Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:34
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
For those in HoCo with upper schoolers, there is a bus company with a common pick up area in Columbia that drops kids at the Baltimore privates (Friends, McDonough, Bryn Mawr Gilman.) Also, Glenelg Country School may have spots.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:34
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
A little bit far afield pedagogically, but the Mandala School in Bowie looks like a nice place to be a kid!
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:33
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Anonymous wrote:I know you’re trying to be helpful but the majority of people ( not all) are local to the school and that’s why they chose it.Theyre not schlupping into DC on a daily basis to drop Larla at Maret or other schools more than 45 mins away.
I'd agree for lower school or long-term decisions, but I feel different for MS and definitely HS. And in a situation like this, I'd be willing to schlep for a good fit. (Heck, I did a truly insane commute during Covid for my oldest kid and would do it again.)
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:27
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Adding Baltimore Friends:
Baltimore Friends, Baltimore, pre-k-12
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Key School, Annapolis, pre-k-12
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Baltimore Friends, Baltimore, pre-k-12
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Key School, Annapolis, pre-k-12
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:22
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Anonymous wrote:I know you’re trying to be helpful but the majority of people ( not all) are local to the school and that’s why they chose it.Theyre not schlupping into DC on a daily basis to drop Larla at Maret or other schools more than 45 mins away.
Listen, people do all kinds of things for all kinds of reasons. This is a wild time, where hundreds of children need a seat at a new school.
A wider net is wise in this case.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:19
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Anonymous wrote:I know you’re trying to be helpful but the majority of people ( not all) are local to the school and that’s why they chose it.Theyre not schlupping into DC on a daily basis to drop Larla at Maret or other schools more than 45 mins away.
I think that’s true in the early grades. My high schooler has friends who travel to SSFS from DC or southern MoCo. Or Howard County, which makes Baltimore schools options.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:16
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Adding Key School
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Key School, Annapolis, pre-k-12
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Key School, Annapolis, pre-k-12
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:13
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
I know you’re trying to be helpful but the majority of people ( not all) are local to the school and that’s why they chose it.Theyre not schlupping into DC on a daily basis to drop Larla at Maret or other schools more than 45 mins away.
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:13
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Key school in annapolis? pre-k-12
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:11
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Adding Nora, and fixing Sidwell
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Nora, Silver Spring, 9-12
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-12
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:11
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Adding Maret to the list.
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Maret School, DC, K-12
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Maret School, DC, K-12
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:07
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Anonymous wrote:I thought it might be helpful to start a thread specifically for listing schools in the area with characteristics similar to those at SSFS. A few names have surfaced in the original SSFS closing thread, but there's so much else in there that finding them could take a while.
It's too late to apply to lottery or magnet public schools, and folks are aware of their in-boundary schools, so here are some independent schools with traits shared by SSFS:
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9
Sidwell is Pre-K to 12th
Anonymous
04/15/2025 16:03
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
Adding waldorf to the list:
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9
Washington Waldorf, DC pre-k-12
Anonymous
04/15/2025 15:58
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
This thread includes some of the schools listed above.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1269092.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1269092.page
Anonymous
04/15/2025 15:55
Subject: Schools for SSFS families
I thought it might be helpful to start a thread specifically for listing schools in the area with characteristics similar to those at SSFS. A few names have surfaced in the original SSFS closing thread, but there's so much else in there that finding them could take a while.
It's too late to apply to lottery or magnet public schools, and folks are aware of their in-boundary schools, so here are some independent schools with traits shared by SSFS:
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9
It's too late to apply to lottery or magnet public schools, and folks are aware of their in-boundary schools, so here are some independent schools with traits shared by SSFS:
Barrie, Silver Spring, Pre-k-12
Bullis, Potomac, K-12
Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, pre-k-8
Christian Family Montessori School, pre-k-8
Edmund Burke School, DC, 6-12
Field School, DC, 6-12
Friends Community School, College Park, pre-k-8
Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, k-12
Georgetown Day School, DC, pre-k-12
Green Acres, Bethesda, prek-8
Lowell School, DC, pre-k-8
Oneness Family School, Bethesda, pre-k-12
Parkmont School, DC, 6-12
Sheridan School, DC, pre-k-8
Sidwell Friends, DC pre-k-9