Tilden MS

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 6th grader at Tilden, and we're all happy, so far. We learned quickly that most of the other parents aren't really our type.i think this thread is a good example. Kids has friends, tho, and does well.

The other parents? Didn't your child go to ES in the area? Same parents, if anything.

not that poster, but it’s a lot of feeder ES. Plus, Tilden gets a lot of kids who attended private ES.

I suspect those are the ones who have lavish parties for kids and make sure to announce the invitation list to everyone using name tag on clothes. Kids wear it in school after parties and it's a horrible way to divide kids.

[Anonymous]

If you have options, go for some other school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have options, go for some other school.

+1

Tilden area may also get rezoned as part of DCC at high school level. Something to be aware about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you have options, go for some other school.

+1

Tilden area may also get rezoned as part of DCC at high school level. Something to be aware about.

Typical DCUM to make a dig at the DCC when there’s clearly plenty of disturbing issues at this W feeder.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was a concerted effort to get more clubs into place a few years back, but that sort of ended with COVID. In addition to Tilden drama, Best Buddies and National Junior Honor Society are really nice groups at Tilden plus Day of Caring. Chorus, band and orchestra are also nice.

What the schools don’t seem to get is that the more positive things are going on at a school, the less negative behavior you have. When you end the clubs etc, behavior spirals downward. Then it’s a loop — teachers don’t want to sponsor the clubs because of bad behavior, behavior gets worse because of the lack of positive engagement.

I can point to one specific issue at Tilden - a huge reduction in the number of kids in band/orchestra. The school recently eliminated a music teacher position, leaving only one teacher for chorus and all else. The band and orchestra are still there and lovely, but used to be huge, wonderful, inclusive groups for kids to feel they are a part of something positive. I’ll never understand why they eliminated that position. Why eliminate these roles that create positive engagement? MCPS often misses the bigger picture.

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Great point raised here.

The principal at WJ really gets this point — they talk about it in the first meeting with 9th grade parents. Get your kid involved, the more involved they are, the better they will do at WJ.

Also, there was no reason to eliminate or downgrade the challenging classes at Tilden. The harder they work, the less time they have for some of the bad behaviors (esp. 8th graders!). These are smart kids. We know that from the elementary schools and WJ.

We found her to be excellent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 6th grader at Tilden, and we're all happy, so far. We learned quickly that most of the other parents aren't really our type.i think this thread is a good example. Kids has friends, tho, and does well.

The other parents? Didn't your child go to ES in the area? Same parents, if anything.

not that poster, but it’s a lot of feeder ES. Plus, Tilden gets a lot of kids who attended private ES.

I suspect those are the ones who have lavish parties for kids and make sure to announce the invitation list to everyone using name tag on clothes. Kids wear it in school after parties and it's a horrible way to divide kids.

More on this "name tags on clothes" please. WJ parent, but not a Tilden parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 6th grader at Tilden, and we're all happy, so far. We learned quickly that most of the other parents aren't really our type.i think this thread is a good example. Kids has friends, tho, and does well.

The other parents? Didn't your child go to ES in the area? Same parents, if anything.

not that poster, but it’s a lot of feeder ES. Plus, Tilden gets a lot of kids who attended private ES.

I suspect those are the ones who have lavish parties for kids and make sure to announce the invitation list to everyone using name tag on clothes. Kids wear it in school after parties and it's a horrible way to divide kids.

More on this "name tags on clothes" please. WJ parent, but not a Tilden parent.

$50 bar and bat mitzvah hoodies and sweat pants personalized with not only the name of the kid having the simcha but the name of the guest. The invited kids all wear them to school the following Monday, making it obvious who was excluded.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 6th grader at Tilden, and we're all happy, so far. We learned quickly that most of the other parents aren't really our type.i think this thread is a good example. Kids has friends, tho, and does well.

The other parents? Didn't your child go to ES in the area? Same parents, if anything.

No, kid went to a Silver Spring ES.

To the incoming 6th grade parent PP, it's fine. Parents are way over-involved and want teachers and admin to drop everything and cater to their personal demands and questions. There was a meeting about who-knows-what recently (it got off-topic fairly quickly, so I don’t recall the original intent), but so many parents were up in arms about their children being "interrogated" over the anti-Semetuc graffiti. They seriously didn't want their kids to be asked I they knew anything about who had done it or made to "tattle" on their friends. It was... a strange reaction, in my opinion.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 6th grader at Tilden, and we're all happy, so far. We learned quickly that most of the other parents aren't really our type.i think this thread is a good example. Kids has friends, tho, and does well.

The other parents? Didn't your child go to ES in the area? Same parents, if anything.

not that poster, but it’s a lot of feeder ES. Plus, Tilden gets a lot of kids who attended private ES.

I suspect those are the ones who have lavish parties for kids and make sure to announce the invitation list to everyone using name tag on clothes. Kids wear it in school after parties and it's a horrible way to divide kids.

More on this "name tags on clothes" please. WJ parent, but not a Tilden parent.

$50 bar and bat mitzvah hoodies and sweat pants personalized with not only the name of the kid having the simcha but the name of the guest. The invited kids all wear them to school the following Monday, making it obvious who was excluded.

This happens at all middle schools with a high jewish population. I do not understand why this bar and bat mitzvahs are bigger than weddings and the swag is so much. I don't like the hoodies either and it is definitely worn that Monday to show who went. Not that social media doesn't show it by Saturday at 8pm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 6th grader at Tilden, and we're all happy, so far. We learned quickly that most of the other parents aren't really our type.i think this thread is a good example. Kids has friends, tho, and does well.

The other parents? Didn't your child go to ES in the area? Same parents, if anything.

not that poster, but it’s a lot of feeder ES. Plus, Tilden gets a lot of kids who attended private ES.

I suspect those are the ones who have lavish parties for kids and make sure to announce the invitation list to everyone using name tag on clothes. Kids wear it in school after parties and it's a horrible way to divide kids.

More on this "name tags on clothes" please. WJ parent, but not a Tilden parent.

$50 bar and bat mitzvah hoodies and sweat pants personalized with not only the name of the kid having the simcha but the name of the guest. The invited kids all wear them to school the following Monday, making it obvious who was excluded.

This happens at all middle schools with a high jewish population. I do not understand why this bar and bat mitzvahs are bigger than weddings and the swag is so much. I don't like the hoodies either and it is definitely worn that Monday to show who went. Not that social media doesn't show it by Saturday at 8pm.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at Tilden. It isn’t perfect but, as with a lot of things in this board, the complaints are exaggerated.

They offer AIM and, though I wouldn’t call the academics rigorous, my kid is leaning good fundamentals, including things like organizational skill, time management, etc, which will prepare for the rigor of WJ. As with other middle schools, ELA isn’t that challenging, but they definitely read books (3 so far this year in 7th grade). We’ve found most of the teachers to be strong and responsive.

The weakness in my view are the limited extra curricular activities, which made it hard to make new friends after the pandemic. We’ve looked outside of school for that stuff.

NP here, agreeing with the picture painted by the quoted poster. My kid is also at Tilden, 7th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:The 8th grade girls at Tilden are as just as mean and backstabbing as Regina George in Mean Girls. They are so toxic and nothing ever happens to them

As a former 8th girl and current mother of an 8th grade girl, this is not unique to Tilden. Same
can be said for small populations of girls at any middle school in the country.

This year’s group is terrible though. More than usual. Mean to everyone. Bully in school and on social media. Backstabbing friends. Like another poster said, it’s the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The 8th grade girls at Tilden are as just as mean and backstabbing as Regina George in Mean Girls. They are so toxic and nothing ever happens to them

As a former 8th girl and current mother of an 8th grade girl, this is not unique to Tilden. Same
can be said for small populations of girls at any middle school in the country.

This year’s group is terrible though. More than usual. Mean to everyone. Bully in school and on social media. Backstabbing friends. Like another poster said, it’s the parents.

Parents pass values to kids.

[Anonymous]

To the parents who bring up the hoodies/swag - how many kids in the school are invited to each Bat/Bar Mitzvah? Aren't there 300+ kids for each grade? Surely the hoodie/swag wearing kids are a small percentage of the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the parents who bring up the hoodies/swag - how many kids in the school are invited to each Bat/Bar Mitzvah? Aren't there 300+ kids for each grade? Surely the hoodie/swag wearing kids are a small percentage of the school.

My kid has been invited to some and I would say 40-80 kids per event. It’s not always a small percentage.