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[quote=Anonymous]I live in Fairlington and we have neighbors that go to Abingdon Elementary and Claremont Spanish Immersion.  My daughter "won the lottery"  :wink: and so she goes to Arlington Traditional (some of that is actually because it is very close to my work and actually easier for me to get to during the school day.)  My husband and I were very impressed with Abingdon - they have an amazing principal who has been there for about 6-8 years now and a very involved PTA from what I can tell.  They also require all of the students to play a musical instrument in 4th and 5th grades - I think they do Suzuki violin in 4th - which is something ATS does as well.  They have a strong relationship with the Kennedy Center as well.  In our neighborhood, we could have also gone to Campbell Elementary which is "experiential learning" - but that's way too loosey-goosey for me.  (The kids don't get grades at all.)  She would have gone to Abingdon if not ATS (Spanish immersion just wasn't my thing, although I hear wonderful things from the parents that are there.)
 
I can't speak to the middle school or high school choices in South Arlington, although I am planning on moving to the Swanson / Williamsburg area when my daughter hits that age, primarily because so many of her current classmates (ATS has a much larger population from North Arlington) will be going there.  We'll see how that works out....[/quote]

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