Anonymous wrote:STA has their own way -- far different than Beauvoir. They are known for "getting the Beauvor out of the boys."

Anonymous wrote:Nothing can prepare one for the rigors of St. Albans.

My son is one of those 99 percenters and a Beauvoir grad. When we got to STA it was pure culture shock, in terms of the academic rigor/workload and social atmosphere (i.e., its nurturing in a non-coddling kind of way).

We loved Beauvoir and we love STA. But I'm not sure if this would be true if the rigors of STA started off in K-3.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My DD went all the way through B and is now in school at NCS. She consistently gets A's in math and science. She was very much prepared by Beauvoir. I don't think the prep came from math drills and memorization but instead from loving to learn, confidence in her abilities, and the ability to critically think her way through a math problem.

Great. Someone that knows something about science. Let's drill down a little and tease out potential confounders that may bias your conclusions.
Has your child ever had tutors or atttended supplemental classes after class and in the summers (e.g., SAT, ACT, PSAT, SSAT, ERB, A-P prep, or Math and
Science courses over the summer)?

It is not pp's job to have you, in your infinite wisdom and with your clearly more evolved mind and vocabulary, "drill down" and "tease out" any "bias" based on whether her child has "ever" had a tutor or out-of-school class. This is not the inquisition, and pp appears to have offered information to be helpful. If you'd like additional information, you could try just asking politely, rather than setting her up as one would a deponent. You're clearly looking for some hook to determine that Beauvoir provides a sub par education. Guess what? Many of us believe, based on substantial experience, that the education is high quality, including in math and science. And, yes, our children do take science and engineering-related courses at times during the school year, and sometimes over the summer. In our case our perspective is coming from parents who each has a degree (though DH has 2) in math and/or a science from a top ivy. Tease out those cofounders, and good luck in getting anyone to provide you with helpful information in real life if this is how you behave.

Anonymous wrote:

My DD went all the way through B and is now in school at NCS. She consistently gets A's in math and science. She was very much prepared by Beauvoir. I don't think the prep came from math drills and memorization but instead from loving to learn, confidence in her abilities, and the ability to critically think her way through a math problem.

Great. Someone that knows something about science. Let's drill down a little and tease out potential confounders that may bias your conclusions.
Has your child ever had tutors or atttended supplemental classes after class and in the summers (e.g., SAT, ACT, PSAT, SSAT, ERB, A-P prep, or Math and
Science courses over the summer)?

Anonymous wrote:

My DD went all the way through B and is now in school at NCS. She consistently gets A's in math and science. She was very much prepared by Beauvoir. I don't think the prep came from math drills and memorization but instead from loving to learn, confidence in her abilities, and the ability to critically think her way through a math problem.

Great. Someone that knows something about science. Let's drill down a little and tease out potential confounders that may bias your conclusions.
Has your child ever had tutors or atttended supplemental classes after class and in the summers (e.g., SAT, ACT, PSAT, SSAT, ERB, A-P prep, or Math and
Science courses over the summer)?

Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir is an outstanding school.

The reason that some STA faculty have sent their sons to St. Pats is that they receive no break on tuition at Beauvoir and St. Pats has a tradition of working with STA faculty families to make it (almost!!) do-able. (In reality, both schools are completely unaffordable for a family supported by a teacher salary, but St Pats is a little better). The Head at St. Pats, is a former STA faculty member and the relationship between the two schools is very strong.

Because of the extreme cost, we are only talking about a few faculty children, even at St Pats.

And except for one son that I can think of, all the STA faculty sons end up at STA in either 4th or 7th grade.

My DD went all the way through B and is now in school at NCS. She consistently gets A's in math and science. She was very much prepared by Beauvoir. I don't think the prep came from math drills and memorization but instead from loving to learn, confidence in her abilities, and the ability to critically think her way through a math problem.

Anonymous wrote:B is a great school. Our DD went there. It, however, is not a great school for every kid. It works best for those super smart kids who have their act together at a relatively young age. Given its feeder reputation, B can be highly selective, meaning that it gets a large share of super smart kids. For these kids, B is great fun, love of learning, etc. And a good portion of them will end up at STA or NCS (where our daughter went). But B is not the best for kids with delayed learning issues, with a need for more discipline, etc. Many kids blossom later.