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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are thinking of going private for middle school for our son. He is bright (accepted into CES program at MCPS) and we live in northern-ish Montgomery County. DS is a very sweet kid, not outgoing or particularly talented in sports.  Would prefer to stay in MoCo due to the commute.

Any suggestions?[/quote]
At MS you might be better staying in MCPS if you have good options. Based on your stated location, the most rigorous schools near you would be Bullis. St Andrews and Sandy Spring also should be close. If you come down further, you have Prep and Landon. A PP also mentioned Norwood. But that’s a K-8 so it may not be worth coming in just for MS. [/quote]

There are definite benefits to coming to Norwood for MS.  They do a great job both socially and academically.  Plus, your child would get support from Norwood for HS placement.  Of course, if you are willing to go to a competitive school downtown, I'd apply to those at the same time you apply to Norwood. Not that I think those schools are stronger for MS, just that you might as well make life easier if that's your end goal.[/quote]

Norwood doesn’t offer advanced math classes until 6th grade (mixed with 7th graders). So if your kid is coming from MCPS compacted math they will be several years ahead. Norwood’s Bridges curriculum is a year behind Eureka math. So an MCPS kid that did math 4/5 and then 5/6 in MCPS will be really bored. The good news is that your child will read actual books in private school versus the online excerpts in MCPS MS English curriculum.

Are HS credits important to you? In MCPS you can earn all of your HS World Language credits in middle school. Going private in MS will require your kid to do a placement test for 9th grade if you return to MCPS. I’ve seen private school kids that took Spanish K-8 in private on lot test out of Spanish I for MCPS.[/quote]

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