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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It has a strong performing arts program with good facilities.  Those activities are treated on par with sports.  Most schools we visited had athletic fields of that quality so I think they are trying to keep up.[/quote]

True but the technology/robotics is an afterthought. It’s in a crowded room in the basement. Definitely not equal weight to sports [/quote]
You make it sound like a dungeon. The building is on a hill so the robotics room has a wall of windows and an exterior door. The kids open it up and even bring materials outside to work on when the weather is nice. There are also far fewer students doing robotics vs performing arts, vs sports.

There’s no stigma against kids who aren’t athletic or don’t participate in sports. It’s very much a school that enables students to pursue their interests. Students don’t ever have to do a sport to fulfill the PE requirement - robotics and performing arts can cover all of it. There are also plenty of students who do both sports and performing arts or robotics. [/quote]

I had a child who was involved with the robotics team all four years at the US and he loved it! We made a great group of friends and we loved that the coaches encouraged and supported the kids, but also stepped back and let the kids come up with the concept and do all the work. We were also very impressed with the support the team received from the school. The Director of the US drove down for the day to support the team at a competition in Richmond. The Head of the School attended  a competition in Tysons Corner on a weekend to support the team and then showed up at the school one evening to cheer on the kids as they got off the bus after a competition. The robotics team is not an afterthought! 
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