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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless your kid’s a bit of a weirdo in the nicest possible way to really emo hang out behind the school building way, this isn’t even a choice. And you all know it [/quote]

How can you say this? We have two children who chose between these schools and each made a different choice.  The GDS student had a much happier experience. Sidwell student would still make the same choice but based more on their friend group at Sidwell. both got an excellent education. They are different kinds of kids.

OP - have your kid visit both and if they have a strong pull to one or the other - go with it.  They should go where they feel their people are. [b] If they are on the fence, I'd personally pay attention to the level of joy at each of the schools and the relationships teachers make with students.[/b]  The schools differ widely on these perspectives. [/quote]

And an 8th grader is supposed to pick up on this during a one-day shadow visit?

Disagree that these two schools differ "wildly." There is a lot of hyperbole in many of these posts, starting with the overuse of the word "very." Parents like to believe that there is a perfect school for every child, but in reality, all of the DMV privates are more alike than they are different.[/quote]

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