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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We like a lot about Potomac but my son isn’t that sporty. From what I’ve read it’s a very sports heavy culture. Would he not fit in?[/quote]

There is a requirement that you are on a team for pretty much every season.  Usually sports team.  But robotics team also fills the requirement[/quote]
In 7th & 8th, they do need to do something every season, but sports are part of the school day and done at 3pm. 
I posted above, but in US, it’s 2 of the 3 seasons. Robotics is offered fall & winter (and teams that have qualified for worlds continue on in the spring). At least one season a year needs to be “sweaty”. There are non-team sports options, such as the musical or weights & conditioning that satisfy the sweaty requirement. Some robotics kids combine weights & conditioning (which is essentially PE) with robotics for winter to get the sweaty credit. 
If your child is interested in robotics, I’d encourage them to meet the head of robotics. He’s great, and it’s a well run, welcoming program. He’ll work with the kids to figure out how to do robotics with other sports, etc. One year one of my kids did a varsity sport 3 seasons but still fit in a good robotics team by going every lunch and conference block. The head of robotics also opens the lab many Sunday afternoons. [/quote]

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