The Rumors About Private School are True

The Rumors About Private School are True
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What is private school really like? Is there any truth to the rumors you keep hearing? Let's find out.
You want the best possible education for your child. The local school district is reasonably good but is facing some drastic budget cuts next year and, as far as you can tell, probably for many years after that. You don't want to sacrifice your child's educational opportunities neither do you want to spend money needlessly on other options, such as private school or homeschooling.
 
Private school makes sense on so many levels because everything's there. The facilities, the staff, the activities, the academics - the lot. Homeschooling is certainly doable, but the onus is on you to track everything and make sure all the paperwork is completed and submitted and approved.
 
So, what about some of those rumors you have heard about private school? Well, those rumors are indeed true.
 
They are not just for rich kids any more.  Decades ago you might have been able to make a case that some - but certainly not all - private schools were just for the children of privileged, wealthy families. Interestingly enough, most of the top American private schools started with very altruistic motives and aspirations. They were committed to creating a better society populated with skilled citizens who could think and reason.
 
In the 21st century the pendulum has swung back to those idealistic roots. There's hardly a private school out there which doesn't have diversity as one of its top priorities. That means school now proactively seek out applicants from every quarter of society. Not just the kids who folks have a country club membership.

They offer all kinds of educational philosophies. Public schools are required to teach a state-mandated curriculum. Furthermore they are required to test their students at various points using state-approved tests. As a result, a large part of the teaching is focused on preparing for those tests. And there are certain subjects which may not be taught, depending on the local jurisdiction's philosophy and politics.
 
Private schools, on the other hand, can teach anything they want, any way they want. So, for example, if you want a religious component to your child's education, you will be able to have that in a private school. Each private school is unique with only a couple of exceptions. The Cristo Rey and the Carden schools, for example, will offer pretty much the same curriculum and teaching approach across all their schools. Otherwise, private schools are unique and individual in their approaches to curriculum and how they teach it. That uniqueness is just part of private schools' DNA.

Private school academic courses cover a lot of ground.  Guilty as charged. Of course, it's not quite that simple. But essentially private schools, because they have fewer students per class, can move through the academic material much more quickly than is possible when you have a class size of 25-30 children. Very little valuable teaching time is spent dealing with discipline or bureaucracy. Private school teachers get to teach. And the students they are teaching want to learn. As a result, you can cover a lot of academic ground under those circumstances.
 
As you begin to explore and evaluate private schools, you will have to decide which approach and which academic curriculum works best for your child. There are a host of variables to sift through. The end result is that you should with any luck be able to find a school which satisfies most of your requirements and gives your child that educational foundation she so richly deserves.

Sports programs and extracurricular activities don't get cut. The problem with public school budgets is that the so-called extras or non-essential programs are the first to be deleted from the budget. Unfortunately sports and extracurricular activities fall into the broad category of non-essential programs.
 
Private schools take the view that sports, extracurriculars and academics are essential to developing a balanced approach to education. Playing on an intramural team or even a varisty team sharpens young people. Same thing with singing in a chorus or being in a play. These are formative experiences which your child you look back on with great affection and gratitude.

Private schools offer generous financial aid. I have saved the best rumor for the last. Over the past decade in particular one school after another has stepped up to the plate and put substantial amounts of money on the line for financial aid. They want a diverse student body. They know that if they just leave the doors open to only those who can afford, then their applicant pool will be limited.
 
The financial aid programs vary widely, so you will have to ask for particulars. If a school has an income-blind financial aid program, as many do, they will advertise that fact where everybody can see it on their splash pages. You will have to submit tax returns and other financial data. But even that is done discreetly through a special organization which handles private school financial aid requests for hundreds of schools.

Now that you see that the rumors are true, why not do a bit of exploring and see if private school isn't the right option for your child? Good luck!

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Baby cloths is a high dollar item but why trash them when they can be washed like his unforms. And say it's not there problem. So I'm tired of all Barry Winhold the son's games. I have meeting's with my companys that I'm CEO at. Sometimes running late to drop off my baby calling ahead to tell Barry the Son that I'm going to be late. So Barry is a child and he safety-cones off in front of the School and makes me and my child walk if I can find parking. I always watch and all his friends when there late they drive right up to the front door. Never Safety cone them. More games that I'm tired of. This is about my child. This is not about Daddy. I'm glad for the internet so I can tell other parents so you don't waste money and your time. Both of those we don't have alot of. I'm tired of all the head games between Barry the son and parents like myself. The way I see this is if Barry is playing head-games with the parent just what kind-of games are being played out with the child inside the school..."I HAVE NO CLUE' playing Mr.dick-tatter.but I'm tired of all the games. Thanks Internet for letting me post this. Most of you may had better luck. Great for you but for not for us! I watch my child close. Most just drop off there child and never see problems.I have dropped off my child clean and when I would pick him up he had lots of pooh inside of his underwear like maybe he never was changed and give him to me like that when I picked him up and when I said something I was made a fool of like as if I planted pooh on my child. Yes I was mad and still am. its not the winhold way.nThe golden door where you drop- off your child and you have no clue as to what is taken place inside. I potty trained my child he is great when we go places he says daddy I did to potty and he never poohs on his self. But back at Winhold School he has accidents on his self. So why is this accident happing at his School maybe the person that takes my child to potty is just to lazy and forgets about him. Daddy has a problem and calls Barry Winhold and starts talking about the problem when Barry talks right over and keeps talking over me. I call that disrespect. When I the Daddy the person that pays his bills so the winholds can have lights and other things.will not let me talk. Barry just keeps talking over what I had to say. So I hung up the phone and called him again and he was still talking over me like what I the Daddy had to say was not worth nothing. Barry why disrespect people like talk over them? Barry, why be a jerk? Meaning when a parent calls about a small problem you need to let them talk. Not push people away. When people have something to say let them talk. Do not try to out talk them. They have something to say and you need to hear and SHUT-UP. Barry Winhold you need to learn to let people vent if your going to act like a manager you need to learn to take the heat. Not jump and act a fool. Because your Barry. With that being said you will run good people away like you have us. You can keep all the people you can twist around your fingers. Maybe your mad because we don't twist. Sorry Barry Winhold I will set-out a few hours out of my busy day to tell the truth about how great Winhold Montessori School is. But not Barry Winhold. The school would run 1000u0025 better without Barry Winhold. I'm a Successful Businessman and within all my Companys I never hire family members because problem after problem always a huge mistake they think up a tactic no average worker will think-up and if I say no then it becomes a challenge then the whole family is mad. And just may hurt Schedules & Figures. So when I see a family run Business they may have one bad apple bringing a bad impression on all the other apples. Sometimes a bad apple will need removed. Me and My wife have talked this over and our child will not be returning to Winhold Montessori School. 17555 South Dixie Highway, Palmetto Bay, FL 33157 (Dissatisfied).","can_remove":false,"created_time":"2012-02-01T16:54:45+0000","like_count":0,"user_likes":false},{"id":"10151165053885441_30121682","from":{"name":"Cynthia Williamson","id":"703231670"},"message":"Nothing beats a good public school.","can_remove":false,"created_time":"2012-02-02T17:44:53+0000","like_count":0,"user_likes":false}],"paging":{"next":"https://graph.facebook.com/10151165053885441/comments?limit=25&offset=25&__after_id=10151165053885441_30121682"}}}}

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