Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 19:23     Subject: Re:Schools that don't have a football team
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Burke, Field, GDS, Maret, WIS all come to mind. But even at schools like Sidwell football is not even close to affecting the culture of the school.


Actually, Sidwell's football culture factored into my daughter's decision to go to GDS. The day we visited, the football team was parading around in their jersey's, and when we asked the tour guide what kids did for fun, she said they went to football games. There's nothing wrong with football, but some kids prefer a school where the social life doesn't revolve around spectator sports.


Were they actually having a parade, or were they wearing their game day jerseys to school, a pretty common practice for many sports at many schools?
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 18:32     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
Anonymous wrote:So, let me get this right. You want your kid to have a high school experience that does not include football, not just that you don't want him to play, you don't even want the school to have a team, correct? Fortunately for you, there are a plethora of choices for such a cloistered non-contact existence. There are the WIS Wimps and the GDS Grasshoppers, just to name a few. Try those to combat your pigskinophobia. This place never ceases to amaze me.


After reading this post I think I'd rather my kids be with those wimps and grasshoppers...
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 18:19     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sidwell does have football


Whoosh!


lol.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 16:02     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So, let me get this right. You want your kid to have a high school experience that does not include football, not just that you don't want him to play, you don't even want the school to have a team, correct? Fortunately for you, there are a plethora of choices for such a cloistered non-contact existence. There are the WIS Wimps and the GDS Grasshoppers, just to name a few. Try those to combat your pigskinophobia. This place never ceases to amaze me.


Funny as this is, it should be pointed out that WIS kids would likely kick your kids' behind in soccer and tennis--sports that are infinitely more popular in the rest of the world--while effortlessly speaking 3-4 languages apiece. But do enjoy your Washington Rednecks games!


and the last time that WIS was ranked for soccer in the Washington Post?
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 14:39     Subject: Re:Schools that don't have a football team
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Burke, Field, GDS, Maret, WIS all come to mind. But even at schools like Sidwell football is not even close to affecting the culture of the school.


Actually, Sidwell's football culture factored into my daughter's decision to go to GDS. The day we visited, the football team was parading around in their jersey's, and when we asked the tour guide what kids did for fun, she said they went to football games. There's nothing wrong with football, but some kids prefer a school where the social life doesn't revolve around spectator sports.


FWIW, attendance at Arts Guild is much higher than attendance at football games.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 13:45     Subject: Re:Schools that don't have a football team
Anonymous wrote:Burke, Field, GDS, Maret, WIS all come to mind. But even at schools like Sidwell football is not even close to affecting the culture of the school.


Actually, Sidwell's football culture factored into my daughter's decision to go to GDS. The day we visited, the football team was parading around in their jersey's, and when we asked the tour guide what kids did for fun, she said they went to football games. There's nothing wrong with football, but some kids prefer a school where the social life doesn't revolve around spectator sports.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 12:00     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
Some co-ed independent schools without football:

GDS
St. Andrews
WIS
Edmund Burke
Sandy Spring Friends
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 11:54     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
Anonymous wrote:So, let me get this right. You want your kid to have a high school experience that does not include football, not just that you don't want him to play, you don't even want the school to have a team, correct? Fortunately for you, there are a plethora of choices for such a cloistered non-contact existence. There are the WIS Wimps and the GDS Grasshoppers, just to name a few. Try those to combat your pigskinophobia. This place never ceases to amaze me.


Way to dispel the myth of football culture as bullying and arrogant! Nice one, PP. (From a former college varsity athlete with 3 kids currently playing varisty sports at the college and HS levels.)
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 11:00     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
WIS's soccer team is fairly non-competitive in the region.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 10:32     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
St Andrew's does not have a football team. As for OP, is it really just football culture that is your concern or more generally school cultures that emphasize competitive sports in a way that overshadows other aspects of the school -- special privileges for athletes, etc? This can happen in some private schools with other team sports as well.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 10:29     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
Anonymous wrote:So, let me get this right. You want your kid to have a high school experience that does not include football, not just that you don't want him to play, you don't even want the school to have a team, correct? Fortunately for you, there are a plethora of choices for such a cloistered non-contact existence. There are the WIS Wimps and the GDS Grasshoppers, just to name a few. Try those to combat your pigskinophobia. This place never ceases to amaze me.


Funny as this is, it should be pointed out that WIS kids would likely kick your kids' behind in soccer and tennis--sports that are infinitely more popular in the rest of the world--while effortlessly speaking 3-4 languages apiece. But do enjoy your Washington Rednecks games!
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 09:09     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
So, let me get this right. You want your kid to have a high school experience that does not include football, not just that you don't want him to play, you don't even want the school to have a team, correct? Fortunately for you, there are a plethora of choices for such a cloistered non-contact existence. There are the WIS Wimps and the GDS Grasshoppers, just to name a few. Try those to combat your pigskinophobia. This place never ceases to amaze me.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 08:34     Subject: Schools that don't have a football team
What a weird question. My super liberal high school and college both had football teams, but no "football culture" (whatever that is). I think you need a better barometer.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 08:32     Subject: Re:Schools that don't have a football team
Maret has football.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2013 08:28     Subject: Re:Schools that don't have a football team
Burke, Field, GDS, Maret, WIS all come to mind. But even at schools like Sidwell football is not even close to affecting the culture of the school.