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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid in MS at Congressional and one who recently graduated and we love it. It was sad when the Drama teacher left after last year--he'd been with the school for like 16 years, had started the MS musical program, taught baking/cooking electives pre-covid (and virtually during covid!), and had a number of leadership positions. He was fantastic and will leave a hole for a while. The new drama teacher is nice but is young and fairly inexperienced in teaching, but is slowly getting her feet under her after her first trimester. The Director of MS is amazing. The 7th-8th grade history teacher is an institution unto himself, with nearly 50 years teaching at the school. I do wonder if he will retire soon--he's had some health issues this year, and while I think he's maybe trying to get to his 50th in the next year or two, I wouldn't be surprised to hear of him leaving soon. The academics are strong, but it is not a pressure cooker. We liked the 8th grade capstone experience and our younger is already thinking about ideas for his. As far as size, the current 8th grade is a bit smaller than typical at about 25 kids, and the 7th grade has almost 40. 5th and 6th are closer to 30-35, which I think is the school's target number. In MS, the grades are divided into advisories (2-3 per grade) and are divided up based on math differentiation after 5th grade (math/science have the same students, and English/history/arts have the same students, but there's some shuffling between those two sets, rather than having two divided classes by homeroom, as in the LS).[/quote]

Thanks so much for this great feedback! I definitely feel like Congressional will be the best spot for DC. [/quote]

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