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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]St. Patrick’s is now under the leadership of a former Beauvoir administrator who was also the Head of SSSAS’s Lower School. She’s a terrific leader and administrator.

WIS is not in the same league as St. Pat’s and Beauvoir.  They spend a lot of time and energy on bilingualism and the rest of the curriculum suffers, especially in the lower grades. Checkout WIS’ outplacement for the grades you’re interested in. Their track record is not great.

You lost me on the “brighter kids” use better words. The kids who come across as brighter in third grade tend to have tiger parents and a lot of those kids flame out in hs. Beauvoir and St Pats are both great with St Pats having less parents who are full of themselves. When kids are young you have to deal with the parents so please remember this. It just don’t know about WIS but I am sure it is a great school.

Between St. Pat’s and Beauvoir, I’d choose Beauvoir and did. It’s a better resourced school, and the emphasis on preK to 3rd means that young kids are getting the school’s full attention. In a K-12, the earlier years get short shrift because the resources go to the upper school.

3 kids at Beauvoir and they all were accepted to the top schools, GDS, Sidwell, and NCS/STA. Outplacement does depend on how bright your kid is and how well-behaved. In preK differences between kids are not as apparent. By 3rd the brighter kids begin to stand out and WISC is considered a more reliable test than WPPSI for assessing IQ.

Even with the Beauvoir advantage, some kids did not get accepted into NCS/STA. They were the ones with behavioral or learning issues, or the kids just weren’t bright enough.  NCS/STA is grueling in the upper grades. The schools would be doing no favors to admit kids who couldn’t handle a workload that even bright kids struggle with. 
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