Flowers or Bowie High?

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to decide between the 2 schools, & looking for feedback on both. Anything will be appreciated. Thanks

[Anonymous]

One of my good friends teaches at Bowie and she has nothing but fantastic things to say about it. In particular, the Summit Program seems like a great way to encourage positive peers and a smaller community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm trying to decide between the 2 schools, & looking for feedback on both. Anything will be appreciated. Thanks

My daughter has several friends at Flowers and they really like going to school there. The 3D program seems really interesting.

[Anonymous]

Question: how does the choice arise? I haven’t kept up but it used to be Bowie if you were in the assigned areas or maybe Roosevelt if you got into the magnet program.

[Anonymous]

The kids we know in the Summit program at Bowie like it. It is an application program for high achieving students. A couple of the kids went to private K-8 and have done fine adjusting to public HS. I don't have info on the general program. I know a family at Flowers in the science program. They have never complained about the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question: how does the choice arise? I haven’t kept up but it used to be Bowie if you were in the assigned areas or maybe Roosevelt if you got into the magnet program.

Several paths for High Schools:
-Attend your boundary school
-Everyone is entered into the application pool for the Science and Tech programs (ERHS, Flowers, Oxon Hill, DuVal) and entry is based on a combination of unweighted GPA and PSAT scores
-IB programs (Parkdale and Suitland) - Automatic entry if child is in a TAG MS center, otherwise it is an application process
-Arts programs at NWHS and Suitland - Audition
- Middle College Programs (Acadamy of the Health Sciences and Academy of Teaching) - application and GPA and PSAT.
- Administrative Transfer - families can apply to non-boundary schools if they are under enrolled.
Etc
Here is a chart with a lot of that info.
https://www.pgcps.org/about-pgcps/applications/high-school-specialty-programs-chart

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Question: how does the choice arise? I haven’t kept up but it used to be Bowie if you were in the assigned areas or maybe Roosevelt if you got into the magnet program.

Several paths for High Schools:
-Attend your boundary school
-Everyone is entered into the application pool for the Science and Tech programs (ERHS, Flowers, Oxon Hill, DuVal) and entry is based on a combination of unweighted GPA and PSAT scores
-IB programs (Parkdale and Suitland) - Automatic entry if child is in a TAG MS center, otherwise it is an application process
-Arts programs at NWHS and Suitland - Audition
- Middle College Programs (Acadamy of the Health Sciences and Academy of Teaching) - application and GPA and PSAT.
- Administrative Transfer - families can apply to non-boundary schools if they are under enrolled.
Etc
Here is a chart with a lot of that info.
https://www.pgcps.org/about-pgcps/applications/high-school-specialty-programs-chart

Thanks for the great explanation!

[Anonymous]

Is your kid motivated? They could do well at Bowie HS. If not, they'll find a huge number of like minded kids chilling at Chic Fil A, chipotle, or the library instead of being in class.