The Sycamore School in Rosslyn is a small private with a diverse range of students including many with neurodivergent learning issues. It's a progressive school that wouldn't tolerate the abusive or racist sides of bro culture, but it also never demonizes masculinity or any gender preference.

With a small space, students are within teacher earshot 99% of the time and learn quickly where the guardrails are for accepted behavior. Speaking as a teacher, I would stop bro culture in a hurry if I saw it coming out anywhere.

Anonymous wrote:Curious if those who are bashing Landon actually have a boy who attends there.
My son is there and we're finding that it's a MUCH better social environment in all ways than his previous co-ed school.

Could you tell us more? Better in which ways? And specifically how do the differences relate to OPs original concerns re bro culture?

Curious if those who are bashing Landon actually have a boy who attends there.
My son is there and we're finding that it's a MUCH better social environment in all ways than his previous co-ed school.

I have a girl in private all-girls HS and a son in public middle school and I think public is a much better choice for my son bc he has so many choices among his peer group. We have looked at privates and my biggest worry is that in a cohort of 50-80 boys (depending on whether it’s co-Ed or not), he’ll have so much fewer choices in making friends. My son is quick to move off toxic boys and it’s nice that he can just completely find brand new friends if he wants/needs to.

He’s also a minority, so he knows that he can’t play the toxic masculinity game and get away with it; we’ve talked from a young ago about what he is not allowed to say /text/write because it’ll get him in trouble.

Anonymous wrote:What about Landon?

Landon IS Bro Culture

Anonymous wrote:If I could find a school like that, we’d be there. It’s pervasive and exhausting and I’m over it. DD is applying out this year to all-girls’ schools after years of hoping it would get better and investigating other co-eds thinking that surely one of them could have figured it out. I am convinced it’s an unfixable cultural problem.

Agree with you. It’s horrible.

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Anonymous wrote:What about Landon?

NO and NO. This school is modo is boys will be boys. I could not think of a school more opposite than what OP is asking.

Okay but just for the correction their motto* is “We know boys” which always made me chuckle a little. But they seem like they have a strong brotherhood thing going on

Anonymous wrote:We just toured Norwood and one of their core values is "how you lead your life matters". I have heard wonderful things about the school...might be worth looking at, OP.

I was going to answer Norwood....so I second this..

I recommence st Anselm’s as well. If your son is smart and willing to put in the time academically as well, it could be a good fit.

I recommend St Anselms, based upon current students and graduates whom I have met. Honestly, my DC’s K-8 has plenty of bros.

Anonymous wrote:Bro culture in this area seems to follow wealth. We are up the road in MoCo at a less wealthy high school and there are all kinds of boys, including artsy and musical and science-focused, etc. Our sports teams are not generally champions though.

Can you share which school you are referring to? Thank you!

Lowell is pretty good about this. I’ve been impressed by the middle schoolers.

Definitely a K-8, as they are focused on the fact that middle schoolers are still kids. They get to be the oldest on campus while they are going through adolescence.

Anonymous wrote:What about Landon?

NO and NO. This school is modo is boys will be boys. I could not think of a school more opposite than what OP is asking.

Check out Burke. They value diversity so there isn’t any one dominating peer group and def no bro culture

What about Landon?