Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 01:27     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Anonymous wrote:We are not Catholic and attended a couple of admissions events. We were surprised at how conservatively religious the school is. It seemed very intense that way, and made us feel like our girls would feel like outsiders there. Holy Child seemed much more welcoming for non-Catholics.


DD has been there forever. Majority Catholic, but there are many non-Catholic families (or mixed) as well.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 01:18     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
We are not Catholic and attended a couple of admissions events. We were surprised at how conservatively religious the school is. It seemed very intense that way, and made us feel like our girls would feel like outsiders there. Holy Child seemed much more welcoming for non-Catholics.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2020 23:41     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Lower School is good but expensive for what it is.

Middle School is a disaster.

Upper School is generally considered excellent.

Pick your poison.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2020 17:05     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Anonymous wrote:As a non-Catholic with a high school daughter that plays sports for her private and at the club level, I have a very positive impression of SR. Some of the nicest Catholic families we know chose SR because they care about academics foremost. Plus, on the sidelines, the SR parents seem very nice, friendly, not screamers or overly obnoxious unlike some other schools. I would say that it is very proudly Catholic and we dont know any non-Catholic families who have ever chosen it for their DDs. It seems to compete with Visi for students more than any other Catholic girls school, at least among the families we know. There are always people who compare SR and Visi's academics as the two best for Catholic girls. My impresssion of the academics at both is that Visi is more hide-bound and traditionally Catholic with tons of busy work whereas SR has a more modern, intellectual approach to academics.


Not sure what "hide-bound" means with regard to Visi but I think there is lots of overlap in the types of families with girls at Visi and SR. One of the bigger differences between the two schools is geography. Visi draws about 40% of its students from Virginia, while SR draws maybe 5-10% from Virginia. So SR is more of DC/MD option due to its location.

Visi may have a wider range of students than SR but the college placements are very strong at Visi for the top half of the class. Class of 2019 included the following destinations:

Georgetown - 10
Cornell - 4
Princeton -2
Penn - 1
Dartmouth - 1
Vanderbilt - 2
Notre Dame - 2
UVA - 2
Michigan - 3
Wake Forest - 4
UCLA -1
USC -1
William & Mary - 2
UNC Chapel Hill - 1
Tufts - 2
Northwestern - 1
Bowdoin -1
Amhest - 1
Middlebury -1
Williams -1
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2020 16:30     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
As a non-Catholic with a high school daughter that plays sports for her private and at the club level, I have a very positive impression of SR. Some of the nicest Catholic families we know chose SR because they care about academics foremost. Plus, on the sidelines, the SR parents seem very nice, friendly, not screamers or overly obnoxious unlike some other schools. I would say that it is very proudly Catholic and we dont know any non-Catholic families who have ever chosen it for their DDs. It seems to compete with Visi for students more than any other Catholic girls school, at least among the families we know. There are always people who compare SR and Visi's academics as the two best for Catholic girls. My impresssion of the academics at both is that Visi is more hide-bound and traditionally Catholic with tons of busy work whereas SR has a more modern, intellectual approach to academics.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2020 15:49     Subject: Re:What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Don't think full list out yet but ones I know for sure (daughter in US there) Duke, Penn, UVA, Wm and Mary, Gtown--heard it's a really strong class as well.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2020 10:31     Subject: Re:What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Another SR parent here — I know this is anonymous but I can confirm the strong acceptances for class of '20. As far as 'reputation' I think traditionally SR has been seen (rightly) as very academic, with big emphasis on service/social justice, and more diverse than some of the other Catholic girls' schools. In recent years there's been a big push to improve the athletics program and this has been very successful. College athletic commitments have been impressive the past few years, especially class of '20, and then the non-athlete admissions this spring were great too.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2020 09:37     Subject: Re:What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Is the info for 2020 available yet? I want to see it if it's so good.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2020 17:53     Subject: Re:What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:2019 college matriculation are light on the Ivy League but overall a great list. Standouts include:

Barnard
Boston College - 6
Colby
Dartmouth
Duke
Georgetown - 5
Middlebury
NYU
Northwestern - 2
Notre Dame - 2
Princeton
Tufts
Tulane - 4

Great list if not for the notable lack of Ivies.


20 is a very, very good year. Harvard, Cornell, Penn, Yale, Duke with a host of next tiers.


Acceptances or destinations?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2020 17:50     Subject: Re:What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Anonymous wrote:2019 college matriculation are light on the Ivy League but overall a great list. Standouts include:

Barnard
Boston College - 6
Colby
Dartmouth
Duke
Georgetown - 5
Middlebury
NYU
Northwestern - 2
Notre Dame - 2
Princeton
Tufts
Tulane - 4

Great list if not for the notable lack of Ivies.


20 is a very, very good year. Harvard, Cornell, Penn, Yale, Duke with a host of next tiers.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2020 16:38     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP what grade are you considering? We have a daughter in the lower school and are very happy there. It’s a warm community with a good group of teachers, parents and kids.


Our daughter is 1, and we are moving to the area in about 6 months. They are appealing because they have a preschool that would include children that young. To be honest we're a little anxious to just get settled into a school. The early childhood and Pre k is a big appeal.


They have a good preschool. Lots of girls start in preschool and continue on.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2020 16:36     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP what grade are you considering? We have a daughter in the lower school and are very happy there. It’s a warm community with a good group of teachers, parents and kids.


Our daughter is 1, and we are moving to the area in about 6 months. They are appealing because they have a preschool that would include children that young. To be honest we're a little anxious to just get settled into a school. The early childhood and Pre k is a big appeal.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2020 15:51     Subject: Re:What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Overall good school. Liberal with emphasis on service, lots of non-catholics. Great traditions. Upper school has fantastic reputation. For lower school, there are a lot of threads on this. It's good, but expensive for value. More families wait. Middle school mixed, but a lot of people have children enter in middle school so do not need to apply to upper school
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2020 15:45     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
Every school will have highlight matriculations, but otherwise the SR list in marginal especially considering the cost of tuition.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2020 15:43     Subject: What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?
I've always thought of SR as a more liberal version of Visi. It is still pretty conservative compared to GDS, but it is not as orthodox as Visi. Similar academic profile to Visi. Probably better academically than AHC and Holy Child.