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[quote=Anonymous]MD prepares the boys well for high school, college and much more thereafter.  These boys are at the top of the Deans List of Prep, Gonzaga, SJCHS and public school - there were several that graduated from Churchill years ago.  I have seen MD boys shake hands with adults, acknowledge with eye contact, etc.  MD would not compete with a school like Sidwell.  The student bodies are just different and it doesn't make sense to make any kind of comparison.  
MD is a nonprofit school.  It is not "OWNED" by anyone.  
MD 8th grade teams have been known to compete against HS JV or freshman teams.  So I'm guessing they don't want 7th grade teams to compete against other 8th grade teams because it is not worthwhile.  Not because they will lose.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents who send their kids to Mater Dei are only focused on sports and hanging out with Catholic families.  The school is actually owned by the Edward Bennett Williams family.  They ask everyone to reclass because it's an extra year of tuition for the school, and the kids are bigger on the court/field.

It is a joke academically.  It's school motto is actually, "Work hard, play hard, pray hard, but most of all, be a good guy!"  Seriously.[/quote]
My son attends Mater Dei.  He did reclassify, but it was probably the best thing we ever did for him in terms of emotional maturity.  Academically, it is NO joke.  In sixth grade, he has 2 - 3 hours of homework a night—sometime more.  Unlike MCPS, they have semester exams.  Yes, the son of Edward Bennett Williams is President of the school, but I am not sure why that is relevant.  Families who send their boys to Mater Dei often do so because they see the school as a gateway to Prep, GZ or Saint Johns (usually, in that order).  I could see my son attending any of the aforementioned high schools, but I could not see him anywhere other than at Mater Dei.  He absolutely loves it there.[/quote]

I'm sure he loves having teammates all 1-2 years older than the opposition.  Be a good guy![/quote]

MD also refuses to have their 7th graders play 8th graders at other schools when they ask so the teams can compete at the same level.

Pathetic.[/quote][/quote]

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