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[quote=Anonymous]I know websites like this one can serve a purpose - information sharing - but I take a deep breath trying to put all these comments in perspective.  I can't know the intentions of the authors. . . what disappointments or trials they've had that inform their opinions . . . I only know my own truth and these comments about SSSAS are so wildly off what I know.  I'm a current SSSAS parent, and I've been part of the Saints community for 12 years with four different children, and I've worked in independent education for 20 years.  Complex social dynamics exist in all of our schools - with hundreds of parents, you'll find all types of people - you have to be open to seeing people for who they are and not putting labels on them based on their associations or zip codes or athletic equipment. 
I know SSSAS parents who belong to country clubs and those who organize shelter ministry projects (and some of them are the same parents!), students who play a sport year-round and others who play in select youth orchestras, children who are fun and clever and friendly and goofy and welcoming, teachers who have poured themselves into my children and administrators who sincerely support our family's values and goals.  SSSAS is an incredible witness to diversity and inclusion.  That's why we're there and we've seen it lived out, time and time again.
To the SSSAS student who is hurting and frustrated, I hope you express these thoughts to an advisor - there must be an advocate you have found over the years - because the Saints community I know is sincerely interested in candid reflection and is always striving to be its best self.  
I don't doubt other people have different experiences, but I refuse to believe that anyone can label a school from just one experience.  Isn't it like life . . . deep and wide and profoundly personal? 
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