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[quote=Anonymous]This thread is ridiculous enough that I'm going to add to it, perhaps against my better judgement to just let it go and fade into oblivion.

But I also know that when we were researching high schools, Madeira was on our radar and that DCUM was one of the places we looked (knowing we'd need to weed out the helpful from the not helpful to the trollish).

Our daughter ended up at Madeira and is pretty darn happy. So start with that and stop reading if you're anti-Madeira from the jump.

No school is right for every kid. I agree with the above poster who noted that the benefit of a number of private schools in the area means that different schools appeal to different kids. In fact, our daughter looked at a full range of schools, with Madeira being the only all-girls' school, and among the choices of acceptance she had, this one just felt right for her. She was also legitimately happy for people in her grade in a PK-school, whatever their gender, to make their own decisions and find their right fits.

Yes, horses are a thing at Madeira in that they are present, and that you see them when you drive in in the morning, and that some girls ride competitively. But some girls also do lacrosse, swimming, track, tennis (and likely some other sports--I'm not the PR person, even though some people reading here might accuse me of that), and some girls do newspaper or Model UN or any number of extracurriculars at Madeira or outside. It's not a thing in that it's not a "horsey school" in the way you might be picturing it from the outside. If you're not in the equestrian program, it hardly registers with you.

Politics/stance: It's early days for our family to make big pronouncements here. I've found Madeira very pro-young women but not politically edgy or particularly progressive in the classrooms, but there also hasn't been much hint at all of Old South at play. I've also found that the students, these young women are so beyond many of their elders about acceptance and understanding of how the world is changing. (And let's face it, that's true of any DMV school where you have smart students and smart young women in particular.)  If you're concerned about that as a parent, then you have bigger worries than any school's particular curriculum.[/quote]

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