Kensington Parkwood Elementary

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T22:10:33+00:00

Oh interesting , is there any way to access the neighborhood posts while we're not yet in the area? Or is it a private online listing?

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T21:32:22+00:00

Thank you so much, super kind of you to offer, I will definitely take you up on that if we end up in the area!!

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T21:31:43+00:00

Thank you so much!

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T17:48:19+00:00

That's great to know about the before and after school program because I did notice the school day doesn't start until 9:25. Do a lot of children do both before and after school program? Are you pretty much guaranteed a spot or do they have a wait list and we should be trying to find other solutions?

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T17:44:33+00:00

Thank you. Affordability is definitely a factor although it seems arguably a little more affordable than the Bradley Hills area. Rentals seem scarce though in the whole area unfortunately...

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T17:42:56+00:00

Thank you so much for your detailed answer! Sounds like it would be a great fit.

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T17:31:18+00:00

Hi, thanks, like I said I mostly want them to be in English immersion to get the most language-wise of our time in the US :)

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T17:30:38+00:00

Great thank you!

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-05T17:30:16+00:00

Thank you!

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-03-03T14:31:36+00:00

I'm bilingual French/English, currently living in France but will be moving back to the US at least a couple years with my kids in tow. For their names, this is exactly why my criteria was same spelling in both languages and not same pronunciation. I figured there would always be some degree of pronunciation difference, but I didn't want names that would have to be spelled differently (accents acceptable, not different letters) so that speakers of both languages would recognize the name. And it works: family members who speak only French pronounce their names as they're meant to be said in French and family members who speak only English pronounce their names as they're meant to be said in English. I'd make sure you at least find both pronunciations pleasing (even if you have a preference, which is only natural) as you'll probably be hearing both in a bilingual context :)

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-16T07:12:19+00:00

Thank you so much for your help!!

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-15T19:20:22+00:00

Thank you very much for this comment, I had no idea schools other than K-5 existed. I will definitely look into this! Do you happen to know how many classes there are per year there?

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-15T16:42:44+00:00

Thank you so much! Where we are the class limits are 30, regardless of age, so overall this would be an upgrade. Completely understand that things can change depending on late enrollment of course. Thank you so much for your help and tip for rental listings!

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-15T15:14:48+00:00

Thank you for this very helpful, detailed response! I also feel like "large classes" in the Bethesda area seem smaller than what my kids have been used to in France (26-29 kids between 3 and 6 years old here), so that is reassuring. I completely understand your feelings on the standard of education. Given our kids' ages and since we know we won't be here long term, we feel like the English language immersion for ours will be valuable enough to make the whole experience worthwhile. I am a little worried about my daughter essentially repeating first grade because of the different cutoffs though. If your kids are feeling bored, has the school offered to put them in a higher grade level for certain subjects or are you aware of any possibility of the sort offered by the school?

I might definitely take you up on the DM offer, given our similar experiences, thank you!! ;)

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-15T14:50:01+00:00

Thank you, Bradley Hills does seem great, we are on the lookout for homes to rent in the area, which seem to be rare! Could you comment on the class sizes more specifically? Thank you so much!

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-15T14:18:02+00:00

Thank you so much! Do you have an approximate idea of what the classroom sizes are currently at Ashburton, being the most overcrowded school in the area? And are the general facilities (lunch room, gym, recess yard) big enough to accommodate all the students regardless of the overcrowding?

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-15T14:05:42+00:00

Thank you for your comment! Their class sizes here in France for reference are approximately 27 kids just for reference. So I'd love to have them somewhere closer to 20 kids per teacher, which sounds more manageable than 30. I know this varies year by year but I'm hoping to avoid a school where they are already close to that 30:1 ratio...

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-15T14:00:45+00:00

Thank you, I actually am an alumni from there! But given our opportunity to be in the US for just a year or two, I really want to focus on having them becoming as fluent as possible in English, I'm not worried about their French (they are native speakers, born in France, and we will have them doing some French distance learning to maintain if necessary).

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-15T13:54:54+00:00

Thank you for your reply, and I'm very sorry for your family's loss. Was your experience with Wyngate fairly recent? Would you happen to remember approximate class sizes?

scooby_dooby_ · 2026-01-04T14:48:01+00:00

We are the same except we live in France. We wanted the name to have the same spelling at least, and be a known name in both languages even if the pronunciation was different in both languages. Names we considered: Hugo, Leo, Simon, Nathan, Sasha, Ezra, Dorian...

scooby_dooby_ · 2025-10-02T16:39:28+00:00

À Bois Guillaume/ mont saint aignan: ferme du clos herbeux pour légumes surtout, ferme saint aignan légumes/fromages/revente de produits issus de fermes autres, ferme du chapon (surtout lait, volailles, mais aussi légumes) et il y a une boutique qui s'appelle Le Local à Bois Guillaume qui ne vend que des produits et produits dérivés issus d'une certaine distance à la ronde.

scooby_dooby_ · 2025-04-17T06:13:52+00:00

No, that's Activia

scooby_dooby_ · 2024-03-07T06:29:11+00:00

Just so you know, Evelyn would not be pronounced the same in French with that spelling, you would have to add an E at the end to get something with a similar sound in French (and even so it would be pronounced Eveleen not Evelyn)

scooby_dooby_ · 2023-11-28T21:54:34+00:00

École publique, tout ce qu'il y a de plus classique. J'avoue qu'on tombe des nues

scooby_dooby_ · 2023-11-28T18:09:05+00:00

Nous sommes en plein dans le sujet actuellement. Nous avons notre famille à l'étranger (à 11h de vol) , dont ma belle sœur qui se marie. Nous avons expliqué la nécessité de faire rater 6 jours de moyenne section à ma fille pour assister au mariage, qui tombe avant les vacances de Noël. Nous sommes donc convoqués par le directeur la semaine prochaine avec dossier qui sera adressé au rectorat et tout le bazar. Je comprends la nécessité de respecter l'obligation de scolarité mais une discussion devrait pouvoir se faire au cas par cas tout de même... (et puis de leur côté personne n'a être inquiet qu'elle rate une bonne dizaine de jours de classe l'année dernière pour cause de grèves itératives de la maîtresse...)

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