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[quote=Anonymous]Just starting to research HS options for my 7th grader and feeling a little overwhelmed. I am hoping for some suggestions to help me narrow the search.

We live in Oakton but commuting, even into DC, is ok if we can get a carpool or school transportation services. We *think* we like our local public HS well enough, but we want to look at some schools anyway in hopes of finding the "perfect" fit. Our son does well academically & is especially strong in math (perfect score on math SOL last year, 99%tile on Iowa test, taking honors algebra in AAP Center as a 7th grader and maintaining an A average).  He is also a talented multi-sport athlete. Athletics are very important to him; he loves to compete and has had a lot of leadership/"team captain" positions on the teams he's played on. He absolutely wants to play high school sports at a competitive level. He isn't much into the arts. Overall he is a really sweet, kind, fair-minded kid who works hard at everything he does. Socially, he has a nice group of friends, mostly other boys who enjoy sports. I think he would do fine transitioning into a new school at 9th grade and making new friends. We want a rigorous academic program along with the opportunity to continue to excel at sports in high school.

We have our older child at an all-girls private and are very happy with it, but this is still new for us because we only looked at few girls' schools for our DD and know almost nothing about the co-ed and boys' schools. School search for DD was very different as she is the opposite of DS - wanted to go all-girls, not into sports at all, plays several instruments, just a completely different personality. Our son is open to coed or single-sex (at least so far - that may change!). Also open to Catholic schools but we're not Catholic so would like perspective on that. We are practicing Christians, though, and I grew up Catholic and attended a Catholic school, so I have some familiarity. Community service and volunteering is something we place a priority on as a family and we'd love a school where that was part of the culture. Proximity of school for DS to DD's school isn't such an issue because DD drives herself to school or drives with friends.

I think we will look at Potomac School because we know some families who attend, and I have gotten a warm fuzzy feeling the websites for Gonzaga and SJC, but again, I'm just starting and would love some feedback that might help me focus my search. Anyone? [/quote]

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