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[quote=Anonymous]Hi! Having not gone to a single sex school myself, I was pleasantly surprised by how the schools I listed don’t reinforce gender stereotypes. I somehow thought that an all male environment might encourage a certain machoism and in the touring and application process, I didn’t get that feeling at all. St. David’s particularly impressed me in this matter. To the previous poster’s point, I think Buckley used to have a more macho (for lack of a better word) reputation, but I saw no evidence of that and felt that my son, who happens to very sweet, would thrive there.

For some of the schools mentioned above, but most of all the co-ed schools, I was less than thrilled by the confusion around technology and how to use it, particularly in the lower schools. One school gave a presentation where they showed a first grader drawing on an iPad. I think technology is a great tool, but especially with younger students its use should be very considered and measured (I want to stress that this is my opinion based on things I’ve read and I know there are different studies that suggest different things). Single sex schools, for the most part, seemed more intentional in their use of technology in the Lower School (and a few in the Upper Schools, although in one of the Upper Schools I noticed half the boys were on their phones during school hours).

By resting on their laurels, I was referring to some TT schools who presented themselves as “the best” (to give context, they were saying they don’t rely on the fact that they are “the best”). I didn’t really understand what measure they were using. Was it college acceptance rates? Was it SAT scores? Or was it, in my opinion more importantly, the mental and emotional health of the students?

And if my child was to get into a TT school, who am I to deny him that “opportunity” when they are 4? I was not an academic child and yet I became a super high-achieving adolescent. One can always think, “If that’s the case, they can move later.” But it’s been made clear that the most likely entry point to any of these schools is Kindergarten. [/quote]

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