Athletics
Strengths
Lots of options, good coaches, and good sportsmanship.
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Better communication between directors and coaches.
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Swimming. Loved the coaching staff and the team, so many laughs. Jason Lu
Science Department
Strengths
Really great instructors, amazing lab access, and lots of supplies for interesting experiments.
Areas of improvements
Better office hours availability
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Sustainability and Climate Change Mrs. McLane
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Math Department
Strengths
Lots of flexibility for students with different levels of mastery, good office hours.
Areas of improvements
Teachers who can all explain topics clearly.
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Advanced Calculus 1. Loved my teacher (Ms. Anastos) and learned a lot.
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History Department
Strengths
Lots of resources, teachers who are passionate about their work.
Areas of improvements
More cohesion and communication of coursework and grade standards.
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Advanced US History.
Favorite book or work studied
Reconstruction. Super interesting and relevant topic to injustices today.
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English Department
Strengths
Leading thought provoking discussions, offering feedback, and great availability during office hours
Areas of improvements
More cohesion among teachers with coursework, grading schemes, and books read.
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Advanced Humanities Mr. Ritt and Mr. MacDonald
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Brave New World. Thought provoking, relevant to society today, and sparked an examination of my life.
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College Counseling
Strengths
Good communication, accurate and informative advice, meeting students where they’re at, and mediating testy relationships between students and parents.
Areas of improvements
Some counselors were extremely unorganized, which is not ideal for counseling.
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Strenuous coursework at Potomac prepared me for college level work, which is the same, if not easier. Time management skills too.
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Not a course but just the experience as a whole.
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Administration
Strengths
Good communication, informative emails
Areas of improvements
Advocating for students, listening to marginalized students.
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Overall
Strengths
Connecting students with big opportunities, small class sizes, good connections with faculty and staff, and a great education.
Areas of improvements
Listening to students’ concerns and addressing instances of discrimination.
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Rigorous coursework, lots of extracurricular opportunities, and small class sizes.
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Ms. Wong. Amazing mentor, extremely empathetic, great educator, made efforts to get to know all students.
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Advanced Ethics (Dr. Metz)
Advanced US History (Mr. von Glahn)
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Athletics
Strengths
Spirit, support
Areas of improvements
Appreciating undervalued sports
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Indoor track with Coach Dwyer/Valmon. Best vibes! Such a family feeling
Arts Department
Strengths
Great studios, great educators, never said never, could realize any dream
Areas of improvements
It’s perfect!
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Architecture (and art history)! It sparked a lifelong love (I’m still studying it) There were no limits and the studio setting is just like college art programs
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Rodin, great writer and sculptor
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Science Department
Strengths
Caring teachers, cool facilities
Areas of improvements
Good enough!
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Biodiversity, may have changed my life, I learned so much and spent more time outside
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Math Department
Strengths
Smart teachers, good curriculum, people love to hate but it’s not that bad
Areas of improvements
Homework needs to be mandatory. That would solve all their issues
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Extended geometry, Mr. Long is funny
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History Department
Strengths
Great curriculum, progressive,
Areas of improvements
Explain more how to improve
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ADVUSH, learned the real us history and considered historiography and the role of class
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Readings by Eric Hobsbawn
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English Department
Strengths
They cared about teaching, read good books, very smart teachers
Areas of improvements
They could have pushed me a bit harder or demanded more? Not much to complain about
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Adv. Humanities: The Waste Land was my favorite course I’ve ever taken, very high academic level of analysis and cultural criticism. Hard workload but manageable
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TS Eliot’s The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock
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College Counseling
Strengths
Helping us
Areas of improvements
Need to get better at their jobs, told me I wouldn’t get into my university. I did. and it seems like they encourage people to commit to worse schools just so they can be done with the process
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I’m in the hardest major here and it’s easier than Potomac. The level of writing expected in 100 level classes is far lower than adv history or English at potomac
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Adv. Humanities, Art history, Adv British women’s literature, Comp gov
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Administration
Strengths
Passionate
Areas of improvements
Poor orators, racist vibe
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Overall
Strengths
Good community, felt like family
Areas of improvements
idk
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The core values are real!
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Tie between Mr. Morgan and Mr. Ritt. Both always pushed me to do, explore and learn more. Told me I could do anything then showed me how. I also love Sr. Shannon and think about his musings on culture, film, and Jung daily
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Comp gov changed how I think about the world, debate changed how I speak about the world, advanced Spanish literature made me cultured
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