DCC Choice - Wheaton or Northwood?

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Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Einstein and one kid at Wheaton and Wheaton is far superior at STEM. Einstein is better at things like English and history. My kid at Wheaton barely writes at all. My kid at Einstein wrote much more. However, his math education was terrible.

Our math teacher at Einstein is one of the best we've had. Its hit or miss at any school with what teachers you get.

And any particular teacher may hit it off better with any particular student. So hard to tell.

Yes. But Einstein's math department is a mess and the administration is not really great. I would NOT send a kid there if they like math and science. Not saying every single teacher at Wheaton or Blair or wherever is going to be great, just that Einstein is really really not known for giving kids a good math education. Please steer clear if your kid is likely to want to pursue higher math.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Einstein and one kid at Wheaton and Wheaton is far superior at STEM. Einstein is better at things like English and history. My kid at Wheaton barely writes at all. My kid at Einstein wrote much more. However, his math education was terrible.

Our math teacher at Einstein is one of the best we've had. Its hit or miss at any school with what teachers you get.

And any particular teacher may hit it off better with any particular student. So hard to tell.

Yes. But Einstein's math department is a mess and the administration is not really great. I would NOT send a kid there if they like math and science. Not saying every single teacher at Wheaton or Blair or wherever is going to be great, just that Einstein is really really not known for giving kids a good math education. Please steer clear if your kid is likely to want to pursue higher math.

I am an Einstein parent too, and while I know the situation with that one AWOL math teacher was very bad last year, my understanding is that that teacher is gone now and there were several new math hires over the summer, so there is no longer a staff shortage. I don't think it's fair to call the whole math department "a mess." There are talented math and science teachers at Einstein, even if they may not have the breadth of courses other schools do.

[Anonymous]

I have heard many negative things about administration at Wheaton. Anyone presently at the school, hopefully for multiple years, care to comment?

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I’ve been at Wheaton for quite some time. It is true that under the previous principal (who was there only a couple of years) things were not great. However, the principal before him, Dr. Mugge, just came back out of retirement. She is fantastic. I would say we have a strong admin. They will be hiring her replacement at the end of the year, though, so that could change depending on who they hire.

Anonymous wrote:I have heard many negative things about administration at Wheaton. Anyone presently at the school, hopefully for multiple years, care to comment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been at Wheaton for quite some time. It is true that under the previous principal (who was there only a couple of years) things were not great. However, the principal before him, Dr. Mugge, just came back out of retirement. She is fantastic. I would say we have a strong admin. They will be hiring her replacement at the end of the year, though, so that could change depending on who they hire.

Anonymous wrote:I have heard many negative things about administration at Wheaton. Anyone presently at the school, hopefully for multiple years, care to comment?

I agree with the previous poster

. My child is in her 3rd year at Wheaton and we are very pleased with her administrator. Shout out to Mr. Z! Dr. Mugge has stepped in and things are running smoothly again after the past shaky school years. I am selfishly hoping that she will remain in place until my daughter graduates next year.

We have also been in a school construction situation at the old Tilden. Although on paper we moved back to the building "on time" the construction wasn't really completed. It was a maze at times to get to classes and some areas were not usable. I'm glad my youngest arrived at Wheaton after the breaking in period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No Wheaton through the lottery? That doesn't seem right. We know various kids who got in there from the lottery last year (zoned for Northwood). Is there some reason to think it would be different this year?

Same, but zoned for Einstein, not Northwood. I know of 1 who didn’t get in Wheaton first go, but won her appeal. Don’t be discouraged, OP.