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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We looked at Potomac during elementary/middle school for our Arlington Public schools kids. Both did a shadow day and found that the level of the curriculum was behind what they were doing in public school. [/quote]

I suspect that if you look at it on paper it may look like APS is ahead, as in it moves kids through the material faster.  As others have said, however, I find the Potomac teaching to go into the material and issues in greater depth.  More emphasis on critical thinking and writing.  I base my opinion on moving my own kids from APS to Potomac and on the experience of friends who moved their kids from the same APS schools in later years; the students who were “not challenged” and “getting straight As with no effort” in the “most advanced classes” were challenged and working hard to earn decent grades at Potomac.  They are doing well, but not acing everything the way they thought they would.  Some are falling behind their new peers.  Even when they were (allegedly) repeating math concepts that they say they had already learned and aced.  That said, they seem to enjoy it and are glad they made the switch.

We really like Potomac for our kids.  It is well rounded and thorough.  Yes, people (no idea which people) might be more impressed if I could say they go to Sidwell or a Cathrdral school.  But, as someone else pointed out, the time we don’t spend getting them to and from DC every day helps make Potomac the right school for us.  [/quote]

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