Anonymous
11/20/2025 15:27
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Anonymous wrote:Are there multiple parent volunteers every day staffing recess and lunch, the get the student:teacher ratio down?
Or is it only a 1-2 day per week thing that parents volunteer to chaperone lunch and recess?
Do kids end up in the nurses office often after recess? (serious question; read other DCUM threads about this topic in the MCPS forum).
Volunteers are not staff so there are no guarantees when it comes to numbers and timing.
Anonymous
11/20/2025 15:23
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Are there multiple parent volunteers every day staffing recess and lunch, the get the student:teacher ratio down?
Or is it only a 1-2 day per week thing that parents volunteer to chaperone lunch and recess?
Do kids end up in the nurses office often after recess? (serious question; read other DCUM threads about this topic in the MCPS forum).
Or is it only a 1-2 day per week thing that parents volunteer to chaperone lunch and recess?
Do kids end up in the nurses office often after recess? (serious question; read other DCUM threads about this topic in the MCPS forum).
Anonymous
11/12/2025 13:27
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Anonymous wrote:PP again:
Can anyone speak to what lunch and recess are like, with only 4-5 adults supervising?
It’s a bit like Lord of the Flies.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 10:48
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Anonymous wrote:PP again:
Can anyone speak to what lunch and recess are like, with only 4-5 adults supervising?
When my kid was RH (which was a few years and a couple of principals ago fwiw) a lot of parents volunteered to help with lunch and recess.
We also decided to send lunch because the lunch line was so long that even just buying milk meant you might not have time to eat.
Other than that, it was fine— really better than we expected given the number of kids.
Anonymous
11/12/2025 10:12
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
PP again:
Can anyone speak to what lunch and recess are like, with only 4-5 adults supervising?
Can anyone speak to what lunch and recess are like, with only 4-5 adults supervising?
Anonymous
10/25/2025 11:11
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Private recruiting is strong in this forum.
They probably didn't reach their numbers as they expected this Spring post Jan 2025.
Hardly, Gongaza's 2029 is overenrolled. Biggest class in their history.
Isn’t Gonazaga a prestigious all boys high school? You do realize that Rosemary Hills is for boys and girls in grafes K-2, right?
Anonymous
10/25/2025 09:04
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
My child went to RH pre Covid so not totally relevant.
Lunch and recess were by grade. All K ate lunch together, then had recess together. My daughter is very outgoing and loved it. It could be overwhelming for a quieter or shy child.
There were 8 classes of 25 in K when she attended. it is alot of kids.
She loved riding the bus to school.
My daughter had 2 amazing teachers and one okay teacher. Considering teachers are a mixed bag I was pretty happy with this result.
I really liked the K-2 setup.
Downsides
25 kids with only one teacher is just too much for K. Even the most experienced teacher cannot give this many children the attention needed in this type of transition year.
Tech. Also very teacher dependent. Some used it a lot more than others.
My biggest complaints regarding my child’s time at Rosemary Hills are not about the school, but the curriculum.
In retrospect, the early reading and math curriculum is awful. I sometimes think my child would have been better served at any private school with any other curriculum!
Lunch and recess were by grade. All K ate lunch together, then had recess together. My daughter is very outgoing and loved it. It could be overwhelming for a quieter or shy child.
There were 8 classes of 25 in K when she attended. it is alot of kids.
She loved riding the bus to school.
My daughter had 2 amazing teachers and one okay teacher. Considering teachers are a mixed bag I was pretty happy with this result.
I really liked the K-2 setup.
Downsides
25 kids with only one teacher is just too much for K. Even the most experienced teacher cannot give this many children the attention needed in this type of transition year.
Tech. Also very teacher dependent. Some used it a lot more than others.
My biggest complaints regarding my child’s time at Rosemary Hills are not about the school, but the curriculum.
In retrospect, the early reading and math curriculum is awful. I sometimes think my child would have been better served at any private school with any other curriculum!
Anonymous
10/25/2025 08:32
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Anonymous wrote:This exact question was pondered by my parents in 1980, and he how I ended up in private school. We were middle class, government worker, but they valued education.
You again?
Anonymous
10/25/2025 08:07
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Private recruiting is strong in this forum.
They probably didn't reach their numbers as they expected this Spring post Jan 2025.
Hardly, Gongaza's 2029 is overenrolled. Biggest class in their history.
Anonymous
10/25/2025 07:57
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
This exact question was pondered by my parents in 1980, and he how I ended up in private school. We were middle class, government worker, but they valued education.
Anonymous
10/25/2025 07:44
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Families at RHPS who volunteer during the school day:
How many kids eat lunch and do recess at a time? And, how many adults are there supervising each (including volunteers)?
The principal said the required max ratio outdoors is 50:1, and that blows my mind.
How many kids eat lunch and do recess at a time? And, how many adults are there supervising each (including volunteers)?
The principal said the required max ratio outdoors is 50:1, and that blows my mind.
Anonymous
10/24/2025 12:10
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Any feedback from today’s open house?
Anonymous
08/07/2025 18:29
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
Just looking for feedback on the school from more sets of parents whose children currently attend or have recently attended (last few years).
I’d rather leave this open ended.
I’d rather leave this open ended.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 09:49
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
What info are you looking for? Happy to answer your questions.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 07:18
Subject: Rosemary Hills or Private?
OP here. Would love to hear more feedback about RHPS from families whose children have attended since 2022.