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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] First and foremost consider how your kid will hold up in varying degrees of intensity and stress. Ncs seems to usually poll the highest and that’s certainly the experience of our friends who have kids at all of these schools. I’d personally take a hard pass. Maret is known for a bit less homework and seems to have college outcomes pretty much the same. For some kids that’s way way more impt than whether they have a bit too much DEI. Gds is definitely a lot of work but at least they try to put joy into the process and take the stress down a notch. Sidwell maybe somewhere in between gds and ncs. The most impt thing is where your kid will thrive - not things like cool buildings and who overcooks the dei. [/quote]

That's super helpful, we are also looking for joy! How would Holton Arms comapre to NCS in terms of intensity and stress?[/quote]

This is so kid dependent. My child loves NCS and has had a ton of joy there. She’s not super intense. It really really depends on your kid.[/quote]

People at places like Sidwell/NCS that say this don't fully understand the joy at GDS.  It's one thing to say a child is joyful for their school (which obviously happens at Sidwell/NCS) - it's different to have a total school culture of joy.  You can literally feel the difference as a parent in the building during the school day. (we had children at both GDS and one of the others)[/quote]

And just wanted to highlight that again this is one person’s experience. I also have kids at GDS and Sidwell and honestly have no idea what this supposed culture of joy is! Both kids are very happy at their respective schools but the one at GDS is not more joyful than the one at Sidwell and I don’t feel that life at GDS is more joyful, it really feels extremely similar.
If anything my Sidwell kid is much more relaxed, but that is a most likely a personality thing and not down to the schools. [/quote]

I find it hard to believe that as a HS parent attending school events that you cannot see a large difference in how Sidwell and GDS present. I do agree to each their own. I also have one child that is more serious and chose Sidwell but they would never describe it as a joyful place. [/quote]

I 100 percent agree. Very different vibes at these schools. I don’t love everything about it gds but they do that well[/quote]

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