D, E, F

Depth. Private schools pride themselves on having a deep curriculum. What does that mean? They have the resources to offer a rich variety of courses including advanced level courses.  While this is especially true in the upper grades, even at the lower grades, private school have the flexibility within the daily schedule for teachers, individually and across disciplines,  to delve deeper into a subject matter. This depth of academic experience positions private school students for academic success in college. All we need to do is to point to a young Bill Gates whose private school gave him access to an early computer rarely available to even colleges. 

Extracurricular activities. Private schools have the financial resources to offer a wide breadth of activities outside the classroom from sports to the arts to STEAM to community service. The value of these opportunities in enriching the private school students’ daily life and future academic pursuits is obvious. 

Future academic goals.  Parents may elect to send their children to private schools to gain a strong academic foundation, access to extracurriculars or even a community of well-connected alumni.  However, as I mentioned earlier, caution should be taken in choosing private school education as a conduit to admission to an elite college.