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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will get lots of responses suggesting Commonwealth, St Andrews, Field, etc, but honestly based on your description your son would be fine at any school including "big 3"'s. My suggestion would be to look at a large range of schools (even ones you don't think of off the bat) and see what style/atmosphere feel "right" for your son and family, and then you can start to hone in. I have an older child with a similar profile, and my one tip for you to consider is that schools with a large HW load and very hyper competitive student body were not a good fit for our son - the HW part because it would take him twice as long as a student without adhd to complete it (even though he is very smart, it takes him longer to get organized and focused) and bc he is not motivated by peer pressure, he is independently intellectually curious and needed a school that valued such. [/quote]

I'm really curious about who posted that and why. Absolutely untrue in my experience. OP, you will need to call schools and speak to middle school director. [/quote]

I'm the poster who posted that - what part of my post do you think is untrue? The OP's son is a bright, well-behaved kid in AAP who is thriving withOUT a 504 plan and withOUT adhd medication, but with pretty easy to handle accommodations by his teachers such as preferential seating.  Obviously like all posters I don't have personal experience with all schools, only my own kids', but I'd be surprised if most schools could not handle and/or would not welcome a child like OP's.  I do know lots of folks with kids at a variety of privates in DC/MD/VA, and guess what, in those schools incl "big 3" schools there are kids who would not have made it into AAP, and there are kids with more "active" personalities, and there are kids who, even without a diagnosis, need more support and reminders than OP's kid probably does.

OP, I suggest that you look at many schools.  Without more info about your child, where you're commuting from, etc. it is a little hard to make suggestions.  Notwithstanding the posts of late, I hear very good things about Field, Maret is great, as are GDS, Burke, SAAS, I could go on.  I don't know much about Potomac but why not look. So much is about the best fit.[/quote]

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