Anonymous wrote:Burke, hands down. Fits all of your criteria.

The OP said her son is very rules and structure oriented. Is Burke a fit for a kid like that?

Burke, hands down. Fits all of your criteria.

If he is rules/structure oriented, but needs a more reasonable workload, maybe some of the Catholic schools. St John's or DeMatha or Archbishop Carol? Nora, Field, Burke, etc are pretty unstructured, in the traditional sense.

Sandy Spring

Nora, Field, Edmund Burke

I would also look into tutoring or maybe helping him learn some study skills, e.g.:
http://anndolin.ectutoring.com/

These don't come naturally to many if not most kids and you don't want him self-sabbotaging himself.

OP here - He's very rules/structure oriented, but has a low-ish threshold for getting overwhelmed. And once an assignment isn't done, or a grade isn't as high as he wants it, he can't move past that. Traditional schools have worked well for him in the past, but this year's schedule was a big challenge and he's just gone off the rails. I'm open to any suggestions.

What does your child like to do? What are his interests? How does he like to learn?

I have heard very good things about the New School in northern Virignia. Also the Field school.

Have a child at a competitive traditional private high school who is unable to manage the heavy workload and needs something different. Bright kid with no LDs, no behavior problems, just anxiety and motivational issues and probably at this point some depression/lack of self esteem. Looked at the Nora School website and it may be a good possiblity. Anything else out there? DC or Maryland.