Anonymous wrote:I like how they put Marshall HS under both "George C. Marshall HS" and "Marshall HS"

That list is at least half public high schools. I'm not sure why they included those on the list.

Meh, it was probably someone who just doesn't know the area well and that they were both on in the same and went by what the student or parent reported on the form.

My sense (as a Burgundy parent who picked Burgundy over a "top three" school") is that there is a lot of self-selection in terms of who ends up at Burgundy. Most Burgundy families had plenty of viable school choices, including good public schools and good private schools. They choose Burgundy because they value the educational approach and like the school community. Of course it's not for everyone.

A child-- or, perhaps more commonly, a parent-- who needs constant reassurance that they're succeeding and beating their peers will not be happy at Burgundy, which deemphasizes competition, grade and standardized tests. If you're someone who feels anxious without constant numerical markers of status and position, go somewhere else. You have to have a good deal of confidence in your child and yourself for the Burgundy approach not to freak you out.

Exactly. Several years ago public schools were not listed one year. It made those kids who were going on to public school feel less valued than those who were going to private school. When this was brought to the administration's attention, it was immediately corrected.

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Anonymous wrote:I like how they put Marshall HS under both "George C. Marshall HS" and "Marshall HS"

That list is at least half public high schools. I'm not sure why they included those on the list.

This mystifies me. If that's where students go, why should they not be on the list? If they were omitted, there would be accusations of concealment.

When my children graduate from Burgundy, they will go to public high school. This is very much our choice.

The only reason that would change would be if something goes horribly wrong. I value the resiliency and wisdom that is developed interacting with a broader range of people, just as I value what Burgundy is providing for the younger years.

It's OK if you value something different, if you feel your child needs an education from an institution with a particular name, or doesn't have the ability to manage a larger pubic school.
Go for it. Just don't assume that either Burgundy or public high school is a second choice for smart kids with options.

I have one in public and one in private. You misread the intent of my post.
It's not the fact that they list public schools...it's just odd that they list every single one. Most schools just indicate something like "and various local public high schools." Most public high schools are not chosen by preference, but by geographic assignment.

Apologies, PP, that I missed your meaning.
Here's why I like to see all of the high schools listed:
-It gives me a sense of the geographic spread of the students.
-When you follow it through to college placements you see the various routes kids take. It is gratifying and encouraging to see there is not one avenue to success. Great college choices both (public and independent) routes.
- It represents valuing every child in the class. If a child started at Burgundy in JK, that is 10 years at the school. It would be insulting to suggest that only children proceeding to independent schools are worth acknowledging. The list is as much for the internal community as well as the external community.

I am glad all the public high schools are listed. Both of my kids graduated from Burgundy. One went public and the other private.

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Anonymous wrote:I like how they put Marshall HS under both "George C. Marshall HS" and "Marshall HS"

That list is at least half public high schools. I'm not sure why they included those on the list.

This mystifies me. If that's where students go, why should they not be on the list? If they were omitted, there would be accusations of concealment.

When my children graduate from Burgundy, they will go to public high school. This is very much our choice.

The only reason that would change would be if something goes horribly wrong. I value the resiliency and wisdom that is developed interacting with a broader range of people, just as I value what Burgundy is providing for the younger years.

It's OK if you value something different, if you feel your child needs an education from an institution with a particular name, or doesn't have the ability to manage a larger pubic school.
Go for it. Just don't assume that either Burgundy or public high school is a second choice for smart kids with options.

I have one in public and one in private. You misread the intent of my post.
It's not the fact that they list public schools...it's just odd that they list every single one. Most schools just indicate something like "and various local public high schools." Most public high schools are not chosen by preference, but by geographic assignment.

Anonymous wrote:I like how they put Marshall HS under both "George C. Marshall HS" and "Marshall HS"

That list is at least half public high schools. I'm not sure why they included those on the list.

This mystifies me. If that's where students go, why should they not be on the list? If they were omitted, there would be accusations of concealment.

When my children graduate from Burgundy, they will go to public high school. This is very much our choice.

The only reason that would change would be if something goes horribly wrong. I value the resiliency and wisdom that is developed interacting with a broader range of people, just as I value what Burgundy is providing for the younger years.

It's OK if you value something different, if you feel your child needs an education from an institution with a particular name, or doesn't have the ability to manage a larger pubic school.
Go for it. Just don't assume that either Burgundy or public high school is a second choice for smart kids with options.

Burgundy lower school parent here. We're very happy with the school and the teachers.

Most of our friends have children enrolled in public school. We don't feel our child is missing anything we would like them to have. We feel our child is missing plenty we're happy to have her miss. Academically she is not at all behind her peers -- she is very much ahead in reading, though I acknowledge that is not at all atypical as there is a wide range in reading ability.

I like how they put Marshall HS under both "George C. Marshall HS" and "Marshall HS"

That list is at least half public high schools. I'm not sure why they included those on the list.

I find the posting of lists like these to be really strange. Those matriculations should be normal enough to be unremarkable.

The HS one is even stranger. Wow. Yorktown HS! Someone moved to Arlington!

According to the school's website, this is a list of the schools attended by recent graduates.

Albert Einstein High School
Annandale High School
Benjamin Banneker Academic High School
Bishop Ireton High School
Bishop McNamara High School
Bishop O’Connell High School
The Bullis School
The Cate School (CA)
C.D. Hylton Senior High School
Collegiate School
DeMatha Catholic High School
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Edmund Burke School
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (MD)
Episcopal High School
Emerson Preparatory Institute
The Field School
Flint Hill School
Forestville Military Academy
Foxcroft School
Garrison Forest School
The George School (PA)
George C. Marshall High School
George Mason High School
Georgetown Day School
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
George Washington Community School
Gonzaga College High School
Hayfield Secondary School
The Highclare School (UK)
Holton-Arms School
The Hotchkiss School
The Howard Gardner School
James Madison High School
J.E.B. Stuart High School
The Key School
Lake Braddock High School
Lake Forest Academy (IL)
The Madeira School
Maret School
Marshall High School
McLean High School
Minnie Howard Ninth Grade Center
Mount Vernon High School
National Cathedral School
The New School of Northern Virginia
Oldfields School
The O’Neal School (NC)
Pacific Crest Community School (OR)
Paul VI Catholic High School
The Potomac School
Proctor Academy
Robinson Secondary School
St. Albans School
St. Andrew's School (DE)
St. Anne’s-Belfield School
St. Anselm's Abbey
St. John’s College High School
St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School
St. Timothy’s School
Sandy Springs Friends School
Santa Catalina High School (CA)
Scattergood Friends School
School Without Walls
Sidwell Friends School
South County Secondary School
Thomas Edison High School
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Queen Anne School
Trinity Episcopal School
Vermont Commons School
Virginia Episcopal School
Walt Whitman High School (MD)
Walter Johnson High School
Washington-Lee High School
Washington International School
West Potomac High School
Woodlawn High School
Woodrow Wilson High School
Yorktown High School