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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are several posters who are recommending The Heights as and alternative to MD.  Are the two vastly different?  [/quote]

I have boys at the Heights and no firsthand experience of Mater Dei.  The biggest difference is the entry level years (1st at MD, I think, vs. 3rd at Heights) and the fact that Heights has an upper school, for which the great majority of boys stay.  Also that MD has only one section per grade in the lower school (at least it did when we were looking), whereas Heights has two.  THe Heights faculty is 100% male.  THe Heights certainly offers athletics, but it sounds like that is more of an emphasis at MD (Heights doesn't have a football team, for example, but football is played informally all the time), and the Heights has a solid music and fine arts program.  The spiritual formation is probably somewhat different, too.  The Heights attracts people from all over the DC metro area (including about 40% from VA); I could be wrong, but my impression is that MD families are predominantly from MD.   If I were you, if I didn't know families from both schools, I would attend open houses at both and talk to parents to get a better feel for the character of each place.  Good luck.[/quote]

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