Beauvoir Math and Science

[Anonymous]

Does Beauvoir have Math specialist for preK students?

[Anonymous]

Yes, the math specialist at the entry years serves both prek and kindergarten. The remaining grades each have their own math specialist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each year Beauvoir brings an ERB representative to the school to meet with all parents about the test as well as the school's scores. Parents also receive their own child's scores with explanations. This year the third grade Beauvoir results were presented as follows:

Mean Percent Content Mastery By Test



Auditory Comprehension for Suburban Public Schools - 74%
Auditory Comprehension for Independent Schools Nationally - 80%
Auditory Comprehension for Beauvoir - 88%


Reading Comprehension for Suburan Public Schools - 72%
Reading Comprehension for Independent Schools Nationally - 78%
Reading Comprehension for Beauvoir - 87%


Mathematics for Suburban Public Schools - 71%
Mathematics for Independent Schools Nationally - 79%
Mathematics for Beauvoir - 87%

This presentation is given annually and the numbers in each group vary slightly if at all.

These percentages are hardly impressive given that "suburban public schools" would naturally be dragged down by seriously underperforming students (low income, low aptitude, English as second language, etc.) One can imagine that, in this area -- high socioeconomic levels, high parental educational level etc.-- the high performing kids in these public schools would score better than B's score (again, assuming that the very low scores would have dragged down the total % means that the high performers must be scoring substantially higher). As B's score is made up of a pre-scrubbed, vetted group that has "made the cut," I'm less impressed. Not intending to start a food-fight here - but I'm a parent weighing the cost/benefit of spending 35k.

I'm curious above poster, are you also the OP ? I think a fair person would acknowledge that the Beauvoir ERB results are better than the " Independant School Norm" as shown above. How do you nay say that away, PP ?

Are you seriously deluded enough to think that rich/ private school attending kids in DC are smarter than rich/private school attending kids everywhere else in 1% America ? Their parents may be more self-important, but not smarter than say people in CT suburbs of NYC, or NW Shore of Chicago, or Silicon Valley kids or Suburban Philadelphia kids, all of whom hear over and over that " our schools have the most National Merit finanlists and score highest in testing in the nation". Truth is, whetehr its wealthy suburban kids norm or Private School norm, we are comparing the same kids of the same affluent, highly educated parents.

For Beauvoir to have scored slightly better that Private or Suburban schoool norm is a plus.

The fact is the ERB committee which decides the stanine qualifying scores ( how many wrong can you get in a subset and still be 9th stanine) consists of teachers who mostly work in Public HS in Suburban Philadelphia( look it up ). To give you some idea of the wealth and affluance prevalent among these teaching communities that are choosing what is the " Subaurban School Norm":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Merion_High_School

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham_High_School

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladwyne,_Pennsylvania

Now , show me the "pockets on poverty" and " ESL students" among the cohort above and realise that these are the students who are being used as the "standard Suburban School kid" to establish the " Suburban Public HS norms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Beauvoir has overhauled its Math program in the last 4 years as EDM fell out in a lot of local Privates ( not just Beauvoir) To get a good idea of principles its founded on google Cathy Fosnot ( SP) from Columbia Univ.

The science program at Beauvoir is excellent with kids attedning inf 90 minute sessions with only half the class and two teachers ( 9 kids to 2 teachers) . Its all experiential learning in a dedicated science room that has so many resources it brings to mind the Smithsonian.

My child is doing well at STA without any kind of outside help or input from me. 4th grade seems a step up, but a natural one.

So is EDM still used at Beauvoir to some extent?

You've been tod " No" by three different posters now. How many more times do you need ot hear " no" to accept that that is a "no".

[Anonymous]

Dr. Cathy Fosnot ( founder of the math program used )has been at the school for several days at a time to work with students, faculty, and parents.

Parents and students also attend Math Mornings every Wednesday morning before school to work on math problems together with the math specialists.

[Anonymous]

Same person posting 3 times in a row?

[Anonymous]

Since I can claim only one of the posts .......no. OP asked for additional information. She got if from several sources.