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Have you ever visited Madeira?  Campus alone it is leaps and bounds better than GDS, Holton and Potomac.  NCS/St. Albans have the Cathedral, which is second to none.  However, Madeira's 350+ acres on the Potomac are also quite special.  [/quote]

Campus is one thing but to have your daughter be on the [b]outs as a day student and navigate that divide,[/b] you might as well save the time sitting on Georgetown Pike and have a [b]normal high school experience[/b] at any of the independent schools in the DMV.
Don't say you weren't warned.[/quote]

You posted earlier, using that same awkward phrasing, about being “on the outs” which makes no sense. There is no day/boarder divide. Ask any parent or student at Madeira. As far as a “normal independent experience,” I much prefer day/boarding. My child has been to faculty/staff houses to celebrate holidays, to cook with her cooking club, to do “cats and cookies,” to use the Maker Space during the weekend (use the 3D printer, take sewing lessons, be taught animation) and more. She stays for study hall and dinner and eats breakfast with friends in the morning. She is surrounded by girls that are significantly more mature than the average teen (being helicoptered over). She has befriended girls from China, Spain, Mexico, and Kazakhstan. She has had co curriculum opportunities like working on the Hill. I’m so glad we can provide her with this exceptional education opportunity as opposed to the “normal independent school education.”

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This is 100% true for my Snail as well. Friends fairly evenly split between boarders and day students. It is impossible to appreciate the benefits of Madeira without experiencing it. There is really no other area independent school like it. [/quote]

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