What kind of grades do average Poolesville smacs kids get?
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Anonymous
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The other thread about RMIB grades…got me thinking. I have a child who is a freshman in smacs…I was wondering what the average grades distribution is like in smacs, especially from upper classman parents?
My freshman student is getting b’s and c’s in their smacs classes. Thank in advance! |
Anonymous
My child is a senior and they have all A’s so far in all their classes since freshman year. |
Anonymous
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C'mon - it's MCPS. Not counting SN, anyone who tries gets (mostly) A's with (maybe) a few B's sprinkled in.
I'll be curious what happens when the MCAP gets factored into grades. 
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Anonymous
| 2023 kid graduated with 4.0. |
Anonymous
You obviously aren’t familiar with any really challenging classes. |
Anonymous
| My Poolesville SMCS freshman will probably have 2 Bs. Could have 3. |
Anonymous
| My SMCS freshman is getting 2 B’s. The first few weeks was too rough, she failed almost all classes. We even considered letting her go back to our home school. She gradually caught up. I believe she will do better next quarter. |
Anonymous
| Poolesville SMCS Junior. She has only gotten one B since her freshman year and is now in the NHS with a 4.92 GPA. It seems a lot of her classmates have similar stats. It is not a high pressure school although very high achieving. |
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| Poolesville SMaCS sophomore. All A's so far but marking period ends today and kiddo has an 88% in Earth Space Science but thinks the teacher hasn't yet graded something. WGPA of 4.79. |
Anonymous
Maybe they'll have fixed the test by then so that it is more accurate. |
Anonymous
Wow, thats great for your sophomore. Any advice/tips for my freshman who seems to be struggling in smacs? |
Anonymous
Kiddo would probably be able to offer a better answer than me, but we've been completely hands off since Fox Chapel because my kid is really great with time management, and I think that's key. It is a long day... I think making the most out of study hall is super helpful, knock stuff out then. Kid gets home, grabs a snack and does homework, then chats with friends or plays video games. Always in that order. Even on Fridays. If it's been a busy week, some work on Saturday or Sunday. We never set that schedule. Days with sports are super long, sometimes kid goes to bed as soon as we get home and gets up at 5 to finish any work. I really wish I had that kind of drive. One other thing I perceive to be important is my kid is very comfortable talking to teachers. During class. after class, in an email... whenever. If there is a concept that isn't immediately understood, my kid will figure out a way to rectify with communication with the teacher. Not shy at all. I'm an introverted extrovert... I won't start a conversation, but it's tough to shut me up when I get going (look at all words up there  ). I think kiddo is an extroverted extrovert. They've gotten really good at being the new kid. Many sports teams, new peer groups at new schools along the way... kid figured it out somewhere. I'm kind of a math/computer dork myself (and I got lost in the dust some time ago... kid can program python far better than I can these days... and I get paid for it.. lol) I just make sure all the tools are available in the need arises... a good graphing calculator, a few raspberry pi's, a bandsaw, a robot (that was kind of for me). Sorry, I rambled. If you have specific areas or classes I can ask my kid and get their thoughts. Good luck... First semester is certainly an adjustment.
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Anonymous
Thank you for the info! You kid sounds like a wonderful person. |
Anonymous
| Relax. It’s only first quarter, if they get A in the second quarter, they will still get A for semester grade |
Anonymous
| What is MCPS grading policy? Is First quater C and second quarter A=A? |