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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is your child in preschool?  That will play a big part on his/her chance of admission. I'd look at NPS and St. Pat's also, as they're both very similar.  After touring all three, we decided not to even apply to Beauvoir.  We chose NPS and it couldn't have been a better decision. [/quote]

I don't know that this is true. We were admitted for PreK and our DC went to a local small daycare center close to our home that no on has ever heard of. I did notice that there was a lot of talk of what preschools kids were in prior to Beauvoir and found it rather comical that all of these people picked certain preschools hoping it would give them a leg up. The key is for your child to be at a preschool that gives them the right foundation. My DC's preschool used the Abekka (sp?) curriculum for phonics and integrates other curriculums into the day. It worked, I have been told my DC is one of the more advanced kids admitted -- even over those coming from those fancy preschools (think STA Preschool, NCLC, Franklin, etc.). My point being just find a GOOD preschool and that doesn't have to be one well known. [/quote]

+ 1.  Our DCs also entered from a "no name" pre-school that provided a solid foundation.  They don't care about the preschool so much as the kid.

That said, parents who send their kids to NCRC and other elite preschools are more likely to apply to Beauvoir, so there are probably more kids from the "elite" preschool there.  That doesn't mean those schools are feeders, just that more people apply from those schools.

However, Beauvoir telling any parent that their kid is more "advanced" than others admitted, that's BS.  That totally goes against the school's philosophy.  Besides which, it's untrue.  There are many kids admitted who are reading at 3rd and 4th grade levels in K, so a kid who gets phonics is just not that advanced.   Moreover, Beauvoir differentiates strongly in K and works very hard to avoid kids comparing themselves to other kids -- and also encourages parents not to compare their children either.  This noncompetitive approach is part of what we love about Beauvoir.

I didn't say it was someone from Beauvoir -- meaning someone associated with the admissions team or administration. However, it was someone who has been able to observe a decent representation of the kids admitted. Lastly, I never said my kid only knows phonics -- LOL. My DC can actually read, and the phonics DC received, plus DC's learning ability made it possible. 
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Yeah, well, the fact your kid can read does not make them "advanced" as Beauvoir kids go,  Many of them come in reading fluently, so your statement -- or the person who said it -- just doesn't sound very credible.  You also sound like someone who has not been there long or knows many people, because if you did, you'd already know all this. Wondering if you're a troll, not a real Beauvoir parent.  [/quote]

+1. I'm going with troll. I have never heard anyone refer to any one child as being more advanced than another. My DC could not read when he started and no one ever referred to him as behind or not advanced. [/quote]

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