Congrats to Poolesville HS!

[Anonymous]

Poolesville HS student Alyssa Yu was named one of 40 Regeneron finalists! For the DMV area, looks like there's 1 finalist from Thomas Jefferson and another in Maryland from Centennial HS in Ellicott City MD.
https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts/2026-finalists/[list]
Alyssa Yu
School: Poolesville High School, Poolesville, MD
Project Title: When Epidemics Meet: Understanding Spatiotemporal Interactions of Two Pathogens on Metapopulation Networks via Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics

[Anonymous]

Congratulations!!

[Anonymous]

Congrats! 0 from Blair magnet...

[Anonymous]

Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

Yes they will. But many of our kids don’t even have access to stem or ap science so stop complaining if yours does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

Yes they will. But many of our kids don’t even have access to stem or ap science so stop complaining if yours does.

No they won't. These classes at Poolesville and Blair will be inaccessible to the majority of the county. And it is highly. unlikely that they will be able to replicate this at the other future "magnets".

FWIW I have no kid currently in any magnet program

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats! 0 from Blair magnet...

And your point being? Did your kid not get accepted to SMCS?

[Anonymous]

And for all the people from private schools who like to lurk on this board and crap on MCPS, I would like to point out that there are zero DMV private schools represented in this top 40 Regeneron finalists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

Yes they will. But many of our kids don’t even have access to stem or ap science so stop complaining if yours does.

No they won't. These classes at Poolesville and Blair will be inaccessible to the majority of the county. And it is highly. unlikely that they will be able to replicate this at the other future "magnets".

FWIW I have no kid currently in any magnet program

Of course they can be replicated and many of the w schools have high level classes so their need is much less than schools that don’t even have ap classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

Trust me, Her success had nothing to do with the classes at Poolesville!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

Trust me, Her success had nothing to do with the classes at Poolesville!

This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

Trust me, Her success had nothing to do with the classes at Poolesville!

Whatever makes you sleep well at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

Trust me, Her success had nothing to do with the classes at Poolesville!

She has the access to classes at Poolesville, which helps her get internships/situations that allow her those opportunities, along with her parents. Lets be real, its all about connections and opportunities. You think a kid without connections and only having honors science classes, not even AP, can achieve that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for her.

Too bad that future students like her most likely won't have access to the classes that made this possible.

Yes they will. But many of our kids don’t even have access to stem or ap science so stop complaining if yours does.

PP is correct. The number of students allowed in the Poolesville cohort will be lowered, and without access to as same large number of schools, the quality of the program will be affected. But more students will have more access to STEM programs, likely to be lower in quality.

[Anonymous]

Poolesville High School won the parenting war!