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Anonymous wrote:What does the school do about these dynamics?

All girls signed a “no place for hate” agreement this year. So the school is definitely trying.

Those type of things are worse than useless because they are so subjective and unevenly applied. They just become another tool of the bullies.

Anonymous wrote:DD played on an msi soccer team that was coached by a SR parent with all girls from the grade when we joined in 5th. I can’t remember how we linked up with the parent and team, but is reach out to the administration and see if there’s something like that you could get her involved in for fall.

For girls entering 9th, I strongly suggest they go out for a team even if they aren’t very sporty. It helps a ton.

OR join theater.

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Anonymous wrote:On the back to school part on the website, it says book buying. Are we expected to buy our own books? If so what is the estimated cost for a high school student? And do they allow kids to print out their own copies from online and then staple it or do you need to buy the actual book? I've never been to a school where I had to buy books so I was confused.

NP - and incoming Class of '29 parent. This also surprised/shocked me, what with the cost of tuition.

This is standard practice at a private school for middle school and high school, in my experience as a parent at a few private schools over the years.

You must not have experience at a lot of other schools. Maybe it’s a religious school thing to charge extra. Progressive schools include it in their tuition.

What? Buying textbooks (in addition to tuition) is fairly standard for private high schools and some middle schools. Weird to make this a religious vs progressive school thing.

+1 and for the reverse, at our Catholic high school books are included in tuition, and we get a small rebate if you return them in good shape.

Well if I have a humanities kids whose textbooks don’t cost as much as the stem kids I’d rather not subsidize. It feels appropriate and more like university.

Why can't these schools just be brave about it and include it in their top line? Nickel and diming families that pay this much is ridiculous.

Does anyone know when schedules and class placements come out?

This discussion about having to pay for textbooks is truly bizarre. Out of curiosity I looked at other schools' fees and found that most do not include text books in tuition.

Holton:


NCS:


Sidwell:


St. Andrews:


I did not even check any other Catholic schools because it seems some thing this is some sort of religious thing, which is even more strange.

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Anonymous wrote:On the back to school part on the website, it says book buying. Are we expected to buy our own books? If so what is the estimated cost for a high school student? And do they allow kids to print out their own copies from online and then staple it or do you need to buy the actual book? I've never been to a school where I had to buy books so I was confused.

NP - and incoming Class of '29 parent. This also surprised/shocked me, what with the cost of tuition.

This is standard practice at a private school for middle school and high school, in my experience as a parent at a few private schools over the years.

You must not have experience at a lot of other schools. Maybe it’s a religious school thing to charge extra. Progressive schools include it in their tuition.

What? Buying textbooks (in addition to tuition) is fairly standard for private high schools and some middle schools. Weird to make this a religious vs progressive school thing.

Uh yeah, it’s normal. Even if you’re paying 60k. Tuition in HS isn’t all inclusive.

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Anonymous wrote:On the back to school part on the website, it says book buying. Are we expected to buy our own books? If so what is the estimated cost for a high school student? And do they allow kids to print out their own copies from online and then staple it or do you need to buy the actual book? I've never been to a school where I had to buy books so I was confused.

NP - and incoming Class of '29 parent. This also surprised/shocked me, what with the cost of tuition.

This is standard practice at a private school for middle school and high school, in my experience as a parent at a few private schools over the years.

You must not have experience at a lot of other schools. Maybe it’s a religious school thing to charge extra. Progressive schools include it in their tuition.

What? Buying textbooks (in addition to tuition) is fairly standard for private high schools and some middle schools. Weird to make this a religious vs progressive school thing.

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Anonymous wrote:On the back to school part on the website, it says book buying. Are we expected to buy our own books? If so what is the estimated cost for a high school student? And do they allow kids to print out their own copies from online and then staple it or do you need to buy the actual book? I've never been to a school where I had to buy books so I was confused.

NP - and incoming Class of '29 parent. This also surprised/shocked me, what with the cost of tuition.

This is standard practice at a private school for middle school and high school, in my experience as a parent at a few private schools over the years.

You must not have experience at a lot of other schools. Maybe it’s a religious school thing to charge extra. Progressive schools include it in their tuition.

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Anonymous wrote:On the back to school part on the website, it says book buying. Are we expected to buy our own books? If so what is the estimated cost for a high school student? And do they allow kids to print out their own copies from online and then staple it or do you need to buy the actual book? I've never been to a school where I had to buy books so I was confused.

NP - and incoming Class of '29 parent. This also surprised/shocked me, what with the cost of tuition.

This is standard practice at a private school for middle school and high school, in my experience as a parent at a few private schools over the years.

Anonymous wrote:Best of luck with SR. They seem more interested in image vs. education (esp. stem).

This comment seems a bit unbalanced to me. Is the PP a current SR family?

We are a current SR family (new to the class of 2028 last year). And I have been very impressed with everything about SR. My daughter really likes it.

For the OP, I recommend that her daughter join a fall sport for sure, even just intramural. They have a lot of options for sports in all 3 seasons. For example, my DD did Learn-to-golf (intramural) in the spring and had fun with it.

Did they just have an active shooter drill?

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Anonymous wrote:What does the school do about these dynamics?

All girls signed a “no place for hate” agreement this year. So the school is definitely trying.

Parents should sign it as well. One of the moms calls teenage girls to get the gossip and discusses other kids AND parents with teenagers. Apparently she does the same thing at her younger son's school as well.