Anything to increase chances for 7th grade child?

[NEMama]

One more soccer question,

@one1ofeach

@NEMama

Thanks for the reply. I understand that it’s DA rules that preclude a player from playing HS, but I was responding to where you said earlier that an impact player would be of ECNL caliber. ECNL isn’t an option for us, and DA isn’t of interest, precisely because of the HS issue. I just meant that if being an NPL player means my daughter isn’t considered strong enough for a prep school, then that’s okay too, and she’d probably choose public HS at that point. Playing sports is very important to her. However, it doesn’t sound like that’s necessarily the case (that an NPL player would never be considered “good enough”), so I guess she’ll just see.

Thanks for the insight about the challenges with playing NPL in the spring, running track, and keeping up with studies. Definitely something to consider. She is meticulous with her studies. I suspect she will apply for admission, see if she is indeed admitted, and then make tough choices if offered admission.

As for the community service, our GS troop is definitely not one where parents do the project for their girls, but even so, her other community service has been outside of her silver award project. She really enjoys it, and I’ll encourage her to keep at it.

Thanks for all the helpful insight.

She sounds very much like my kids. They started looking at private schools because they were so annoyed by the way other kids in public treated the whole concept of school.

This is exactly how we got here. She loves school and learning. Truly. She is annoyed with the general apathy at her school and how little education is valued. This would be a huge change for our family, but I support her.

And that’s not a knock on anyone. My younger child’s favorite subject is recess. I love them both dearly, but I get where my daughter is coming from.