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Walt Whitman High School

3.5(2 reviews)
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I went to this school at the end of the Seventies and graduated in 1980. I made many friends. I…read morewould say it was better than other schools nearby at the time I went there for academics but also because of the unique landscape and architecture that was destroyed in a teardown and rebuild project which came ten years after I graduated. We had a domed arena that was in the style of Finnish architect Ero Saarinen and was great to play sports in. The principal was pretty good: Dr. Jerome Marco-he served a long time and had the current Football field named after him. He didn't like underage drinking so he got rid of the Rugby team which was a club sport-not varsity. That team became the Maryland Exiles thanks to Dan Soso who kept it going. I did academics with great teachers like Bari Bergman for English, Speech and Drama but sports was really what I was into at the time. We had arguably the best football team in the history of the school. I played each season. We were not undefeated in the regular season but 9-1 then lost the state AA Championship-our QB got injured in the semifinal. The 2003 team went 10-0 but lost their first playoff game that makes us better in my opinion. Our coach, Rich Cameron was good. He had us in the wishbone offense that just could not be stopped. Our rugby team won tournaments-the coach was John Haberman. I also wrestled. That was more fun than anything. Many of the students have gone on to great careers and spread out across the country nowadays. We had great colors and a great mascot but I do not agree with the gender equity changes made to our mascot. Our Colors were Black, White and Columbia Blue. We were the Vikings and we had a great Viking but nowadays any depiction of our Viking must be accompanied by a Lady Viking. I went to our reunion and saw Lady Viking drawings which we did not have. If you want to have Lady Viking Drawings in 2013 O.K. but we did not have them in 1980 so don't go back and try to re-write history. Cafeteria food was good. We even had a salad bar which I used in wrestling season. We always had a weight room open after school. Other notable teachers were Mr. Cleary-English and Yearbook, Jack Freeman-JV Football and Al Patini-Driver's Education, Mr. Peters and Mr. Debone-gym, Hugh Hammet-Tennis Coach, Ms. Linda Niedbalski and Melanie Sorg-Biology, Mrs. Trebor-Home Economics, Ms. Guiterrez-English, Ms. Cummings-English. Some great teachers have names I forgot-sorry. This was a high school you would want to go to. 4 stars.

I went to Whitman and had mixed opinions. I enjoyed the activities and classes I chose, but the…read morepeople really brought it down a notch. It's definitely very challenging academically. It either pushes students to excel or burns them out and causes them to give up. It just depends on each students ability to handle stress. Even so, the school has a class, activity, friend group, caring teacher for everyone.

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Rochambeau The French International School

3.1(16 reviews)
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I started at WIS and moved on to Rochambeau for first grade in 1992 (There was no birthday cutoff…read moredate). The admissions process was extremely straightforward, even though my mother was a single parent who spoke no French. I stayed from first grade until 10th grade when my family moved out of state. Rochambeau provided me with a quality education, additional tutoring when my mom couldn't keep up with homework, and an extremely diverse close-knit community. The student body and teachers were extremely diverse with a significant contingent coming from Africa and the Middle East/Maghreb. Previous reviewers mentioned an English program that was lacking. My mother and grand parents supplemented lightly over the years, which I found to be more than sufficient. There was also mention of a bias against Americans. Again, that was not my experience (even though my first grade teacher spoke not one word of English). In fact, I was consistently a very good student and was both pushed and called out when I wasn't trying my hardest. Finally, regarding college admissions and prep, my mother sent me to the same tutor that all the other prep school kids went to. Doing math in English felt weird at first, but SAT math is hardly rocket science. The foundation I received at Rochambeau is what allowed me to attend an Ivy League university, and pursue graduate studies (on a full scholarship) in France. I'm hardly the exception: the slacker who sat next to me in first grade (yeah we all still know each other) got a PHD in math at Harvard. I'm no longer affiliated with the school in any way, but I truly hope that families will look past the complete lack of marketing and give Rochambeau a chance. Joanna Busby.

The teachers here are great - and they are the reason why the school is as good as it is. But…read moreeverything starts at the top and the Head of School not only has no background in education or business but is not held accountable by the Board for all her massive, messy errors. She hires like minded people that are just nasty. Turnover in the administration is shockingly high; and sadly it's the good people that leave. Something like 7 people quit this year? And it's a small team. If management could be replaced with someone who enjoys the job, and parents and children, this school would be top in area.

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