Oxon Hill Science & Tech of McNamara

[Anonymous]

If you got into both, STEM focused boy who has been in private school their whole life, average student mainly due to lack of effort vs ability, average athlete, money is not an object in the decision….which would you choose?

[Anonymous]

Subject title should be “or” not “of”

[Anonymous]

Are you African American? If your child is white they need to be comfortable being the only white kid in a classroom at Oxon Hill.
My kid is fine but not all kids are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you got into both, STEM focused boy who has been in private school their whole life, average student mainly due to lack of effort vs ability, average athlete, money is not an object in the decision….which would you choose?

Have Science & Tech decisions been released? I’m waiting to hear about Roosevelt. I’ve heard great things about Oxon Hill Science & Tech, but can’t personally speak to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you got into both, STEM focused boy who has been in private school their whole life, average student mainly due to lack of effort vs ability, average athlete, money is not an object in the decision….which would you choose?

Have Science & Tech decisions been released? I’m waiting to hear about Roosevelt. I’ve heard great things about Oxon Hill Science & Tech, but can’t personally speak to it.

I haven't heard anything either. Another parent was told the "end of the month", but was not given a formal date or anything.

[Anonymous]

I just received an email that said decisions went out in the mail and should be in your box end of the week (3/1)

[Anonymous]

Would love to know the cut score once someone receives their letter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would love to know the cut score once someone receives their letter.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you African American? If your child is white they need to be comfortable being the only white kid in a classroom at Oxon Hill.
My kid is fine but not all kids are.

That was me, way back in the day. I enjoyed the school and the other kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you African American? If your child is white they need to be comfortable being the only white kid in a classroom at Oxon Hill.
My kid is fine but not all kids are.

That was me, way back in the day. I enjoyed the school and the other kids.

I have a neighbor who went to Fairmont Heights in the 1980s and he has some great stories to tell and had a positive experience. I think he said that he was the only white kid in the school.

[Anonymous]

OP - I'm curious what you are thinking. We're in a similar situation, deciding between DeMatha and Roosevelt.

[Anonymous]

The cultures at DeMatha and McNamara are very different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cultures at DeMatha and McNamara are very different.

Bumping this...what is the difference, if someone has any insight.

[Anonymous]

Oxon Hill High School is more diverse than a lot of other PGCPS. It is actually a fairly small high school compared to schools in the north part of the county.
Although the overall white population is only 3.2% and Asian population is 7.1% (which is really high in PG) I bet that all of those kids are in the STEM program which is less than half of the student body.
My kid is in a different specialty program in a big high school with the same percentage of white kids and they are rarely the only white kid in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you African American? If your child is white they need to be comfortable being the only white kid in a classroom at Oxon Hill.
My kid is fine but not all kids are.

That was me, way back in the day. I enjoyed the school and the other kids.

Me back in the day, too. It was an education in and of itself having the minority experience as a white person, valuable.