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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both Sidwell and GDS are diverse and also have a good number of black students. Your child will not be the only 99ile black student.

[b]A word of caution, however—privates will try to work with you, but they typically don’t let kids accelerate over one or two years, especially in math.[/b] They do have enrichment and theoretical classes, but I think they are trying to prevent a “race” for higher level math. There are lots of kids in geometry and algebra 2 who have taken coursework in another school or in a separate class. So if your son really wants and needs acceleration, you will have to go outside the school.

If your child is mature, consider NE boarding schools in high school where there are a lot of advanced kids with lots of different interests. Your son will not be the only one and will have a small cohort. [/quote]

I think GDS is more flexible on this than Sidwell.  They offer more high level courses beyond Calc and a wider variety of math courses, in general. [/quote]

Parent of a Black son who very recently graduated from GDS (I also just posted a note of caution about Maret if your son is not into sports).  Definitely no school is perfect,  but we were very happy with his hs experience.  He was challenged in both the subjects where he excelled, and in the subjects where he maybe wasn't naturally adept.  But more importantly,  the overall culture and vibe of the school is kind, collaborative,  and supportive.  He had a wonderful peer group, and also had a lot of encouragement and guidance from teachers and staff. It was four years of tremendous growth academically,  socially,  and emotionally.  And he is now in a top college and doing well. I know that different schools can be best fits for different kids,  but did want to share our experience with GDS because we as a family were where you are now six years ago.[/quote]

On courses,  if you google GDS Course of Study, you can get the course catalogue for this school year. [/quote]

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