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[quote=Anonymous]OP and others:  do NOT make the mistake we made.

Did that get your attention?

DH and I were so convinced by reputations and stereotypes and one tour that had quiet halls and children engaged in learning at tables and in groups (we happened to look in only a couple of classrooms in which the same kind of learning was happening -- we've since realized that this was anomalous and that we should have looked in more settings)--that we decided "Not for our incredibly active DC -- she'll get thrown right out and be miserable and so will we."  So we didn't apply for PK.

Fast forward a year.  We realized we won't be able to enroll DC in public schools (won't go into that here -- reasons outside scope of question. )  We invest in a consultant who says "Why aren't you looking at Beauvoir?"  We answer not for active DC, too stuffy, etc.,.  Wise consultant doesn't push, but we go ahead and apply.  DC is admitted; we check it out; we think long and hard.  We recognize "hey, Beauvoir really is about the whole child and really is about engaging every facet of early and young childhood and has resources and opportunities and far more diversity than we had given credit for and all kinds of parents and gee, it's a really great place."   DC wants to go to Beauvoir.  We enroll (deliberately using "we" because the school has embraced our whole family).

DC has never been happier, is still amazingly active (I've observed DC in class and at recess and respectful but still gets all energy out appropriately); and is learning a mile a minute.  DC is not the only child in this situation - I see LOTS of activity in all the classrooms and when I walk DC into school in the morning, *I* get jazzed and energized by the bustle and fun and sheer love of childhood and children learning.  During school, DC's learning to channel behavior in an age-appropriate way; that had begun in a pre-school setting but has blossomed this year.

OP, I'm serious.  We "drank the Koolaid" that said "Stepford children who are stuffy and made to be still" and missed out on a year (assuming DC would have been admitted PK) that could have been wonderful.  I am sure there will be naysayers on this thread; so be it.  Take the tour; do the playdate; and then do what we finally came to our senses and did -- go in with an open mind.

Good luck![/quote]

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