Parents sharing the process of searching for a school in Greater Philadelphia. What kind of school are you looking for? Charter, public, private, city, suburban?
![3 Parents Share Why They Chose Greene Street Friends [School Selection Report]](http://phillyschoolsearch.com/wp-content/uploads/et_temp/all-school-heart-small-40239_200x200.jpg)
We love the small school experience of Greene Street, the focus on educating the whole person, the excellent sense of community and commitment to diversity and inclusiveness that a relatively low tuition allows. 
We only considered Perelman Jewish Day School 
We were attracted to the reputation for educational quality, particular the emphasis on teaching. We also liked that the values-based education as well the quality of the non-academic programs. 
Last week I visited two schools which lacked diversity at opposite extremes. 
The private school application process includes an old nemesis of mine from high school--the application essay question. I hated the 'tell me about yourself' or 'who would you most want to spend a weekend with and why?' questions from my college application days. I felt compelled not only to produce a piece of good writing, but to also have a "hook"--something that would make me stand out among the multitudes of talented applications. I remember orientation week freshman year in college talking to my peers about what they wrote. One wrote a poem that she folded into an origami swan, another a story of feeding homeless children in Africa. I'm sure that most of you have heard similar anecdotes.
Now here we go again. 
In the book, Critical Issues in Early Second Language Learning, Myriam Met collected a series of essays and studies on foreign language study in early childhood
Len Lipkin
PSS Community