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[quote=Anonymous]We LOVE the Heights.  It has been a game changer for our boy.  All the faculty are male, and they really "get" boys.  They are mentors and role models in every sense of the words; they inspire the boys in ways that our middle aged white female Parish school teachers never could.  Lower school boys have 2-3 recesses AND PE daily...movement is incorporated into all aspects of the day.  Middle and Upper School boys are really challenged academically.   All boys are given a lot of freedom....very few rules at the Heights.  At our parish school, crazy expectations for behavior and silly rules dominate the culture, like no talking in the halls, no talking in the bathroom, no talking at lunch,  etc...The Heights is about giving boys freedom to become responsible men.   THey run and climb trees and bring sleds to school in the winter and have serious discussions in and out of class, they reenact roman battles and are challenged to stretch themselves physically, academically and spiritually.    We adore every aspect of the school.

We are catholic but are not conservative (nor are we Opus Dei, and we have never been "proselytized" or even spoken to about it).  There are all levels of wealth...some VERY wealthy families, but also a lot of working class families with a passel of kids for whom tuition would be a real stretch if not for the generous fin aid the school gives every year.

My son takes the bus from VA and it is fine...we couldn't go to the school without it.  He sleeps in the morning; chats or reads or does HW in the afternoon.

I agree with PP to go to an open house or enroll in a camp.  THey have a whole camp around the book "Dangerous Book for Boys", where boys do nothing but boy things all day.  [/quote]

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