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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- I believe at most privates kids do sports/PE at the end of their school day.  At St. Andrew's, I believe there is a 15 minute break period about half way or 2/3 the way through the morning.  Then there is the lunch break.  More importantly, most teachers don't stand in front of a class and lecture 50 minutes.  There are many opportunities in class for kids to get up and move around for group projects, lab work, etc.  Not every class/every day -- you do learn to take notes, take tests, etc. too - but a lot of the teaching is designed to vary methods to keep it interesting for the kids.  That is fundamentally probably the biggest difference from MCPS. They actually still do field trips as well in the high school once in a while.  Many high school students also have a study hall period most trimesters which helps reduce the night time work load.  My kids haven't been in HS in MCPS, but from what I hear it is very, very different. Go check out the schools you are interested in and let you child do a visit -- that should help put it all in perspective.

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