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[quote=Anonymous]My DS goes to NPS. He loves it, and we love families at NPS. The general culture at NPS is very warm and nurturing. We are URM family, and we have always felt included.

As much as we love NPS, we have also met St Patrick families and all of them were super nice as well. I kind of agree the comment above about "shy moms considered as snobby". This was the case for me for 99% of moms that I met (actually not at NPS but his prior preschool). Now I try not to judge until I really get to know them.

Overall, the culture at NPS is just not very snobby, but more modest. Maybe a bit traditional, but also plenty of liberal families there (like us) as well as probably more conservative ones.

Honestly I think both schools are great. We also considered St. Pat's, but for us we wanted a school that ends at 6th rather than 9th. That was the main difference. Also, the commute is nicer for us for NPS.

Just my two cents - my observation is that NPS is particularly really good with two groups of kids - very shy, and very active kids, due to small class (around 12 kids per class). But then I'm sure St. Pat's also does a good job with these types of kids. I remember that I really liked the after school program at St. Pat's where you can take private music lessons and other things.

At the end of the day, if you were to choose between the two, I think you should go with your guts, and also you should talk to current parents. We kind of felt the "fit" after talking to parents and touring the school one last time before making the decision.

Wish you best of luck. I'm sure you will find the best place for your child! [/quote]

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