Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 19:50     Subject: NPS
Anonymous wrote:That’s why I said diversity. If you had a color kid who did an average assessment, they might get admitted solely because they need a pop of color.

Same with St. Pats. No diverse at all!


And if you are a kid of color, you should run away from a school that accepts you to add a pop of color.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 19:33     Subject: NPS
That’s why I said diversity. If you had a color kid who did an average assessment, they might get admitted solely because they need a pop of color.

Same with St. Pats. No diverse at all!
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 16:17     Subject: NPS
Anonymous wrote:I think at the end of the day, it’s gonna come down more to the teacher recs and balancing the classroom. They don’t want a full room of extroverts. It’ll also be how many girls vs boys. In addition to diversity. Who knows...


NPS is not diverse. At all. Unless you consider the shades of white in the paint fan diverse.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 15:45     Subject: NPS
I think at the end of the day, it’s gonna come down more to the teacher recs and balancing the classroom. They don’t want a full room of extroverts. It’ll also be how many girls vs boys. In addition to diversity. Who knows...
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 15:42     Subject: NPS
Anonymous wrote:Look, as an NPS parent and someone who has been involved in school life in the past, I can vouch for the nurturing environment. It's real, and it is what the teachers do very well across the board. The socio-emotional support my children have received over the years has been so treasured by our family.

This sounds like an off day, and I know that the Zoom meetings are new this year. Zoom admissions are just a crapshoot in general, I am sure, because Zoom interviews with ADULTS have been garbage for me at my own workplace.

I do not think it is likely that it was the K teachers on a Saturday, but who knows.


Prospective parent - it was in fact Kindergarten teachers. However, I took the zoom with a grain of salt. I didntcoach my kid and I let her be herself. Although, she was quite dry and shy because she’s meeting them for the first time. The zoom really didn’t show her verbal capabilities or academic capabilities. However, it is what it is and I’m a firm believer of what for you is for you. However, the whole zoom thing, in my opinion, will not be a good indicator for some kids.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 15:36     Subject: NPS
Look, as an NPS parent and someone who has been involved in school life in the past, I can vouch for the nurturing environment. It's real, and it is what the teachers do very well across the board. The socio-emotional support my children have received over the years has been so treasured by our family.

This sounds like an off day, and I know that the Zoom meetings are new this year. Zoom admissions are just a crapshoot in general, I am sure, because Zoom interviews with ADULTS have been garbage for me at my own workplace.

I do not think it is likely that it was the K teachers on a Saturday, but who knows.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 13:40     Subject: NPS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The experience sounds similar to all of the Zoom admissions assessments my DC just did for K. What was so off putting about this one? They have all been the same, in my opinion. Not an overly positive experience, but nothing scarring my child for life either.


We were just talking in terms of the title school, NPS. It was bought up because they mention about nurture and it didn't come across as nurturing with the very cold assessment. What was your school? This post is about NPS.


Sorry I wasn’t clear. We did NPS and a few others. They were all the same.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 12:52     Subject: Re:NPS
Anonymous wrote:DC's cousin goes to NPS and grades 1-6 are still only at school 2 days a week. Is that nurturing? Science and common sense please.


Lmao! Are you really comparing days in school to nurture? Use your brain!
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 12:31     Subject: Re:NPS
Anonymous wrote:DC's cousin goes to NPS and grades 1-6 are still only at school 2 days a week. Is that nurturing? Science and common sense please.


All area schools might want to look at their last year (ie 6th or 8th or 12th) and get them in more. Those kids are generally responsible and wont get a re do on the memories that make last year of elementary, middle or HS. I can see logistics and reality guiding the other years. Especially just getting teachers immunized.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 12:21     Subject: Re:NPS
DC's cousin goes to NPS and grades 1-6 are still only at school 2 days a week. Is that nurturing? Science and common sense please.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 11:55     Subject: NPS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The experience sounds similar to all of the Zoom admissions assessments my DC just did for K. What was so off putting about this one? They have all been the same, in my opinion. Not an overly positive experience, but nothing scarring my child for life either.


We were just talking in terms of the title school, NPS. It was bought up because they mention about nurture and it didn't come across as nurturing with the very cold assessment. What was your school? This post is about NPS.


NPS has a "special sauce", but admin seems more complacent in recent years to lean on that, that to lead on that.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 11:28     Subject: NPS
Anonymous wrote:The experience sounds similar to all of the Zoom admissions assessments my DC just did for K. What was so off putting about this one? They have all been the same, in my opinion. Not an overly positive experience, but nothing scarring my child for life either.


We were just talking in terms of the title school, NPS. It was bought up because they mention about nurture and it didn't come across as nurturing with the very cold assessment. What was your school? This post is about NPS.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 10:21     Subject: NPS
The experience sounds similar to all of the Zoom admissions assessments my DC just did for K. What was so off putting about this one? They have all been the same, in my opinion. Not an overly positive experience, but nothing scarring my child for life either.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 10:04     Subject: NPS
Anonymous wrote:Rarely anyone's first choice, nice safety school.


Especially if you're white and never leave spring valley.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2021 09:22     Subject: NPS
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Anonymous wrote:Tough year, cut them some slack?


They should cut the kids some slack as well!


I doubt it was teachers because they don't usually have teachers do assessments/interviews etc..usually specialists. I'm just wondering who they roped in. The K teachers are SUPER nice.


They said it was K teachers but who knows


Please.pass your experience on OP. This is admin stuff
Whoever administered it was surely following some instructions or plan theyd been given. But whats described does not reflect well. And NPS wouldnt want people alienated by their own admissions mechanisms.


I’ll say because I’m sure I’m not the only person you applied for their son for K. The administration knows because they were on Zoom. You had to long on zoom with admissions and then they put you in a breakout room with the teacher while they observed. They definitely know. Maybe they tweaked for assessments after ours because I believe we were the first ones in early January.


That been said, if they figure it out, I really don’t care.