to go to Catholic schools because of the sports programs. The Catholic schools in the  DC area have quite a few non Catholic kids. The best Catholics can meet the needs of a top student but will also have kids of average abilities too. 
 Schools like Sidwell and GDS may be academically stressful for your son. HoltonLandon might work too but I am
Not sure about their basketball
Programs. But both schools value athletes.  Holton seems stronger academically than Landon. I personally felt
More comfortable with the Jesuit schools because of their philosophies of developing the whole
Person. And a serious commitment to community service. We
Looked at Holton and Landon but didn't
Like the
Vibe. They seemed too waspy and a little superficial to us. Especially Landon. In the end we sent our son to a Catholic and our daughter to Sidwell. Both are happy. Sidwell has good girls basketball and top
Notch academics. It can be stressful because of the amount of homework but my daughter was
Both have had truly inspirational teachers. [/quote]

Were your children in high school at over-lapping times and where did your son end up if your daughter was at Sidwell?  We have struggled with this, too.[/quote]. Yes they overlapped. He went to Zprep. Actually was fine except  for different vacation schedule

On same Metro line. [/quote]

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