Anonymous
03/17/2025 15:19
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All I have to say is, for any of the “Asian” families who are full pay and care about an independent school education, the specific ethnicity of the “Asian” families at a school is an important variable. So I don’t think this thread is a very useful discussion. Frankly lumping us all into “Asian American” is gross but whatever, we seem to have lost that battle
Yes, I think these conversations are extremely weird as well. The "Asian" population seems spread out among schools in DC. The Catholics have small percentages of Asian American kids as well. Filipino families and then mixed families seem to predominate.
+1. now that I reread I can't tell if OP wants to be with as many "asians" as possible or avoid "asians."
Anonymous
03/17/2025 14:58
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Given that there are many kids who commute in to DC private schools from close-in Mont Co., McLean, and Fairfax, using strictly DC demographic data is kind of misleading.
The under-current of hostility in the tread against increasing the number of Asian Americans in independent schools is interesting....
I don't see any hostility. Most just dont think the op was realistic. I was one of the pp and Asian American. I bet many who answered in this thread are too.
I don't think it's unrealistic to have 10%+ Asian Americans.
Certainly not in area public schools. Some of the schools in MoCo are 30+ Asian.
Other than Wooten high school are any schools 30% Asian?
Churchill
Anonymous
03/17/2025 14:51
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:All I have to say is, for any of the “Asian” families who are full pay and care about an independent school education, the specific ethnicity of the “Asian” families at a school is an important variable. So I don’t think this thread is a very useful discussion. Frankly lumping us all into “Asian American” is gross but whatever, we seem to have lost that battle
Yes, I think these conversations are extremely weird as well. The "Asian" population seems spread out among schools in DC. The Catholics have small percentages of Asian American kids as well. Filipino families and then mixed families seem to predominate.
Anonymous
03/17/2025 14:47
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Given that there are many kids who commute in to DC private schools from close-in Mont Co., McLean, and Fairfax, using strictly DC demographic data is kind of misleading.
The under-current of hostility in the tread against increasing the number of Asian Americans in independent schools is interesting....
I don't see any hostility. Most just dont think the op was realistic. I was one of the pp and Asian American. I bet many who answered in this thread are too.
I don't think it's unrealistic to have 10%+ Asian Americans.
Certainly not in area public schools. Some of the schools in MoCo are 30+ Asian.
Other than Wooten high school are any schools 30% Asian?
Anonymous
03/17/2025 14:25
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:According to Niche, Norwood is 13.3% Asian plus 15.8% multi-racial. That tracks with what observed at recent school tours and new parent events. Flagging because it seems higher than the percentages that have been shared so far. https://www.niche.com/k12/norwood-school-bethesda-md/
Norwood has a South Asian parent affinity group: https://www.norwoodschool.org/about/diversity-at-norwood
Fwiw they have a TON of cultural celebrations, including Indian holidays, Chinese new year, etc. They offer Mandarin in grades 7 and 8 and they a Suzuki strings program in lower school (followed by a dedicated string orchestra) in middle school. To be clear EVERYONE loves these things, so no idea if they are to credit for the strong Asian/Asian-American enrollment.
Anonymous
03/17/2025 14:15
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
According to Niche, Norwood is 13.3% Asian plus 15.8% multi-racial. That tracks with what observed at recent school tours and new parent events. Flagging because it seems higher than the percentages that have been shared so far. https://www.niche.com/k12/norwood-school-bethesda-md/
Anonymous
03/17/2025 13:48
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:TJ has a ton of Asian students. 70% of this year's freshman class, in fact.
Did they move to NW DC? Who knew?
Anonymous
03/16/2025 11:34
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All I have to say is, for any of the “Asian” families who are full pay and care about an independent school education, the specific ethnicity of the “Asian” families at a school is an important variable. So I don’t think this thread is a very useful discussion. Frankly lumping us all into “Asian American” is gross but whatever, we seem to have lost that battle
Indeed. The cultural differences between E Asian and S Asian, to pick an arbitrary example, are huge. Even just the cultural differences between the west side of the Taiwan Strait and the east side are substantial.
+1 I’m “Asian-American,” and while it’s important to me that there are other Asian American kids at my kids’ school so they’re not the only ones, our friendships and connections are determined by other things - kindness, character, interests, personality. So we’re not looking for a certain number of other Asian Americans, or only being friendly with other Asian Americans. It’s definitely strange to say that all Asian Americans have one single perspective on the expense of an independent school. You’ll see as much diversity on that view among Asian American families as you’ll see with any other ethnicity family.
NP but at my school, the Asian American moms are the only ones who are consistently friendly (especially the ones who are also married to other Asians). Many of the white moms are the type who have chatted with me a few times, I’ve dropped off their daughters here and there etc. and they still look right through me. I would hate being in a school with only them!!
Anonymous
03/16/2025 11:26
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
You all are conflating "Asian" and "Asian American". There is certainly a common Asian American experience in this country, not by choice but dictated by society. How much you choose to embrace or push back against your own personal Asian American identity/experience is up to you, but it's not some made up thing or something an individual has decided to conjure up on their own.
Anonymous
03/15/2025 14:12
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:Then move to Virginia. Everyone makes choices, OP. What is more important to you - city living and a short commute, or raising your daughter around other Asians? Because the other Asians are in Fairfax.
This, or Howard County (Koreans at least)
Anonymous
03/15/2025 10:53
Subject: Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?
Anonymous wrote:BIM > Sadwell
Maybe if you want to be around Asians.