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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

By the way, where do you plan to send your super-bright fourth grader?[/quote]

We're planning to keep him in DCPS for 5th, then St. Anselm's (boys Benedictine Abbey school) in Brookland, if he gets in.  We're not Catholic but the school is 10K cheaper than many NW privates, and closer to us, and sends many boys to Georgetown, Ivies etc.  He will continue to do Johns Hopkins CTY camps in the summers, which he loves.  St. Anselm's is no jock school, but at least they have grass, a stage, an orchestra etc.  I also like the fact that they don't weed boys out.  DC is shy so we don't want hard-earned friends leaving.
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They don't weed out?  First of all, they weed girls out, they don't even accept them in the first place.  Secondly, they weed out anyone who can't come up with the $23,000 tuition.  Funny that someone would jump on and criticize schools like BASIS that are open to all and which give everyone a chance about things like retention or "weeding out" (and even that's not an accurate characterization, as the students leaving BASIS self-selected out) and then turn around and trot out a school that's already excluded most DC students whether lower class, middle class and even many upper middle class kids, before they even had a chance.  [/quote]

They also weed out any boys with low grades and poor recommendations from previous schools and with low scores on whatever entrance exam they use.  However, since those boys are weeded out before your shy son has an opportunity to meet them, he is insulated from that process.

You could achieve a similar result at BASIS by insisting that your son only socialize with the boys who make the distinguished honor roll.[/quote]

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