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[quote=Anonymous]I live in Tenleytown and have been involved with a number of schools in the area, so I give you this advice.....

Contact your daughter's current school Admissions Director today, or as soon as possible.  S/he can get started contacting schools in the DC area asking for help in placing your daughter.  Since DC is a very transient area, openings occur all the time, and if an opening is available, you will be asked to submit paperwork, even if it is past the deadline.  Admission Directors work with each other all the time and your school's AD should know your child and can ascertain which school in DC would be the best fit.  The DC school AD would then also have a better picture of the student seeking admission rather than receiving a blind application.

Housing--There is a condo building directly above the Tenleytown Metro (subway) station.  People miss it because the ground floor facing Wisconsin Avenue houses a Best Buy and a Container Store.  The entrance is around the corner and the condo units sit above the stores.  There is a condo being constructed on the next block up Wisconsin and another condo the next block up that is less than five years old.

Georgetown Day School is within three blocks of the Metro station. Wilson HS is a block off Wisconsin across from an entrance to the Metro.  Sidwell Friends is about six blocks from the Metro down Wisconsin.  National Cathedral School for Girls is an additional six blocks south of Sidwell.  All are within walking or biking distance and buses run down Wisconsin Avenue every five minutes.  St. John's HS (Catholic) runs a shuttle every morning and evening to the Tenleytown Station.

Although you say your daughter would prefer a co-ed school, don't be deterred by single gender NCS.  They share a campus with all-boys St. Albans School and all the arts programs (drama, Chorale, etc.) are co-ed as are some athletic teams (swimming, crew, track and cross country). Also some junior and senior classes are co-ed and some faculty are shared so the students have the benefits of both a co-ed and single gender education.

Good luck in finding a school where your daughter will flourish.    [/quote]

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