Blair Magnet Kids and PE Requirement

[Anonymous]

When do most of the Blair magnet kids take the PE elective? I will admit that my DS is not the most athletic/coordinated, and I'm wondering how *rough* the PE class will be? His current middle school PE classes are very well compartmentalized and he is not self-conscious. But, I feel like high school, and Blair in particular, might be a bit tougher. What is the locker room situation? Do they have to use it to change for PE?

[Anonymous]

Nice dog whistle, OP. Just have your kid sign up for Dance or Yoga instead of Basketball and he'll be fine.

[Anonymous]

My rising 9th grader in the magnet is hoping to take PE in 9th. None of those issues had crossed my mind but he likes PE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nice dog whistle, OP. Just have your kid sign up for Dance or Yoga instead of Basketball and he'll be fine.

OP here. Nice try. We are POC and DS is definitely sensitive about the locker room situation. I did not realize that Yoga would be a possibility. That works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nice dog whistle, OP. Just have your kid sign up for Dance or Yoga instead of Basketball and he'll be fine.

OP here. Nice try. We are POC and DS is definitely sensitive about the locker room situation. I did not realize that Yoga would be a possibility. That works.

My magnet kid is also POC and absolutely uncoordinated and not comfortable with locker room either, he is taking yoga!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When do most of the Blair magnet kids take the PE elective? I will admit that my DS is not the most athletic/coordinated, and I'm wondering how *rough* the PE class will be? His current middle school PE classes are very well compartmentalized and he is not self-conscious. But, I feel like high school, and Blair in particular, might be a bit tougher. What is the locker room situation? Do they have to use it to change for PE?

Former Blair magnet parent. DC took net sports and yoga and hasn't changed clothes for PE. Fortunately, yoga didn't involve a lot of exertion and net sports was last period, so BO wasn't too big of an issue.

Magnet parents of older kids told me DC should take PE senior year so it wouldn't hurt their weighted GPA for colleges. It also can be a great way to take an easier class senioritis kicks in. DC took one PE class sophomore year when there weren't any other classes they wanted to take and one senior year. I think your child should take it when it best fits in their schedule.

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Anonymous wrote:When do most of the Blair magnet kids take the PE elective? I will admit that my DS is not the most athletic/coordinated, and I'm wondering how *rough* the PE class will be? His current middle school PE classes are very well compartmentalized and he is not self-conscious. But, I feel like high school, and Blair in particular, might be a bit tougher. What is the locker room situation? Do they have to use it to change for PE?

Former Blair magnet parent. DC took net sports and yoga and hasn't changed clothes for PE. Fortunately, yoga didn't involve a lot of exertion and net sports was last period, so BO wasn't too big of an issue.

Magnet parents of older kids told me DC should take PE senior year so it wouldn't hurt their weighted GPA for colleges. It also can be a great way to take an easier class senioritis kicks in. DC took one PE class sophomore year when there weren't any other classes they wanted to take and one senior year. I think your child should take it when it best fits in their schedule.

Do any colleges really use the MCPS pre-calculated GPA? Most use the transcript and calculate their own value that excludes non-academic classes anyways.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nice dog whistle, OP. Just have your kid sign up for Dance or Yoga instead of Basketball and he'll be fine.

OP here. Nice try. We are POC and DS is definitely sensitive about the locker room situation. I did not realize that Yoga would be a possibility. That works.

What does being a POC have to do with locker rooms? Sorry real question.

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Anonymous wrote:When do most of the Blair magnet kids take the PE elective? I will admit that my DS is not the most athletic/coordinated, and I'm wondering how *rough* the PE class will be? His current middle school PE classes are very well compartmentalized and he is not self-conscious. But, I feel like high school, and Blair in particular, might be a bit tougher. What is the locker room situation? Do they have to use it to change for PE?

Former Blair magnet parent. DC took net sports and yoga and hasn't changed clothes for PE. Fortunately, yoga didn't involve a lot of exertion and net sports was last period, so BO wasn't too big of an issue.

Magnet parents of older kids told me DC should take PE senior year so it wouldn't hurt their weighted GPA for colleges. It also can be a great way to take an easier class senioritis kicks in. DC took one PE class sophomore year when there weren't any other classes they wanted to take and one senior year. I think your child should take it when it best fits in their schedule.

Do any colleges really use the MCPS pre-calculated GPA? Most use the transcript and calculate their own value that excludes non-academic classes anyways.

I think that strategy is outdated. Competitive colleges nowadays calculate their own GPAs.

[Anonymous]

Your nerdy sweet DS will fit in just fine at the magnet. Welcome aboard! 😊

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Anonymous wrote:When do most of the Blair magnet kids take the PE elective? I will admit that my DS is not the most athletic/coordinated, and I'm wondering how *rough* the PE class will be? His current middle school PE classes are very well compartmentalized and he is not self-conscious. But, I feel like high school, and Blair in particular, might be a bit tougher. What is the locker room situation? Do they have to use it to change for PE?

Former Blair magnet parent. DC took net sports and yoga and hasn't changed clothes for PE. Fortunately, yoga didn't involve a lot of exertion and net sports was last period, so BO wasn't too big of an issue.

Magnet parents of older kids told me DC should take PE senior year so it wouldn't hurt their weighted GPA for colleges. It also can be a great way to take an easier class senioritis kicks in. DC took one PE class sophomore year when there weren't any other classes they wanted to take and one senior year. I think your child should take it when it best fits in their schedule.

Do any colleges really use the MCPS pre-calculated GPA? Most use the transcript and calculate their own value that excludes non-academic classes anyways.

When you get your almost guaranteed A in PE will not affect your college chances.

I think that strategy is outdated. Competitive colleges nowadays calculate their own GPAs.

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Anonymous wrote:When do most of the Blair magnet kids take the PE elective? I will admit that my DS is not the most athletic/coordinated, and I'm wondering how *rough* the PE class will be? His current middle school PE classes are very well compartmentalized and he is not self-conscious. But, I feel like high school, and Blair in particular, might be a bit tougher. What is the locker room situation? Do they have to use it to change for PE?

Former Blair magnet parent. DC took net sports and yoga and hasn't changed clothes for PE. Fortunately, yoga didn't involve a lot of exertion and net sports was last period, so BO wasn't too big of an issue.

Magnet parents of older kids told me DC should take PE senior year so it wouldn't hurt their weighted GPA for colleges. It also can be a great way to take an easier class senioritis kicks in. DC took one PE class sophomore year when there weren't any other classes they wanted to take and one senior year. I think your child should take it when it best fits in their schedule.

Do any colleges really use the MCPS pre-calculated GPA? Most use the transcript and calculate their own value that excludes non-academic classes anyways.

When you get your almost guaranteed A in PE will not affect your college chances.

I think that strategy is outdated. Competitive colleges nowadays calculate their own GPAs.

When you get your almost guaranteed A in PE will not affect your college chances.

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Anonymous wrote:When do most of the Blair magnet kids take the PE elective? I will admit that my DS is not the most athletic/coordinated, and I'm wondering how *rough* the PE class will be? His current middle school PE classes are very well compartmentalized and he is not self-conscious. But, I feel like high school, and Blair in particular, might be a bit tougher. What is the locker room situation? Do they have to use it to change for PE?

Former Blair magnet parent. DC took net sports and yoga and hasn't changed clothes for PE. Fortunately, yoga didn't involve a lot of exertion and net sports was last period, so BO wasn't too big of an issue.

Magnet parents of older kids told me DC should take PE senior year so it wouldn't hurt their weighted GPA for colleges. It also can be a great way to take an easier class senioritis kicks in. DC took one PE class sophomore year when there weren't any other classes they wanted to take and one senior year. I think your child should take it when it best fits in their schedule.

Do any colleges really use the MCPS pre-calculated GPA? Most use the transcript and calculate their own value that excludes non-academic classes anyways.

When you get your almost guaranteed A in PE will not affect your college chances.

I think that strategy is outdated. Competitive colleges nowadays calculate their own GPAs.

When you get your almost guaranteed A in PE will not affect your college chances.

True. But if you skip gym that year and take an AP and get an A (weighted more heavily), that is more helpful in many ways.

[Anonymous]

Why would pe class be "rough?" Do you live in Potomac and somehow think Blair is comprised of "mean streets" or something? I'll never forget the TPMS west county magnet parent who insisted that magnet kids needed the PTA to provide after care because they couldn't walk to the 2 blocks to the library because they thought it was "too dangerous. " Good grief!

My dd did weigh lifting and yoga. It was fine. Did not have room early in schedule due to orchestra. Took one semester junior year and the other senior year.

[Anonymous]

PE can be rough in any school and it sounds like it's more about her child than it is about the school. My child, who is small and skinny, is not at Blair but was physically pushed around and pushed down a lot by two much larger kids during PE. It wasn't like the other kids were beating DC but purposely shoving and bumping DC to the ground. The locker rooms were not supervised well. DC did not want to report the issue to the teachers so it was a difficult semester.

I think it's a valid question OP asked.