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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - my partner and I both feel that a lengthy commute would sort of go against the outdoor philosophy we are going for so we're only looking in DC proper. We purchased a home in Forrest Hills adjacent to the Park (moving in May from the Bay area) and we're hoping for something close by. I'm a little surprised that there is not such a school in relatively close proximity! Definitely sounds like an opportunity for the right educator.[/quote]

You probably should have looked into this before buying your house.  Unfortunately in this area, you cannot simultaneously demand a bespoke private preschool for your child and have a philosophical objection to a commute.  Also if by "the Park" you mean Rock Creek Park, it's not really set up the way you might be thinking for something like an outdoors preschool.  It's basically a ravine with a busy commuting road and creek running through it.  Some nice spots for hiking but not like parks in California. [/quote]

Actually, OP's kids are too old for it, but Franklin Montessori does use the Soapstone Valley in Rock Creek off of Albemarle street daily for its "Beyond the Walls Program" and the Audubon Naturalist Society has a nature preschool at Woodend. St. Columba's preschool is also very outdoor oriented.

Though public, Murch uses the outdoors as a classroom more than most schools's I've researched. Apparently a lot of parents are scientists.

Beauvior also makes use of the beautiful Cathedral grounds and Olmsted trail for recess and some science (daily while the playground was under construction; less now).[/quote]

Is Franklin still doing its Beyond the Walls program? I thought the curriculum was changed after they left a kid behind earlier this year. [/quote]

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