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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I say this with kindness OP, since you appear to be a new parent: all independent K-3s in MoCo and NWDC near you will offer a whole lot of outdoor play and creative, hands-on, project-based learning.  All of them. Every single one.  Concord, Primary Day, Green Acres, Sheridan, Lowell, Beauvoir, GDS, Sidwell, Sandy Spring Friends, Bullis, St. Pat's, Norwood, NPS, Maret, and Washington Waldorf.

I would instead narrow my search using the filters of short commute and good fit with the parent community.  There some _very_ significant differences among the parent cultures at these schools.  Which, when kids are little, has a lot of impact on their social lives and your general hapiness as a family.  Unfortunately, parent :: parent relationships have more impact on things like playdates, parties and pee wee sports teams and activities than they probably should, from the child's POV

You didn't mention parochial / parish schools as an option, but the few of these I know don't present the same level of free play nor outdoor time as the ones I listed (Blessed Sacrament and Holy Trinity in case you're curious) [/quote]

Ha - not sure what made me sound like such a newbie (since I am looking at Kindergarten, so my child is clearly almost 5!), but no worries. Good to hear almost all the area privates will offer some or all of what we are looking for. We are not looking into parochial schools, which is why we are targeting our search on secular privates, but definitely considering the commute and trying to make sure we have a one-way commute of 20 minutes max. That will likely exclude Potomac School for us but someone mentioned they have a bus from Bethesda. Unsure how to figure out the parent community in advance, but I am sure we could find a nice community at most of the schools mentioned. If you have any feedback on parent communities, please feel free to share. [/quote]

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