VandVsmama
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She’s ok now but only has 1 or 2 friends at school.How is your daughter now? Did she make friends?
She’s ok now but only has 1 or 2 friends at school.How is your daughter now? Did she make friends?
That's all you need! Does she hang out with them outside of school?She’s ok now but only has 1 or 2 friends at school.
Do you mind elaborating on your 8th grade experience? Sounds like it might be similar to our situation. Entertaining moving or a private school.
If it’s a private school, I would be shocked if they don’t have shadow days. I’d look into it ASAP as this is the key time for shadowing.
ETA: is the private school 9-12, or K-12? Some private schools are really small. I’d be more apt to go for a school that is strictly a high school so you have an entirely new 9th grade student body.
Idk if it’s a catholic hs you’re considering, but if it is they’ll take a placement exam, usually sometime in November or December on a Saturday. I even think the school out of state held theirs the end of this month. It’s the same test across catholic schools in the nation.
We moved a few times when I was a kid; the worst was the summer between 8th and 9th grade. I was miserable, never had good friends in high school, and it changed the vision I had for my life for quite a while.
I went to a Catholic Archdiocese school from K to 6. In the later 60s/early 70s, it was the norm for a “public” kid transferring to Catholic school to have to repeat the grade they just finished. Supposedly the Catholic schools had higher standards than Philadelphia public schools and the Archdiocese didn’t want publics to fall behind.I didn't move, but I did change from public to a private church run school my Freshman year. Just didn't work out. The private schools class schedules were way out of wack with the public schools. I had to take summer school to catch back up. Because I didn't move, that was the only impact, as my friends were still around, I just didn't go to the same school as them for a year.
My daughter's school/shadow visit is actually what moved her opinion of making the switch to the new school. She met a few really nice kids (the ones who sign up for shadowing always are), realized they were pretty much just like her & she decided to leave her old school & friends behind. As far your/her frustrations with the application, visit, test, interview essay, etc process? It's good practice for when she applies for college. Ours is in the midst of applying for 10 schools she really wants to go to (lol) & it's a slog & a halfShe's in a public school now. Just now looking into private schools in the area. Yeah, it's a whole thing to get in - application, visit, test, interview, essay...ugh.
Curious, was that 3000, 350, and 3500 school size (9-12 or 7-12) or was that class size? I didn't move, but my school size was over 2000 but our schools are all only 2 classes. So I moved 5 school buildings, but only once in 3rd grade from one location to another. The rest were the same kids moving to different school buildings after all the elementary once combined for Jr. high school.I went to 3 different HS's in the late '70's. Would have been 4 but my mom out here foot down and my dad didn't transfer and stayed put. 3000,, 350, and 3500 students each.
It wasn't too bad, It allowed me to reinvent myself each time and get more and more weird, in a good way. Remains a high performing student, all honor courses, as well as lots of extracurricular activities.
Only down side was I ended up becoming one of those undesirable Legacy Fans.
Grades 9-12. Class size. Oak Park, IL (73); Reedsburg, WI (74); Downers Grove, IL (75-76)Curious, was that 3000, 350, and 3500 school size (9-12 or 7-12) or was that class size?
Wow, I had a lot of kids in my class at near 1000. 3500 kids is insane.Grades 9-12. Class size. Oak Park, IL (73); Reedsburg, WI (74); Downers Grove, IL (75-76)
If you’re looking at catholic schools, like PP said it is a small nuisance but good prep for later. (I only know catholic schools from experience, but I’m sure other private schools are similar.)She's in a public school now. Just now looking into private schools in the area. Yeah, it's a whole thing to get in - application, visit, test, interview, essay...ugh.
She chats regularly outside of school w/her friends, but they don't really hang out. It's a charter school, so everybody lives sort of all over the place. None of her friends live in our neighborhood, for example.That's all you need! Does she hang out with them outside of school?