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[quote=Anonymous]There are single family homes in Somerset within a 1 mile walk to the Friendship Heights metro via Willard Ave, through the Whole Foods parking lot. It takes me 14 minutes wearing sneakers.  
Somerset elementary is a terrific school because most of the families have children well prepared and interested in learning. The school is very proactive in encouraging behaviors that help create community: respect, care, civility, etc. and intervenes readily with disruptive behavior. The PTA offers various programs to build community (Rock and Roll fundraiser, Welcome back to school picnic, fall race, etc.), provide enriching cultural arts programs, etc. The afterschool Wonders program, ably directed by Ebony Ellis is great. It is onsite, offers free enrichment programs, as well as classes for a fee (Spanish, French, hip hop dancing, etc.), and enrolls a wide ethnic and economic diversity of children. The experienced Wonders counselors are fantastic, but they lost two of their best at the end of 2011, and the newcomers are competent but not nearly as attentive, inspiring and engaging with the children. Nonetheless, the program is excellent and reasonably priced.

One special benefit of the Town of Somerset that indirectly affects going to school at Somerset Elementary: there's a community pool three blocks from the school. It offers an excellent venue for making friends, among the kids and grownups, as well as a swim team that takes all comers. Somerset Elementary's Camp Summerset uses the pool daily.[/quote]

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