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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, HM is an academic grind and Riverdale is a status grind and while they both have sprawling campuses they're nevertheless sprawling campuses with houses across the street, they're not in the middle of the woods or anything. (HM does have their farm in Connecticut but I think most kids spend like a day or two there once a year at most)

For welcoming / happy try a lower-tier school (and NOT Fieldston, they're still status-obsessed even though the kids are substantially dumber) - the progressive ones like Calhoun and Bank Street and LREI are as I understand it still pretty chill, Trevor Day historically was though maybe it's gotten too hot now, I'm sure other people can chime in with more schools that are welcoming and happy.

For outdoorsiness, I'm not aware of any private school in NYC that really incorporates that into their curriculum in a meaningful way; you could try the suburbs, or just find an amazing sleepaway camp for your boy to spend a few weeks at every summer.[/quote]

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