Why would an American family living overseas pick Grier? Once there, is an American girl living far from her parents treated well?
A family interested in Grier recently asked the mother of a current student these questions and the mother, writing from her job in Turkey, wrote the following: Why did you pick Grier for your daughter? “Several things come to mind immediately. Grier is all boarding. This means that everyone is in the same boat. If some are day students then it can significantly affect morale of those who cannot see their families. Grier has an international component that is critical for expatriate children. Some schools might have very few students that have traveled outside the USA. Foreign Service dependents have likely lived some if not all of their lives overseas and they want to speak about and relate to other people with similar experiences. Grier offers that. My daughter can speak Russian to the girl from Moscow and talk of the Bolshoi Ballet. This helps to validate these foreign experiences instead of squelching them as might happen in purely American oriented student populations. Grier has a
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