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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had the choice and went to Beauvoir. No regrets. We didn’t know one way or the other about single sex for our individual children, but we weren’t close to it. Socially, Beauvoir being a little bigger is a plus. Lots of personalities and interests among the kids, and they mix everyone up each year, so there’s good fluidity. Our grades’ parent community has been largely very positive. One pp is right that there is a club subset (but that same subset is at nps and st pats), a subset of that subset does tend to keep closer to themselves. Not the whole subset, though, and later it tends to translate more into a set of hockey families. At least for our grades, it’s not a meaningful dynamic, and we’ve found the parents mix for school stuff.

Way more importantly, our children adored Beauvoir, loved going to school every single day, and wish they could do it all over again. As do we. [/quote]

We also went with Beauvoir.  Yes, there is a clubby set and also a wanna-be clubby set. They are people stuck in their teens. 
Depending on what grade you’re in, you may have a lot of clubsters or very few.

Our children also adored Beauvoir. Now at Sidwell and STA, they still remember Beauvoir fondly. What I remember is that they loved learning, and it was fun and joyous. Not so true at Sidwell and STA. I’m happy their first years of schooling were at Beauvoir.

I had friends with kids at NPS and while it seemed like a great school, the kids didn’t seem to have the same attitude about learning being fun. Beauvoir kids love school. 
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Interesting, as one of the long-standing beliefs about Beauvoir (true or untrue) is that the academics are weak. From what you've written here, one could conclude that NPS better prepares kids for more serious K-12 schools.[/quote]

I think that belief is outdated, based on my kid’s experience. With the exception is Spanish, which isn’t a strength at all at Beauvoir. [/quote]

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