<p>Thanks Arky. I just meant that I know they both don't have the greatest boarding situations and that since they have wonderful riding programs I am willing to sacrifice a little on the other end. Are you at VT as in vermont or Virginia Tech</p>
<p>VT as in Vermont during school vacations...I'm a senior at a boarding school in Massachusetts</p>
<p>^ Oh Okay! I live in Virginia and the first thing that comes to mind when you hear VT is Tech</p>
<p>hank93, just in curiosity, did you develop a feeling of hatred to those who are Koreans by the VT? because if you did, not all Koreans are like that- he is one in a lot of Koreans, such as there are many people who do bad things in America- they exist, but they are just a minority.</p>
<p>Okay, arky.
When do you return to stoneleigh?
Could you give us a deep insight (probably not as long as inspiration08's, but still) about your school?
I think it would mean a lot to students and parents who are looking for the right schools for them/d.</p>
<p>Also, can ANYONE tell me if their school has groupies formed in school?
Like Mean Girls where there are all different and diverse groups.
I have heard that people hang out by race but I want to hear more.
I know that friends are important in education.
If the race group stuff is true, I am doomed.
Cause I like hanging out with international kids, but I am more of a girl who tends to hang out with white and black kids, too.
When I was in U.S. most of my friends except for one or two were White..
Jewish, plain white who is rich because their parents are both lawyers, a blondie....
And there were these Argentina girl and this Brazilian girl.</p>
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When do you return to stoneleigh?
Could you give us a deep insight (probably not as long as inspiration08's, but still) about your school?
I think it would mean a lot to students and parents who are looking for the right schools for them/d.
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<p>I've been back for a couple of weeks now, and it's good to be back :-). </p>
<p>I came here last year as an eleventh grader, I was looking for a school with smaller classes, a different type of atmosphere from my public school at home, and a good riding program. SBS offered all of those. We're a small school - around 30 kids per grade in 9-12, and then the middle school (grades 7 and 8) is much smaller - there are 13 boarders all together, I'm not sure how many day students.</p>
<p>The best thing about the size is the personal attention that we get. Our classes are small - my smallest has four people in it and my biggest has nine or ten. Everyone knows who you are, you can't hide in the background here, and that's nice because I'm naturally really shy and more prone to trying to hide out in the back of the class, which obviously doesn't happen in a class of six people. All of the teachers really care about you here and the houseparents are all really great, you know that they care. </p>
<p>I think that SBS emphasizes finding your voice...which has definitely happened to me while I've been here. Before I never talked in class, I never talked to my teachers, I never held any sort of leadership positions. Here, I feel comfortable to be myself and say what I'm thinking. I talk in class, I talk to my teachers, I talk to my houseparents, I have a close relationship with one of my houseparents, I'm the captain of our riding team, I'm a resident assistant...these kind of things never would have happened to me if I hadn't come here. Here we're encouraged to speak up and be ourselves and it's amazing.</p>
<p>I'm happy with the academics here. The teachers are all great, there really isn't one that I can say I don't like. Classes are fun. We don't sit there staring at the board falling asleep while the teacher lectures. The academic day is pretty normal...check in at breakfast between 7:30 and 7:55, classes start at 8. On Mondays and Thursdays classes end at 3:30, Tuesdays and Fridays they end at 3 and there's a half hour period between 3 and 3:30 for clubs to meet, Wednesdays classes get out at noon because of sports games. Check in on your hallway by 7:15, study hall (for 9-11) from 7:30-9:30, in your rooms, no movie watching, music in headphones, door open, doing homework. 12th grade has quiet hours from 7:30-9:30, middle schoolers have a totally different schedule, there study hall only runs until 9.</p>
<p>After school you're required to participate in a sport - riding, dance, any of the usual sports, the play during winter term. Pretty normal. Our teams do all right. Our riding program is amaaaazing. We have really nice facilities, all our trainers are awesome, and we have nice schoolhorses and room to bring your own horse. We host events and shows throughout the year. I keep my horse here and I love it.</p>
<p>Weekends are pretty normal...there are trips off and on campus offered, we have to check in at brunch between 10 and 12 and at dinner between 5:30 and 6:30. You can make your weekend as busy as you want...if you want to go on trips and go to the activities, you can, if you want to chill out and relax and do your homework, that's fine, too. There are a couple of weeks where there are mandatory bonding activities, but those are like one or two weekends a year. Some people go home a lot, some people don't. There's always going to be someone to hang out with.</p>
<p>This school was the right fit for me and I've had an amazing experience...I'm going to be really sad to leave when I graduate in the spring. This has gotten really long so I'll leave it at that.</p>
<p>OH wow..
Wait. YOu only have like 13 boarding students in the whole school?
Correct me if I am wrong.
Sounds like a great school.
:)</p>
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OH wow..
Wait. YOu only have like 13 boarding students in the whole school?
Correct me if I am wrong.
Sounds like a great school.
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<p>Haha, no! There's only 13 boarding seventh and eighth graders (the only reason I know that exact number is because I'm an RA on their hallway). I'm not sure how many boarders in 9-12 but I think we're around 2/3 boarding, 1/3 day.</p>
<p>onelittlepanda- yes! come to mad!!</p>
<p>my best friend is the girl in the blue sweatpants walking around the oval at about 36 seconds.</p>
<p>my other best friend is the girl in the blue sweater just before the 4 minute mark, talking, and then the first girl appears right after her, with glasses, holding the pink pen to her mouth. </p>
<p>im the girl with the long blonde ponytail adjusting her shirt at 1 min 6 seconds. im sitting next to my best friend from the first two spots i mentioned. im like right between the teacher's head and the paper she's holding.</p>
<p>haha one time we lit a fire in the fireplace right behind us, only we forgot to open the flu and all the smoke came out into the room and the smoke alarms went off. and the dean comes running in yelling "is something on fire?!?" and our teacher is like, "ohhh, NO, we're just...smoking...a bit!" it was hiiilarious. anyway.</p>
<p>groups: yes. day students tend to stick to themselves with a few boarders mixed in, international kids tend to stick to themselves because they like to speak in korean at dinner. there are definite divides, but mostly just because you form a group of friends and then that's your group. all boundaries are crossable- you can talk to anyone or sit with anyone and they'll welcome you.</p>
<p>onelittlepanda, it didn't really give me the impression that all Koreans or even a few of them are messed up, columbine was done by two messed up white guys. But some of the kids in my school were a little prejudicial for a few months afterwards.</p>
<p>Phew!
I am a little relieved.
:)</p>
<p>inspiration08 :
Okay..
If I do not want to talk in Korean during dinner or meal or in anywhere(WHICH IS TRUE FOR ME), will I still be stuck with "the international kids" clique?
I really don't want to be stuck with the international reputation.
I love my heritage and my background and all, but I also want to blend in with caucasians and black and others.
You and your friends are VERY pretty, by the way. I love your black shirt.
Because you are in the back, it's pretty hard to see your face.. But the other body characteristics look similar to the girl with the necklace who talks during the video.. The Catherine girl.
Is the impression and the days of Madeira really like the video?
The video makes your school look like a "picture-perfect" school.
WOW.</p>
<p>hank93, perfectly understandable.
I mean, a person that I know who lives in Texas was so offended by a group of Americans.
She owns a Dairy Queen shop, which is like a place where people sell chicken and burger and all, it's a "chain shop", as people call it.
A group of Americans came in and said "Let's get outta here. She's KOREAN!"
I mean, although she is Korean, she has lived in America for like 50 years.. Her husband is caucasian and her son is also American.
Her citizenship is American. So I' m really worried.</p>
<p>anyone else??</p>
<p>Onelittlepanda, that's terrible! Please don't think all americans have this attitude. It's worse down south but most of my friends are totally unbiased. One of my best friends is Korean. I've never liked Texas anyway.</p>
<p>Hehe..</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>NO! you will not be stuck in the international kids clique. soo many people at madeira would welcome an international student who was a bit more outgoing than many seem to be, who wants to get to know people and speak in english. i think that's great of you, and it will be very very well recieved. </p>
<p>haha thanks for the compliment! yeah, people used to mistake me for catherine and vice versa a lot, especially from the back. she graduated last year. we actually had math together my sophomore year.</p>
<p>obviously, its a promotional video and is meant to paint the school in the best light possible. but in my personal experience, yeah it really is that amazing. of course there are scandals and flaws and bad moments and mean people- its high school! but i love madeira, and all the girls there love it and respect it too, which makes the community a fantastic place to be.</p>
<p>Well.. All I can say is, Go Madeira!
:)</p>
<p>you ladies should consider vivian webb in southern california. it's an all girl boarding/day school about 3 minutes from the claremont colleges. about 200 girls overall. Also on campus is a boys boarding/day school (it's weird, two separate schools, same classes, same campus, same enrollment) and a paleontology museum. If you want to get away from the cold, definitely check it out</p>
<p>gromero - do you have classes with the boys?</p>
<p>Oh, the Webb schools?
Yeah, I wondered why they called it the Webb SCHOOLS.
Now I get it.
Erm... I say too big of a reach.</p>
<p>A quick glance at the Webb web site and it's interesting. They have single sex classes for 9th and 10th grade, co-ed dining, and activities and then by 11th and 12th grade it says it is pretty much co-ed classes too. It is an interesting approach to the whole single gneder classroom debate. I wouldn't consider it truly an "all girls" school. One of the things girls like best about all-girls is the "I can just roll out of bed, not having to worry about how I look" deal. That's not the case in this situation. But the learning part of it as single gender and the social part being co-ed, make it kind of the best of both worlds in many ways.</p>