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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks to those who responded with helpful feedback.  Of course, I was reluctant to post in the first place knowing that there'd be a handful of not-so-helpful suggestions ("make friends" -- really?  genius).  My daughter was involved in a fall sport and did make friends rather easily with several other girls new to SR.  Though Catholic, she did not attend a parochial middle school, rather a public one.  She was very happy socially at her public middle school, but academically, was v frustrated (one of many examples:  loved Spanish, yet bc of a teacher's maternity leave, had 5 different subs over the course of the fall her 8th grade year).  She was ready to be a part of a more serious academic environment (this was her choice, not ours; we were open to her attending public high school). So given that backdrop, she has been v happy at SR in terms of the classes.  She enjoyed her fall sport at SR and plays on a team outside of school as well. She is also involved in the Best Buddies program.  Still, with all that, she seems to have these big blocks of downtime on the weekend, particularly in the winter.  And for all those who are getting ready to pounce: We are all in favor of ample downtime.  But, she wants to be able to get together with her friends on the weekends w/o having to drive 20-30 minutes each way.  She misses her public school friends and the spontaneous get-togethers that they had.  While she has definitely remained friendly with her PS group, they obviously do not reach out like they used to given that she's left.  She does have a group of 4-6 girls with whom she is friends at SR, but they do not get together on the weekends (though we have offered to host and to drive her to friends' houses). And to one person's earlier post, I do think there is a divide at SR between those who attended parochial schools previously and those who did not.  So perhaps that too is playing into DD's dissatisfaction with the social scene.  So we are considering sending her to our public hs, so she can be with her friends.  And we are also reaching out to the co-ed private school that my son attends.  But before we set this all in motion, I wanted to see if I could get a sense of what lies ahead on the social scene at SR.  [/quote]

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