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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they applied for a summer job, I would suggest designating BSI as their preferred location so that they get paid for attending.

Can someone explain this to me?

DC kids age 14 and up can participate in the Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). You fill out the paperwork and they place you at a job site where you get paid minimum wage for the summer (pools, summer camps, libraries, etc).

Banneker "requires" incoming freshmen to attend the Banneker Summer Institute (BSI) during that same window. You can request BSI as your worksite with SYEP and essentially get paid to attend BSI.

Thanks. Wish we had known that ahead of time!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also joining the Banneker community next year! When do parents usually get details about the dates for BSI?

I think I heard in late May/early June last year with BSI specifics. It was 3 weeks, beginning on July 5.

[Anonymous]

I don't know when they'll confirm, but at the interview this year they said BSI would be July 1-26, 9am-12pm each day, and that they understand some students may have prior commitments and may not be able to attend all of those weeks.

[Anonymous]

Thanks!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they applied for a summer job, I would suggest designating BSI as their preferred location so that they get paid for attending.

Can someone explain this to me?

DC kids age 14 and up can participate in the Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). You fill out the paperwork and they place you at a job site where you get paid minimum wage for the summer (pools, summer camps, libraries, etc).

Banneker "requires" incoming freshmen to attend the Banneker Summer Institute (BSI) during that same window. You can request BSI as your worksite with SYEP and essentially get paid to attend BSI.

When do we sign them up for this? Or did the deadline already pass?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they applied for a summer job, I would suggest designating BSI as their preferred location so that they get paid for attending.

Can someone explain this to me?

DC kids age 14 and up can participate in the Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). You fill out the paperwork and they place you at a job site where you get paid minimum wage for the summer (pools, summer camps, libraries, etc).

Banneker "requires" incoming freshmen to attend the Banneker Summer Institute (BSI) during that same window. You can request BSI as your worksite with SYEP and essentially get paid to attend BSI.

When do we sign them up for this? Or did the deadline already pass?

I believe the initial deadline has passed if your kid hasn't already signed up for SYEP. They have yet to assign specific job assignments, however. DC was just contacted today for an interview next week. Someone provided a link to SYEP on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they applied for a summer job, I would suggest designating BSI as their preferred location so that they get paid for attending.

Can someone explain this to me?

DC kids age 14 and up can participate in the Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). You fill out the paperwork and they place you at a job site where you get paid minimum wage for the summer (pools, summer camps, libraries, etc).

Banneker "requires" incoming freshmen to attend the Banneker Summer Institute (BSI) during that same window. You can request BSI as your worksite with SYEP and essentially get paid to attend BSI.

When does the BSI start and for how many weeks is it in the summer normally?

[Anonymous]

Get your kid used to the idea of doing 3-4 hours of homework afterschool every day. It's easy to get behind. Staying on top of the work is a key thing we are trying to get our kid to learn. Ours is now a sophomore but this is still a topic of continuing effort.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I heard from my daughter (who's friends go to Banneker) that they get A LOT of homework and many end up transferring to walls in sophomore year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I heard from my daughter (who's friends go to Banneker) that they get A LOT of homework and many end up transferring to walls in sophomore year.

There are very few new Walls admits in 10th grade, so the idea that "many" students from one school end up transferring there is obviously completely ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I heard from my daughter (who's friends go to Banneker) that they get A LOT of homework and many end up transferring to walls in sophomore year.

There are very few new Walls admits in 10th grade, so the idea that "many" students from one school end up transferring there is obviously completely ridiculous.

Even if only 2-3 transfer to walls, many still transfer out of Banneker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I heard from my daughter (who's friends go to Banneker) that they get A LOT of homework and many end up transferring to walls in sophomore year.

There are very few new Walls admits in 10th grade, so the idea that "many" students from one school end up transferring there is obviously completely ridiculous.

Even if only 2-3 transfer to walls, many still transfer out of Banneker.

Or get counseled out due to grades. Or families move. Lots of reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I heard from my daughter (who's friends go to Banneker) that they get A LOT of homework and many end up transferring to walls in sophomore year.

There are very few new Walls admits in 10th grade, so the idea that "many" students from one school end up transferring there is obviously completely ridiculous.

Even if only 2-3 transfer to walls, many still transfer out of Banneker.

Or get counseled out due to grades. Or families move. Lots of reasons.

Yep, Banneker is hard. Still not top school though. Maybe because kids are too burnt out.

[Anonymous]

Do any Banneker families know how to best tap resources in the school? Our 9th grader is completely overwhelmed and she does not know where to turn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I heard from my daughter (who's friends go to Banneker) that they get A LOT of homework and many end up transferring to walls in sophomore year.

There are very few new Walls admits in 10th grade, so the idea that "many" students from one school end up transferring there is obviously completely ridiculous.

Even if only 2-3 transfer to walls, many still transfer out of Banneker.

Just to provide some hard numbers:

The class of 2026 had:
168 students in 9th grade,
162 students in 10th grade,
155 students in 11th grade, and now has
153 students in 12th grade.

Banneker does not backfill, so that’s a total of 15/168 students who have left over three years. I would not call that “many,” but I’m not really interested in debating the meaning of the word “many.” The numbers are what they are.