Is English now “Honors for All” at mcps high schools?

[Anonymous]

Everyone on this thread just stop.

MCPS is a great school system and if you don't like it move to private. Every school system has it's challenges including private.

When kids go to college from MCPS they do not fail out because they were unprepared. FACT.

You want schools like MO, AZ, AR, MS, Ohio, Florida move!

[Anonymous]

Rockville HS also has an IB program but only offers Honors English in 9th and 10th

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/294095c5025b49759746b7bb4af3dac0/english.docx

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did Einstein used to have both pre IB English in both month and tenth? My daughter who took IB English in eleventh and did not do well took pre IB in tenth but just honors in ninth. I thought pre IB was only offered in tenth but it would be interesting if she could have taken pre IB in ninth because her tenth grade English was much harder for her than ninth grade: I felt like she wasn’t well prepared for t here grade pre IN or IB. they barely did any writing seventh thru ninth and then all of a sudden they were expected to know how to write. So if they aren’t offering pre IB in tenth anymore that seems crazy to me because they are going to be even less prepared for IB.

IME writing instruction at Einstein and probably MCPS generally totally sucks

Yeah Pre-IB English is offered in 9th this year at Einstein. My daughter is currently in honors 9. I’m worried as she has all As, finishes her work quickly and then spend the rest of her time watching cooking shows & sports on her phone during class. Any further dumbing-down and I’m convinced I’m just sending her to school to surf the internet all day.

Einstein used to offer both Pre-IB English 9 and 10, but my understanding is that they are not permitted by central office to do so anymore, because IB classes are only available to 11th and 12 graders, and Einstein does not have the MYP IB program which covers 9th and 10th graders. I think at a PTSA meeting it was stated (perhaps by a parent) that the students who had registered for Pre-IB 9 for this year were placed into cohorted Honors English 9 classes instead. (Everyone is in Honors English 9.) I don't know what the expectation is for next year.

Seneca Valley has the MYP IB program and does not have pre-IB English 9 and 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did Einstein used to have both pre IB English in both month and tenth? My daughter who took IB English in eleventh and did not do well took pre IB in tenth but just honors in ninth. I thought pre IB was only offered in tenth but it would be interesting if she could have taken pre IB in ninth because her tenth grade English was much harder for her than ninth grade: I felt like she wasn’t well prepared for t here grade pre IN or IB. they barely did any writing seventh thru ninth and then all of a sudden they were expected to know how to write. So if they aren’t offering pre IB in tenth anymore that seems crazy to me because they are going to be even less prepared for IB.

IME writing instruction at Einstein and probably MCPS generally totally sucks

MS in MCPS in general is a complete joke and does not prepare kids who want to take advanced classes in HS.

MCPS wants MS to focus on "social emotional" learning, but that comes at the expense of academic learning, which causes the achievement gap in HS to grow even more. Way to shoot themselves (and the kids) in the foot.

I completely disagree.

Let me guess: you are an employee in Central Office?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone on this thread just stop.

MCPS is a great school system and if you don't like it move to private. Every school system has it's challenges including private.

When kids go to college from MCPS they do not fail out because they were unprepared. FACT.

You want schools like MO, AZ, AR, MS, Ohio, Florida move!

No, they just take a lot of remedial classes…no big deal. Also, Florida and Ohio score higher than MD on NAEP so check your ego Ms. MCPS booster

[Anonymous]

There is no way every kid is bright enough to take honors anything. Not helping those kids work towards a future job,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way every kid is bright enough to take honors anything. Not helping those kids work towards a future job,

Its not honors. It is grade level but parents are happier if it is called honors and kids GPAs are helped by the extra point...but really MCPS is out of 5 not 4 and hte collleges can see that.,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did Einstein used to have both pre IB English in both month and tenth? My daughter who took IB English in eleventh and did not do well took pre IB in tenth but just honors in ninth. I thought pre IB was only offered in tenth but it would be interesting if she could have taken pre IB in ninth because her tenth grade English was much harder for her than ninth grade: I felt like she wasn’t well prepared for t here grade pre IN or IB. they barely did any writing seventh thru ninth and then all of a sudden they were expected to know how to write. So if they aren’t offering pre IB in tenth anymore that seems crazy to me because they are going to be even less prepared for IB.

IME writing instruction at Einstein and probably MCPS generally totally sucks

MS in MCPS in general is a complete joke and does not prepare kids who want to take advanced classes in HS.

MCPS wants MS to focus on "social emotional" learning, but that comes at the expense of academic learning, which causes the achievement gap in HS to grow even more. Way to shoot themselves (and the kids) in the foot.

I completely disagree.

+1 who says every kids can learn but declines to say at what pace
Let me guess: you are an employee in Central Office?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way every kid is bright enough to take honors anything. Not helping those kids work towards a future job,

Its not honors. It is grade level but parents are happier if it is called honors and kids GPAs are helped by the extra point...but really MCPS is out of 5 not 4 and hte collleges can see that.,

Then don't call it Honors. Pure bunk.

[Anonymous]

Einstein parent here. I can confirm this. My 9th grader was told a month ago by her English teacher that she should be in pre-ib english next year. There is no pre-ib 10th grade english. Apparently the teachers weren't aware of this change either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone on this thread just stop.

MCPS is a great school system and if you don't like it move to private. Every school system has it's challenges including private.

When kids go to college from MCPS they do not fail out because they were unprepared. FACT.

You want schools like MO, AZ, AR, MS, Ohio, Florida move!

We're trying to understand why specific courses are no longer offered and why courses our kids are recommended to take by teachers don't exist. I don't understand why no one from central office who oversees curriculum can comminicate these changes to teachers, parents and students before course registration time. That's all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone on this thread just stop.

MCPS is a great school system and if you don't like it move to private. Every school system has it's challenges including private.

When kids go to college from MCPS they do not fail out because they were unprepared. FACT.

You want schools like MO, AZ, AR, MS, Ohio, Florida move!

OP here: F You!!! I don’t have the option to pay $50k per year for private per kid. MCPS is not meeting my kid’s needs. What is happening where they remove standards, remove challenge DOES NOT help anyone

[Anonymous]

This is bullshit.

[Anonymous]

This is someting that MCCPTA curriculum committee should take on. There should be differentiation for all academic courses in high school. (Middle school too ideally, but in high school it is a greater priority.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Einstein parent here. I can confirm this. My 9th grader was told a month ago by her English teacher that she should be in pre-ib english next year. There is no pre-ib 10th grade english. Apparently the teachers weren't aware of this change either.

Is she currently in ninth grade pre IB English?