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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a HS student at NCS and it is the right school for her. I've read about "toxic" and "mean girls" and "pressure cooker" on DCUM for years and years, but she felt like it was the right place for her, and I trusted that.

She's really happy and has found a nice group of friends who are not private jet to the second home kind of wealthy. She's playing sports and looks to be tracking into the advanced/honors classes. She is quite bright - was insufficiently challenged in middle school - and she is loving the challenge. Not to be overly rosy - of course she has bad days, and the work load is serious, but so far she's able to manage it without huge problems.

Our experience just does not track with all the horror stories I read here, so I thought I would chime in to say that. If you have a smart, driven, self-motivated kid who loves learning, it might be the perfect place for her.[/quote]

My daughter loves NCS. Some of the things offered there she now appreciates even more. The parent community overall is much much nicer than St. Albans in our experience. You won't find parent friends as easily at St. Albans as at NCS and that is the same experience that at least 7 plus other families we know that have had kids at both schools have had as well. St. Albans parents can be brutal. [/quote]

Surprising given there’s so much overlap.[/quote]

DP. Actually only 30 percent overlap of families that have kids in both schools. Many families have one gender - only daughters or only sons.

For others - they send elsewhere. [/quote]

Several sisters in our grade were sent to more conservative Catholic schools like Holy Child, Stoneridge, or Visi [/quote]
You mean the son goes to an Episcopalian school and his sisters go to Catholic schools? That seems odd. [/quote]

It’s a reality.[/quote]
Smart move. My friend has five kids and sent each one to a different school to get to know everyone worth knowing.[/quote]

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