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[quote=Anonymous]Outdoor time is a strong point for Potomac, both in a good amount of recess time as well as using their campus, particularly for Science.

If culture is referring to parent community, there are very nice families there. We got the impression most people already had their groups from siblings or coming from the same preschool, but did develop connections over time. Depending on the class/grade, there are very flashy families. We have one good grade and one not.

I am sure you will get differing opinions on this but our opinion is that academics has been deteriorating in lower school over the last couple years. It is not similar to the level of the older grades. Lower School has shifted to focusing on non-academic areas - not limited to this but examples are financial literacy and cultural competency. We received very little information on curriculum or how they are building on foundations each year in actual subjects (grammar, writing, science, social studies, etc.), with math being the only exception. We feel the math program has improved and has a clearly defined curriculum that has worked well.

With that said, we have had good experiences with teachers in lower school at Potomac.  Ultimately, we think lower school is good, because of the teachers, and is good to use to get to the better programs in middle and intermediate.[/quote]

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