8th Grade Parents where is your DC going to HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have a freshman at Banneker with a similar profile (AA, artsy, bilingual). She loves it FYI. Open house is this Saturday.

I have a freshman at Banneker too. He loves it. Has a great group of friends and loves his teachers.

[Anonymous]

anybody know of other HS open houses? Is there a place to look for that?

[Anonymous]

We're hoping to get into DCI! Fingers crossed!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:anybody know of other HS open houses? Is there a place to look for that?

I imagine schools will have all that info at the EdFest in December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:anybody know of other HS open houses? Is there a place to look for that?

You have to go to the individual high schools' web sites (I know, this is crazy and seems totally antithetical to centralizing the process via myschooldc).

Here's what I've found:
Banneker: this Saturday 11/4
Walls: 11/18 and 12/13 - must register in advance, cap on number of attendees
McKinley: I can't tell if this is for this year or not, https://mckinleytech.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=417347&type=d

[Anonymous]

+1 Freshman at Banneker, in the pre-IB track, who is extremely artsy and deeply into Spanish and is having a phenomenal experience. The teachers are the most committed I've ever encountered (including at private). Highly recommend that you consider it.

[Anonymous]

Not considering JR?

[Anonymous]

serious Q, content-related: if your kid could get into Banneker or SWW, why would you send them to JR?

[Anonymous]

From DC’s friend group: one to Jackson-Reed, three to private, one moved to Bethesda. At least one had been accepted to Walls but decided not to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:serious Q, content-related: if your kid could get into Banneker or SWW, why would you send them to JR?

SWW is not the best choice if your kid is science/math oriented. For instance AP Chem/AP Physics C etc aren't offered every year. They don't have AP Comp Sci courses. If humanities isn't your kid's jam, then the more comprehensive offerings at JR would work better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:serious Q, content-related: if your kid could get into Banneker or SWW, why would you send them to JR?

SWW is not the best choice if your kid is science/math oriented. For instance AP Chem/AP Physics C etc aren't offered every year. They don't have AP Comp Sci courses. If humanities isn't your kid's jam, then the more comprehensive offerings at JR would work better.

v informative

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:serious Q, content-related: if your kid could get into Banneker or SWW, why would you send them to JR?

SWW is not the best choice if your kid is science/math oriented. For instance AP Chem/AP Physics C etc aren't offered every year. They don't have AP Comp Sci courses. If humanities isn't your kid's jam, then the more comprehensive offerings at JR would work better.

Physics C is offered every year. But noted on other courses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:serious Q, content-related: if your kid could get into Banneker or SWW, why would you send them to JR?

SWW is not the best choice if your kid is science/math oriented. For instance AP Chem/AP Physics C etc aren't offered every year. They don't have AP Comp Sci courses. If humanities isn't your kid's jam, then the more comprehensive offerings at JR would work better.

Physics C is offered every year. But noted on other courses.

I thought that was only Mechanics but not E&M

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if MacArthur has scheduled their open house yet?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SWW admission is based on GPA, and, if you make the cut, then it appears that it is based on essays and interviews. I am somewhat disappointed they have done away with the test. Admittedly the description of the process on SWW website is vague. Nonetheless, it is not a lottery. All the application schools use the MySchools DC lottery but the schools order the applications for acceptance and waitlist. If there has been an announcement to the contrary, please point to it.

Good luck to all parents, it is a miserable process.

There is no essay for SWW. If you make the GPA cutoff, the entirety of whether or not you are admitted is how other students/a teacher score your kid on a 5-10 minute interview. The scoring rubric for the interview, if there is one, has never been made public.

Therefore, once your kid makes the GPA cutoff, admission is a lottery.

OP, to your point, yes - check out SWW and Banneker. Latin and DCI (and all the other charters you might consider, Cap City, EL Haynes) are extremely difficult admits - they just don't take very many 9th graders. You have ok by-right options, though - so no need to move unless you want to.

We loved Latin, but to date don't think it includes Spanish? other world languages and Latin or course. you would need to supplement.