Reply to Help! Need School Advice!

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Help! Need School Advice!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]We just moved to DC from VA.  We live in the Fort Totten area, and my son will start kindergarten next fall.  I'm told (and I believe) that our neighborhood schools are BAD, so I'm looking at public charter schools.  TOTALLY OVERWHELMED.  Where does one even start?  A major consideration for me as a single mom is accessibility.  Also, I've gone to a great deal of effort to expose my son to Spanish from birth, and he understands quite a bit.  I don't want to lose that.  He's extremely bright (high IQ runs in the family), and is already reading books like Babar and doing basic math.  He's very strong-willed and very slow to warm up to a new situation.  A friend suggested that Montessori might be a good fit for him.  He's not really into sports, but is very creative and loves music and the arts.  And science.  And math.  And ...

I can't find anything on any site about gifted programs at any school.  I'm a big believer in active learning - learning through play and hands-on experiences.  Some of the websites use words like "rigorous academic environment" or similar, which makes me nervous.

DC Bilingual is VERY convenient, but will it be a good fit for him?  LAMB sounds amazing, but we're about halfway between the two campuses, and either would be a drive.  And is one campus better than the other?  Am I overlooking something else fabulous in the neighborhood?  Neighbors send their son to Bridges, which is apparently moving (or has just moved) next door to DC Bilingual.  Their website sounds good, but no Spanish?

I keep going in circles and would appreciate any advice/opinions/etc. that anyone has to offer.

As a side note, my daughter will attend the same school.  She's 20 months, so it will be awhile, but she's also very bright and is fully bilingual.

Thank you!!
Samantha
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics