FCPS Summer School program for ES and MS-are they really sticking the kids on laptops to do ST math?

[Anonymous]

My neighbor said her daughters complained they were on computers all last week doing computer programs.

[Anonymous]

Not at our ES. We have morning meeting, read alouds, small group, projects, recess and more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at our ES. We have morning meeting, read alouds, small group, projects, recess and more.

So no laptops at all?

[Anonymous]

Like everything in FCPS, it depends on what the principal lets the teachers get away with.

A teacher who had all the kids on laptops all year watching Mr Math Youtube videos and typing in powerpoints will have them on laptops in summer school too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at our ES. We have morning meeting, read alouds, small group, projects, recess and more.

So no laptops at all?

No, I didn’t say that. But there’s no way it’s even close to “all day.” Maybe if you added it up across the morning it’s 20-30 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at our ES. We have morning meeting, read alouds, small group, projects, recess and more.

So no laptops at all?

No, I didn’t say that. But there’s no way it’s even close to “all day.” Maybe if you added it up across the morning it’s 20-30 minutes.

Isnt the school day just 930-1? Including lunch and recess and time wasters like
Morning meeting? 20-30
Min on a laptop is a huge chunk of instructional time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at our ES. We have morning meeting, read alouds, small group, projects, recess and more.

So no laptops at all?

No, I didn’t say that. But there’s no way it’s even close to “all day.” Maybe if you added it up across the morning it’s 20-30 minutes.

You certainly didn't list "laptop time" in your list of activities. Why hide it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at our ES. We have morning meeting, read alouds, small group, projects, recess and more.

So no laptops at all?

No, I didn’t say that. But there’s no way it’s even close to “all day.” Maybe if you added it up across the morning it’s 20-30 minutes.

You certainly didn't list "laptop time" in your list of activities. Why hide it?

+1. What are they doing for those 30 minutes on their laptops?

[Anonymous]

930-arrival
945-1015-morning meeting
1015-12:00 actual time for learning
12-130 (lunch and recess)

so less than two hours a day for academics for two whole weeks of summer school, and they are wasting 30 minutes of it mindlessly clicking on JiiJii?

[Anonymous]

Is this for SOAR? Just reading through the forum, I was curious what the difference was between all of the different summer programs. Ray, young Scholar, SOAR.. is there anything other?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:930-arrival
945-1015-morning meeting
1015-12:00 actual time for learning
12-130 (lunch and recess)

so less than two hours a day for academics for two whole weeks of summer school, and they are wasting 30 minutes of it mindlessly clicking on JiiJii?

I’m subbing for summer school tomorrow so we’ll see, but the student hours at this school are 8:55-12:55. Lunch is 30 minutes and recess is 20, not an hour and a half.
Doesn’t FCPS provide summer curriculum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:930-arrival
945-1015-morning meeting
1015-12:00 actual time for learning
12-130 (lunch and recess)

so less than two hours a day for academics for two whole weeks of summer school, and they are wasting 30 minutes of it mindlessly clicking on JiiJii?

I’m subbing for summer school tomorrow so we’ll see, but the student hours at this school are 8:55-12:55. Lunch is 30 minutes and recess is 20, not an hour and a half.
Doesn’t FCPS provide summer curriculum?

Quoting myself to add that summer school is 3 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:930-arrival
945-1015-morning meeting
1015-12:00 actual time for learning
12-130 (lunch and recess)

so less than two hours a day for academics for two whole weeks of summer school, and they are wasting 30 minutes of it mindlessly clicking on JiiJii?

I’m subbing for summer school tomorrow so we’ll see, but the student hours at this school are 8:55-12:55. Lunch is 30 minutes and recess is 20, not an hour and a half.
Doesn’t FCPS provide summer curriculum?

Our school is 9:30 to 1:30. We were told my child couldn't attend Young Scholars (despite being in AAP) but could attend summer school, but were on vacation last week. I am curious as to whether its a complete waste of time or not.

[Anonymous]

At least your kids were lucky enough to be invited to summer school. Our school only lets ESL kids in, even if they are high performing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:930-arrival
945-1015-morning meeting
1015-12:00 actual time for learning
12-130 (lunch and recess)

so less than two hours a day for academics for two whole weeks of summer school, and they are wasting 30 minutes of it mindlessly clicking on JiiJii?

I’m subbing for summer school tomorrow so we’ll see, but the student hours at this school are 8:55-12:55. Lunch is 30 minutes and recess is 20, not an hour and a half.
Doesn’t FCPS provide summer curriculum?

Regardless, that's still less than three hours of time for academics. 8:55-9:30 would be arrival/morning meeting, 9:30-noon actual school, then lunch and recess. So 2.5 hours of learning, of which 30 is spent doing nothing on a laptop. Seems like a huge chunk of time to me.