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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I WISH Field were hidden: my child will be applying next year and I sure hope the applicant pool is not clogged up with kids who would really prefer GDS or Maret.

The attraction of Field has historically been the fact that it attracts and caters to slightly quirker kids: kids who are turned off by the ultracompetitive environment at the "Big 3," kids who are more creative/artsy/independent minded, kids with minor learning differences, and kids with unconventional styles who just don't "fit in" as well at the other big schools, for one reason or another.

Long may it stay that way. I'd really hate to see it turn into just another cookie-cutter school.[/quote]

Field's original mission was to give kids who were bright but unsuccessful in other schools a place and a fresh start. Their student body now draws from a wider population but they are still willing to take a chance. It would be a real loss if that were to change. [/quote]  This.  My friends who have children there and are quite happy have kids that were denied admissions elsewhere due to ld, aspergers, adhd.  It is nice when a school can look outside the box.[/quote]

Sigh:

The image persists that the ONLY kids at Field are those who are bright but have "issues" (or as the school calls them, "accommodations").

Just as non-artistic kids can go there and still have a good time (I know, mine is one of those), the fact is that many if not most of the kids there have no learning issues whatsoever and were just as successful at their earlier schools.  Some even turn down "really good schools" (or transfer in from "really good schools") to go there.

It is indeed a small school, and it is hard to get lost or ignored.  It has a limited but eclectic range of activity and athletic offerings as one might expect from a school with 70 kids/class year in HS.  The graduates do scatter to a wide variety of schools (although it seems as though many follow in their teachers' footsteps and end up at various small liberal arts colleges). And yes it is a welcoming environment for a wide range of kids.

Some kids won't like that.

Many DCUM parents probably won't like that.

But your child can get a really great high school education there.

[u]Please[/u] stop perpetuating the idea that every kid who goes to Field is bright but has issues.  That is not true, and as a Field parent I find the implication insulting as well as incorrect.

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