Anonymous
08/23/2025 15:42
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No experience with EH. However, if your daughter is interested at all in theater and/or debate, the SH drama players and debate club are both terrific!
Our child is starting 8th grade at EH this year and we have been happy with the experience. Don't think you can go wrong either way. EH facilities/outdoor space is a bit bigger, but otherwise they offer similar courses, clubs, sports, etc.
This. I am usually a go to the closer one/your IB for these two schools, but if your kid is specific into theater or marching band, do whatever you can to get into SH.
SH and EH do not offer equivalent theater or debate experiences. EH is starting to get those things off the ground, but particular with respect to drama (also also marching band) there is truly no comparison.
Anonymous
08/23/2025 14:51
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
SH is arguably the best middle school in the city for theater and advanced band. The sports and clubs offerings are similar but not entirely identical at these schools. That said, if your school doesnt offer a particular sport, you are allowed to join the team at another school.
Anonymous
08/23/2025 13:09
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No experience with EH. However, if your daughter is interested at all in theater and/or debate, the SH drama players and debate club are both terrific!
Our child is starting 8th grade at EH this year and we have been happy with the experience. Don't think you can go wrong either way. EH facilities/outdoor space is a bit bigger, but otherwise they offer similar courses, clubs, sports, etc.
SH and EH do not offer equivalent theater or debate experiences. EH is starting to get those things off the ground, but particular with respect to drama (also also marching band) there is truly no comparison.
Anonymous
08/23/2025 09:26
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Anonymous wrote:No experience with EH. However, if your daughter is interested at all in theater and/or debate, the SH drama players and debate club are both terrific!
Our child is starting 8th grade at EH this year and we have been happy with the experience. Don't think you can go wrong either way. EH facilities/outdoor space is a bit bigger, but otherwise they offer similar courses, clubs, sports, etc.
Anonymous
08/22/2025 19:54
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
No experience with EH. However, if your daughter is interested at all in theater and/or debate, the SH drama players and debate club are both terrific!
Anonymous
08/22/2025 19:39
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
We just finished up at Stuart-Hobson. The 8th grade team there is top notch. 70% of students who took Algebra scored a 4 or 5 on the Algebra 1 DC CAPE. 63% of all 8th graders scored a 4 or 5 on the ELA test. The theater program is incredible. Eliot-Hine is really growing and doing great things as well, I just have personal knowledge of SHMS.
Anonymous
08/22/2025 16:57
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
tomorrow, you might consider calling the school office, telling them you just moved here and are #2 on the waitlist for 8th grade, that you would be in a position to accept and complete enrollment paperwork right away.
Anonymous
08/22/2025 12:49
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
some people are crazy and bizarre things can unfortunately happen. but that is most definitely not a normal everyday incident in NE Capitol Hill.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 21:28
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You heard Stuart Hobson is racist? Ok. At either EH or SH there is a cohort of white kids and white parents who are not demographically or culturally different from each other. If “racist” to you means “white kids with white parents active in the school,” you will find it both places.
The experience she had was outside of the school, in the neighborhood. Not directly tied to the school itself. Story is that they were called money and eggs were thrown at them.
Considering the area, I’m not expecting 0% white kids with white parents.
I was born and raised in DC, my daughter was raised in NC until now. So culturally, city life very different for her.
That would be an extremely unusual incident on Capitol Hill and would shock a lot of people.
Correction: While I 100% believe my cousin, others have also said Capitol Hill is not typically like that. It mostly likely was an isolated incident from someone just being extremely ignorant.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 21:26
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You heard Stuart Hobson is racist? Ok. At either EH or SH there is a cohort of white kids and white parents who are not demographically or culturally different from each other. If “racist” to you means “white kids with white parents active in the school,” you will find it both places.
The experience she had was outside of the school, in the neighborhood. Not directly tied to the school itself. Story is that they were called money and eggs were thrown at them.
Considering the area, I’m not expecting 0% white kids with white parents.
I was born and raised in DC, my daughter was raised in NC until now. So culturally, city life very different for her.
That would be an extremely unusual incident on Capitol Hill and would shock a lot of people.
While I 100% believe my cousin, others has also said Capitol Hill. It mostly likely was an isolated incident from someone just being ignorant.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 21:25
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Anonymous wrote:dcps starts monday. no guarantees either school takes anyone else oob off the waitlist at this point. either is a solid middle school option.
I know I’m late in the game. The move was sudden. I was told being #2 at EH is good as people have been called even after the start of school. I’m crossing my fingers. I’m okay with being a little late as we are still getting settled right now too. But if it gets too late, I’ll look into alternatives.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 21:13
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You heard Stuart Hobson is racist? Ok. At either EH or SH there is a cohort of white kids and white parents who are not demographically or culturally different from each other. If “racist” to you means “white kids with white parents active in the school,” you will find it both places.
The experience she had was outside of the school, in the neighborhood. Not directly tied to the school itself. Story is that they were called money and eggs were thrown at them.
Considering the area, I’m not expecting 0% white kids with white parents.
I was born and raised in DC, my daughter was raised in NC until now. So culturally, city life very different for her.
That would be an extremely unusual incident on Capitol Hill and would shock a lot of people.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 21:10
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
dcps starts monday. no guarantees either school takes anyone else oob off the waitlist at this point. either is a solid middle school option.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 19:52
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Monkey*
Anonymous
08/21/2025 19:52
Subject: Stuart or Hines?
Anonymous wrote:You heard Stuart Hobson is racist? Ok. At either EH or SH there is a cohort of white kids and white parents who are not demographically or culturally different from each other. If “racist” to you means “white kids with white parents active in the school,” you will find it both places.
The experience she had was outside of the school, in the neighborhood. Not directly tied to the school itself. Story is that they were called money and eggs were thrown at them.
Considering the area, I’m not expecting 0% white kids with white parents.
I was born and raised in DC, my daughter was raised in NC until now. So culturally, city life very different for her.