Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 13:39     Subject: Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
I know she wasn't part of my tribe and therefore not someone I want teaching my son about part of his culture.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 12:04     Subject: Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
Anonymous wrote: I am half Native American. I liked Concord Hill but the 2nd grade teaching of Native American cultures made me nervous. I wasn't sure I wanted my son to learn about NA culture from a bunch of white women...but that is just me. Overall, I thought the school was cute. Diversity isn't its strong point but I can't fault them on that. My son HATED the school so we didn't even make it through the interview. He was very happy when we left early from the interview. He told me on the way out he wanted to go to a different school. I think the most important thing about any school is that your child like it.


Actually, one of the two second-grade teachers isn't white.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 11:59     Subject: Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
I am half Native American. I liked Concord Hill but the 2nd grade teaching of Native American cultures made me nervous. I wasn't sure I wanted my son to learn about NA culture from a bunch of white women...but that is just me. Overall, I thought the school was cute. Diversity isn't its strong point but I can't fault them on that. My son HATED the school so we didn't even make it through the interview. He was very happy when we left early from the interview. He told me on the way out he wanted to go to a different school. I think the most important thing about any school is that your child like it.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 11:12     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
NP here. I have been a Concord Hill parent for five years, and I don't think 2007 data is accurate for today. (I haven't looked at those stats, I just think they won't be accurate.) There are more AAs, Indian-Americans, Asian-Americans now then I think there were when we started, although of course my memory may be faulty. I have definitely noticed an increased emphasis on diversity recruiting in the last two years--so to the PP, I would guess that the two AA children in question likely weren't a good fit or there just wasn't room in those grades (there is very little attrition and only one class per grade), because if they had been a good fit and there was room, the diversity recruitment campaign would have meant their probable admission, IMO.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 10:42     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
SAM2 wrote:Here is what Concord Hill reported to the Dep't of Education about its student body for 2007-08: http://fwd4.me/W3D
Here is where you can get data on other nearby schools to compare: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/
Here are photos of the students & community posted on Concord Hill's website:
http://www.concordhill.org/news/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=88&ModuleID=18&NEWSPID=1
http://www.concordhill.org/gallery/index.aspx?LinkID=61&ModuleID=33

Everyone can judge for herself whether the school meets your own personal vision of diversity.


Interesting - not many Muslims, Jews, or Buddhists at the local Catholic schools. Not many whites at the charter schools in Southeast DC. I'm sure all of these kids are ruined for life.
SAM2
Post 07/07/2010 10:11     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
Here is what Concord Hill reported to the Dep't of Education about its student body for 2007-08: http://fwd4.me/W3D
Here is where you can get data on other nearby schools to compare: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/
Here are photos of the students & community posted on Concord Hill's website:
http://www.concordhill.org/news/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=88&ModuleID=18&NEWSPID=1
http://www.concordhill.org/gallery/index.aspx?LinkID=61&ModuleID=33

Everyone can judge for herself whether the school meets your own personal vision of diversity.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 09:35     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
Concord Hill is a great school. Let's move on, there are so many other schools we need to trash and so little time....
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 09:00     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
Anonymous wrote:Like I said, if Concord Hill is all white (or has no black students), it ain't by happenstance.


Like others have posted and like anyone who visits or attends Concord Hill knows, it is not all white by any means. So you have no point and you should just stop posting about this - you are misleading people who might actually want to know the truth. They have about the same diversity as any of the public schools in the vicinity. Certainly the same diversity as other private schools of its caliber for preschool-3rd grade. We are parents and in a minority group ourselves. It's amazing how people look for any reason to slander a school.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 04:12     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
Like I said, if Concord Hill is all white (or has no black students), it ain't by happenstance.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2010 22:18     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
12:55 - how do you know your kid was not admitted because of space (and not because they were not a good fit)? Given the soft rejections/i.e. wait lists offered by many of these schools, it strikes me as odd that you can state this unequivocally. This has nothing to do with your point - because I accept your point - but that's my two cents (and I'm not the OP you were responding to).
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2010 12:55     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
Perhaps the 2 AA children were not admitted because they were not a good fit. Perhaps (and this happened to us) they were not admitted because there was not room.

Unless your friends were (a) twins and (b) applying at the very first year possible, there is an excellent chance that there was not room. The fact that 2 kids were applying suggests that at least one kid was older than the year (nursery) that most kids apply to Concord Hill. There are very few slots available after nursery.

So without further info about the candidates other than their skin hue, let's not make this more than it is.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2010 12:50     Subject: Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
I'm a new poster here, but I had to chime in...A friend of mine did apply to Concord Hill this year for her two kids and they were not admitted. (They are African American). They decided to try Concord Hill because they fell in love with what the school had to offer. They thought they would be able, if accepted, to help with their low diversity by working with the school to recruit more students of color.
Evidently, that didn't happen.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2010 09:48     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
I can honestly say that as an applicant, I felt that Concord Hill was really trying to make us feel welcome, and we did. The head of the school actually addressed the low minority rate first, before we could bring it up, and I thought that was a positive thing and indicative of their openess about the current studen makeup. In my opinon, (please do not jump down my throat, it is just my opion), it is hard to get students of color, when there are few in the school to begin with. If they offered several spots to minority applicants, and they all turned them down, what other options does the school have but to try again next year? Also, the few minority parents were very open and happy to answer any questions. Perhaps in the past students of color were not welcome, but I believe the school is taking aggressive efforts to diversify the makeup of the school.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2010 21:25     Subject: Re:Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
10:47 - Thank you.
Anonymous
Post 07/02/2010 21:27     Subject: Diversity at Primary Day/Concord Hill
OP - I recommend you call the director of admission at each of these schools, as well as any other you use, and ask about how they would describe the diversity at their school. Not all types of diversity are visible - socioeconomic, cultural, religious, learning style, etc..