by NYC Private Schools on March 15, 2010
With tightened budgets, many young families are struggling with the decision to put their young child in a NYC Private School or start them in a public school and assist in their educational development as much as possible.
One group of parents recently gathered to talk about their upcoming choices for education beyond the preschool years and into university years ahead.
We can pay for Private School, but it will mean that there’s nothing left to put aside for college. I’m not sure I can justify spending all that money now and then when its time for college have nothing to give our kids. If I save now, I can afford to put money away for college while they are in public school.
That reasoning has been repeated by worried parents all across the nation in recent years. For many, the choice seems like a trade – a This or That but not Both scenario. It is not quite that simple, however. The basics that are laid forth now in your child’s formative academic years are the groundwork for a lifetime of loving to learn, knowing how to learn and wanting to excel. The early years are important, vitally so, and the best possible education is a gift that every young child can take with them to middle school, high school, college years and Grad school and beyond.
My daughter attends private school and what’s more important to me NOW is her education. We do try to save a little for college, but realistically they will have to explore their financial options for college in the future. Their time is now; college is where they will reap the rewards of their hard work and learn the meaning of financial aid.
Private School Education during the early years provides a solid foundation and basis for good work habits and advanced academic training
by NYC Private Schools on March 14, 2010
There is, without a doubt, a faction of parents who measure their own worth by the position their children are in. The more prestigious the school, the more prestigious the family. Likewise, there have been some parents that have shown a great reluctance to tell which school their child is attending simply because it wasn’t a Top Tier. So many times consultants and professionals try to stress the importance of matching the right school to the right child, but occasionally that philosophy falls upon deaf ears. The real problem, however, is when the children themselves overhear and take on a philosophy of elitism.
In a current AdmissionsQuest Blog, this situation was discussed as well how it may appear to others who overhear it and are affected by the views.
Other children are in schools where the majority of their peers are continuing on to public school, and their desire to go to an independent school is baffling at best and considered a sign of elitism at worst.
We encouraged our children to be open and honest about the schools they were considering but also to be sensitive to how they frame their desire to go to boarding school. We firmly believe the kids (and indeed all of us) end up in their right place.
A young public school friend of mine was recently told by a friend “I’m going to boarding school so I can be with other people like me.” Naturally my friend’s feelings were hurt. We encouraged our children to talk about finding the school that is the right fit for them, rather than suggest that one school is better than another. That said, parents and children need to be comfortable knowing that the school that is the right fit for them may not be the most prestigious or the one with the most social cache.
A part of educating our children is in helping them understand that they are individuals with unique needs and skills. They cannot be encouraged to grown and learn in only one area when the truth is that they may learn best in a completely different way and have a specialized skill that is best taught in a particular skill, not necessarily the most popular school.
Especially now, that acceptance letters are being mailed, counsel your children to be diplomatic about their discussions of Private School and stay mindful of the importance of the right school for each child.
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