Anonymous
Post 06/04/2024 10:47     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We'll be moving to the area with a rising 9th grader who has super high test scores and ability but super low motivation and study skills. We'd love to find a college-prep school that's strong academically, but also not too intense and competitive.

We'd also love a smaller sized school where he won't get as lost and where teachers will notice and intervene if he starts down a bad path. He's athletic, outgoing and likes to push the limits. We've had some issues with sneaking out, vaping, etc. and are worried about the even greater temptations in high school.

Prefer non-denominational. Definitely no to Christian schools, but Catholic is okay. Service-minded and community-minded would be great.

Where we live is flexible based on schools.

Any/all leads welcome!


You do know that Catholics are Christians, right?


The wierdest part to me was non-denominational. At least in Christian circles that means a certain kind of church. A non-denominational school would be, like, Dominion Christian that isn't Episcopalian, Quaker, or Presbyterian. Non-religious might make sense? So non-religious except possibly Catholic?

And it seems like many DC-area "Christian" schools aren't really that religious. Did the poster just mean no place where you have to sign a statement of faith?
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2024 10:38     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Pre-pandemic, your child would have been a perfect candidate for the Field School.

Now? Maybe Edmund Burke? It's actually a niche that is not as well-served as it once was.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2024 14:57     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:We'll be moving to the area with a rising 9th grader who has super high test scores and ability but super low motivation and study skills. We'd love to find a college-prep school that's strong academically, but also not too intense and competitive.

We'd also love a smaller sized school where he won't get as lost and where teachers will notice and intervene if he starts down a bad path. He's athletic, outgoing and likes to push the limits. We've had some issues with sneaking out, vaping, etc. and are worried about the even greater temptations in high school.

Prefer non-denominational. Definitely no to Christian schools, but Catholic is okay. Service-minded and community-minded would be great.

Where we live is flexible based on schools.

Any/all leads welcome!


"prefer non denominational" but Catholic is ok.... LOL "We'd love to find a college-prep school that's strong academically, but also not too intense and competitive."

How many times do we need the same thread?


Anonymous
Post 06/03/2024 14:55     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:Saint Stephens Saint Agnes might also work


Came here to say this. I think, even thought it's Episcopal, SSSAS could be a good fit.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2024 14:41     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Prefer non-denominational. Definitely no to Christian schools, but Catholic is okay. Service-minded and community-minded would be great.



OP - hope that you realize that Catholics are Christians; and what is wrong with Christian schools that are not Catholic? As a Catholic, with a child in a Catholic school, I would have no issue sending him to certain Christian schools. Suggest you reconsider. Good luck.


As a fellow Catholic, I also found this confusing.


The OP is probably from the south and pictures Christian schools as super conservative, unlike the liberal Episcopal and Quaker schools in the DMV.
-signed a Catholic with kids at both Episcopal and Catholic high schools.


Yeah, I’m from the South and one local Christian school had long essays about the role of Jesus Christ in our lives. Some southern schools are super religious.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2024 09:59     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Prefer non-denominational. Definitely no to Christian schools, but Catholic is okay. Service-minded and community-minded would be great.



OP - hope that you realize that Catholics are Christians; and what is wrong with Christian schools that are not Catholic? As a Catholic, with a child in a Catholic school, I would have no issue sending him to certain Christian schools. Suggest you reconsider. Good luck.


As a fellow Catholic, I also found this confusing.


The OP is probably from the south and pictures Christian schools as super conservative, unlike the liberal Episcopal and Quaker schools in the DMV.
-signed a Catholic with kids at both Episcopal and Catholic high schools.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2024 09:59     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
I would look at Burke, Field, Bullis, St. Andrews (Episcopal), and Flint Hill. They are all very different and if you're looking for this fall I don't know where has space, but these schools are all broadly possible.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2024 09:56     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:We'll be moving to the area with a rising 9th grader who has super high test scores and ability but super low motivation and study skills. We'd love to find a college-prep school that's strong academically, but also not too intense and competitive.

We'd also love a smaller sized school where he won't get as lost and where teachers will notice and intervene if he starts down a bad path. He's athletic, outgoing and likes to push the limits. We've had some issues with sneaking out, vaping, etc. and are worried about the even greater temptations in high school.

Prefer non-denominational. Definitely no to Christian schools, but Catholic is okay. Service-minded and community-minded would be great.

Where we live is flexible based on schools.

Any/all leads welcome!


You do know that Catholics are Christians, right?
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2024 01:28     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Prefer non-denominational. Definitely no to Christian schools, but Catholic is okay. Service-minded and community-minded would be great.



OP - hope that you realize that Catholics are Christians; and what is wrong with Christian schools that are not Catholic? As a Catholic, with a child in a Catholic school, I would have no issue sending him to certain Christian schools. Suggest you reconsider. Good luck.


As a fellow Catholic, I also found this confusing.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2024 23:33     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
If you’re looking in the Virginia suburbs, I agree about Flint Hill and SSSAS. Both also known for strong academic assistance in their learning centers for kids who need a bit more support.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2024 23:22     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:Burke!


This was the first school that popped into my head too! And there are plenty of sports options for an athletic kid if they don’t need the most competitive league.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2024 21:04     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
A school that gets a gifted child. He seems to fit the never been really challenged profile. Maybe GDS?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2024 18:46     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:

Prefer non-denominational. Definitely no to Christian schools, but Catholic is okay. Service-minded and community-minded would be great.



OP - hope that you realize that Catholics are Christians; and what is wrong with Christian schools that are not Catholic? As a Catholic, with a child in a Catholic school, I would have no issue sending him to certain Christian schools. Suggest you reconsider. Good luck.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2024 18:37     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Saint Stephens Saint Agnes might also work
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2024 18:36     Subject: Help a newcomer with some HS leads
Anonymous wrote:Bullis? Would be smaller overall grade size than most of the Catholic schools, non-denominational, and good for athletes.


This was my thought. Or Flint Hill.

OP, does your son want all-boys?