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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my kids were at a CH school some years ago for pre k/K and I LOVED it. But even though the I loved their teachers and classmates, I didn't like the behavior, language, and activity I was seeing from some of the kids in the upper grades (4-5/6), so I applied out for private. I thought about waiting a few years, but I figured they had a better chance of getting accepted to the lower grades.

They both got in to great schools and I haven't regretted the decision at all, not even once. The commute isn't great, but its a sacrifice I chose to make and one that won't last forever. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.[/quote]

As a mom to a child starting ECE in CH, I'm just curious, what privates are CH families moving to for later elementary years? And then do you plan to stay private for MS and HS as well?  [/quote]

We looked at basically every school- including Capitol Hill Day and St. Peter’s on the Hill. We didn’t look at anything in Maryland. We looked at Potomac and Burgundy Farms in VA. If you begin to do research you’ll find a wide set of options. We are applying for K, first choice is Maret (and we find out Friday). We plan to do private through HS and will move closer to the school in a few years once we get the other 2 kids through daycare and prek (our eldest did get pre-K 3 lottery to our inbound). There were CH families at every school we looked at. Capitol Hill Day was fabulous, we didn’t end up applying because we decided we don’t like super progressive schools. I think it’s a great option if that’s your education philosophy. [/quote]  You couldn't find  tolerable public K on Capitol Hill? Come on, ridiculous. Capitol Hill Day just isn't fabulous. They're charging more than 30K for a campus without a gym or stage (they borrow stages from CH churches, including mine). No secret that CHD essentially admits any family that can pay where the kid isn't a discipline problem. If you want to raise a cocoon kid who may not be able to cope with the every day rough and tumble of life, keep at it, mom. We're Ivy league grads. Our kids went through a DCPS CH ES program from PreS-5th grade. They play in competitive orchestras at Strathmore, are bilingual (in a language not taught in any DC school), and compete in regional math Olympiads and pre-SCRIPPS spelling bees (and often win).  Why don't you take your private school K rhapsodies to the private school threads, where they belong?
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Why didn’t you have your kids do the DC Youth Orchestra?
Don’t they practice at Eastern HS?[/quote]  We started at DCYO but my kid wanted to play in one of the single wind instrument ensembles at Strathmore, offered for harp, flute and clarinet for ages 12-18 for those who audition successfully.  The MYCO instruction and the fantastic venue--Strathmore--are worth the weekly commute to rehearsals. My older kid has a music/academic scholarship to a private after 8 years in DCPS.  [/quote]

Are you personally driving this commute or have you hired it out or is your kid old enough to drive and you have a second car?  I'm wondering how you are making this work.[/quote]

It’s one single day a week. My Hill kids do DCYOP and it’s not like Takoma is close… Like, yes, Strathmore is another 15-20 minutes, but either way you’re just hanging out/running errands/waiting for your kid, not driving home & back unless you absolutely have to.[/quote]

Takoma from the Hill is a pointless PITA too. I have to take my kid weekly to MoCo for therapy (b/c there are not specialists any closer) and it sucks. Living in MoCo would be convenient for many reasons, including buses to schools where you don’t have to assume you will “supplement,” access to medical care/therapists, and extra curriculars. Spending hours driving to far-flung activities or schools defeats the purpose of living on the Hill. [/quote]

My kids’ school is 3 blocks away & most of my kids’ activities are Hill based (including the awesome Suzuki program at CHAW). DCYOP is literally the only thing we commute for and we often do it on the metro. It’s between 30 and 45 minutes door to door depending on how we do it. [/quote]

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