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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems to me that STA would not have taken 90% of the Beauvoir third grade boys if Beauvoir did not prepare them well in every subject.[/quote]

OP here.  I’m not quite sure it’s as simple as that.  There is no question that Beauvoir is a feeder for STA and that it is a very well-regarded, highly selective, early elementary school.  What I’m trying to understand is why some STA teachers send their kids to schools other than Beauvoir to prepare them for STA (schools with similar price tags), and why there are persistent rumors that Beauvoir is academically weaker in math and science than peer schools.  For example, once Beauvoir grads go off to STA or NCS, do they need more tutoring in math and science than their cohorts?  Is there a catch-up period for Beauvoir students to come up to speed?  If there are parents of recent Beauvoir grads willing to address this from their own experience, that would be great.[/quote]

OP, why did you post posing the question : "Does Beauvoir Adequately Prepare Students for STA/NCS ?" When, based on your above post in which you self-identify as the OP, you seem to already have a clearly formed opinion/answer to your own question? Sorry to debunk the theory that you seem so invested in, but my DC goes to Beauvoir and did quite well on the STA admissions test. He hasn't had a day of Kumon or test prep in his life and we didn't even do the math review books the math coordinator suggested  for the summer between 2nd and 3rd grade. So, how do you explain that away ????? Also, I don't know that a teacher sending their kid elsewhere is PROOF that , horrors, "Beauvoir is failing to prepare kids for STA and NCS", but rather any of the following:

1)the child's father teaches  at another school, that provides better FA
2) the other school is cheaper
3) the other school is less competetive and the teacher's DC didn't get into Beauvoir
4) the teacher/parent might love working at Beauvoir( a co-ed school) , but took an offer for GDS or Sidwell or Maret as they did not want single sex for MS/HS and knew that offers from those schools might not come later in smaller admit years

Or, of course, your suggestion: " because B isn't pre-paring them" I find that ridiculous, after all the teachers would , in effect, be saying that they and their colleagues are not doing their jobs.[/quote]

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