Our daughter has been attending ESD since kindergarten. She has been so blessed to receive the best education available, certainly in the DFW area, probably in Texas and possibly in the nation. The school's balanced focus on academics, athletics, faith, community and service, etc, create an unmatch
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Posted by a parent on 11/11/08
My children have been enrolled at ESD for the past year. Rigorous academics, close personal attention, satisfying extracurricular opportunities, and a warm and continuing welcome have characterized their experience. ESD has exceeded our high hopes and expectations.
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Posted by a parent on 09/10/08
Attending ESD has been the best choice I have ever made in my life. The faculty are great and are always there to teach the students. The students themselves are open and very accepting of new students. The campus is beautiful, and the school spirit is phenomonal.
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Posted by a student on 07/06/08
ESD is overrated. Our child entered ESD in 9th grade. Accademically, good challenge for our bright child and, plenty of AP courses. Socially, ESD does a poor job of assimilating new students - limited social events, mostly on campus in Commons area which is too small for social events. In 3 years,
... Read more our child has not made any close friends like he did in prior school. Long-attending students seem to stick together. Disappointed in administration response to concerns. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/16/08
When we relocated to Dallas, we considered St. Marks and ESD. Son chose ESD ;as it was coed. Excellent experience, but there seems to be a tendency to look the other way in the admissions process and in discipline to wealthy children. Not conducive to a superior academic environment. It is good, but
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Posted by a parent on 06/24/07
ESD is perhaps one of the best schools for preparing young people for college and the real world. With an emphasis on making your son or daughter into a well-rounded individual, the school is one of the best private schools in Dallas.
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Posted by a parent on 04/03/06
My child has attended the Episcopal School of Dallas since she was in Pre-K and will be graduating next year. She has had an incredible experience and participated in the multitude of clubs, activities and sports that the school has to offer. She has developed personal relationships with her teachers,
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Posted by a student on 08/09/05
ESD is an excellent academic environment that encourages the students to excel. The student to teacher ratio is outstanding.
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Posted by a former student on 08/06/05
This school is a model of teacher excellence, parental involvement, high standards of academic expectations, arts and humanities excellence, participation in sports, student life, and incorporation of Christian worship and values.
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Posted by a parent on 08/01/05
The faculty is terrific. There is not much economic or ethnic diversity within the student body, but I suppose this is to be expected at an expensive private school. The campus is beautiful.
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AP classes are college-level classes offered at the high school level. Once a student completes an AP class and passes a final comprehensive examination conducted by the College Board, the student earns college credit for the course. AP classes are specific and not to be confused with other higher-level classes such as honors classes.
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general intellectual ability or talent - high intelligence test score (usually two standard deviations above the mean), and high levels of vocabulary, memory, abstract work knowledge and abstract reasoning;
specific academic aptitude or talent in one area such as mathematics or language arts;
creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
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