Anonymous
01/31/2025 14:09
Subject: Re:Seventh grade admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:7th is a big expansion year at Holton because that is when middle school starts. They usually take around 25 girls for 7th grade.
+1
They normally take 8-10 girls but this past year they took 25. It's a disaster but your kid might have a shot to get in.
Is it a disaster because it was too many girls for the grade from a capacity standpoint? Or because of other reasons?
A disaster for capacity reasons. Teachers have been stretched, schedules have been challenging and it's a lot of kids to absorb into an existing tight-knit group when that was not the plan. Meh, the school wants the money though....
To be fair, there was an overwhelming yield for 7th that they really were not expecting. They don't usually have that many girls start. Their goal wasn't to expand that much so hopefully they learned their lesson and put more people on the waitlist.
And something like 12 of them were from one private elementary school.
Anonymous
01/31/2025 14:06
Subject: Re:Seventh grade admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:7th is a big expansion year at Holton because that is when middle school starts. They usually take around 25 girls for 7th grade.
+1
They normally take 8-10 girls but this past year they took 25. It's a disaster but your kid might have a shot to get in.
Is it a disaster because it was too many girls for the grade from a capacity standpoint? Or because of other reasons?
A disaster for capacity reasons. Teachers have been stretched, schedules have been challenging and it's a lot of kids to absorb into an existing tight-knit group when that was not the plan. Meh, the school wants the money though....
To be fair, there was an overwhelming yield for 7th that they really were not expecting. They don't usually have that many girls start. Their goal wasn't to expand that much so hopefully they learned their lesson and put more people on the waitlist.
Anonymous
01/31/2025 13:40
Subject: Re:Seventh grade admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:7th is a big expansion year at Holton because that is when middle school starts. They usually take around 25 girls for 7th grade.
+1
They normally take 8-10 girls but this past year they took 25. It's a disaster but your kid might have a shot to get in.
Is it a disaster because it was too many girls for the grade from a capacity standpoint? Or because of other reasons?
A disaster for capacity reasons. Teachers have been stretched, schedules have been challenging and it's a lot of kids to absorb into an existing tight-knit group when that was not the plan. Meh, the school wants the money though....
Anonymous
01/07/2025 08:10
Subject: Seventh grade admissions
Anonymous wrote:Sidwell, GDS? How many kids do they take in 7th?
Really depends year to year. Less than 6th. Usually around 10 spots per year.
Anonymous
01/04/2025 14:03
Subject: Seventh grade admissions
Sidwell, GDS? How many kids do they take in 7th?
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:24
Subject: Seventh grade admissions
Add WES to your list.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:21
Subject: Seventh grade admissions
Anonymous wrote:I’d look at Potomac, too. 7th is an expansion year, and the start of intermediate school. It’s a great year to enter
Potomac looks good on paper to us too, but is not ideal location wise. We don’t live super close to a bus stop and it’s not in the direction of our work commutes.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 19:12
Subject: Re:Seventh grade admissions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:7th is a big expansion year at Holton because that is when middle school starts. They usually take around 25 girls for 7th grade.
+1
They normally take 8-10 girls but this past year they took 25. It's a disaster but your kid might have a shot to get in.
Is it a disaster because it was too many girls for the grade from a capacity standpoint? Or because of other reasons?
Anonymous
01/03/2025 19:04
Subject: Re:Seventh grade admissions
Anonymous wrote:7th is a big expansion year at Holton because that is when middle school starts. They usually take around 25 girls for 7th grade.
+1
They normally take 8-10 girls but this past year they took 25. It's a disaster but your kid might have a shot to get in.
Anonymous
01/02/2025 22:18
Subject: Seventh grade admissions
I’d look at Potomac, too. 7th is an expansion year, and the start of intermediate school. It’s a great year to enter