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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to OP's question. In a nutshell, DC is a pretty good school, better in the HS than MS.  It's just not a great school.

But if you're looking for serious STEM challenge, a strong music, sports or performing arts program, or great humanities rigor, I'd look elsewhere.  I'd even move.[/quote]

This. If you live outside of the JR boundary in DC, it is one of the best choices. That does not mean it is a great school or equal to JR or suburban options. If you want to stay in the city and don't get into Latin/Basis, value immersion, or otherwise prefer DCI, then it's the best option available. With all of these options, whether it's good, great, or insufficient for your particular child is a personal decision.[/quote]

There are families at our Chinese heritage school in MoCo on weekends who switched from DCI to Robert Frost MS in Potomac for partial Mandarin immersion after 6th or 7th grades.  I'm told that they've found around twice the rigor in MoCo, along with great instrumental music instruction (daily as a band or orchestra class at school), sports, arts etc. In MoCo, the kids need summer immersion experiences to keep up in two-way immersion classes (enrolling many native speakers). The two public schools are just 14 miles apart.  No DC UMC family is trapped at DCI. As pointed out above, personal choice and preference are what's at issue here.[/quote]

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