Are any other HGC parents dissatisfied or suspicious about their class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry to hear this, sounds like it's due to curriculum 2.0 My DS is now in middle school after attending the HGC, which we found to be quite challenging, both in the classroom and for homework as well. I could tell (esp. now, looking back) that the peer group and excellent teachers were so good for him.

We were really pleased with the HGC (not so much with °the current middle school, which is not a magnet and although he' s in all "honors" classes, is not finding them challenging at all....getting straight As without really working hard.)

My daughter is in 5th at an HGC. It seems to me that a lot more was expected from her last year pre 2.0. The workload this year seems to be significantly less. Not sure if it's 2.0 or just different teachers, but it's a large difference.

My child is also in 5th at an HGC, and everybody was saying last year, pre-2.0, that the workload in 5th was a lot less than the workload in 4th. Which was good, because the workload in 4th was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry to hear this, sounds like it's due to curriculum 2.0 My DS is now in middle school after attending the HGC, which we found to be quite challenging, both in the classroom and for homework as well. I could tell (esp. now, looking back) that the peer group and excellent teachers were so good for him.

We were really pleased with the HGC (not so much with °the current middle school, which is not a magnet and although he' s in all "honors" classes, is not finding them challenging at all....getting straight As without really working hard.)

My daughter is in 5th at an HGC. It seems to me that a lot more was expected from her last year pre 2.0. The workload this year seems to be significantly less. Not sure if it's 2.0 or just different teachers, but it's a large difference.

My child is also in 5th at an HGC, and everybody was saying last year, pre-2.0, that the workload in 5th was a lot less than the workload in 4th. Which was good, because the workload in 4th was ridiculous.

Yes. it was!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry to hear this, sounds like it's due to curriculum 2.0 My DS is now in middle school after attending the HGC, which we found to be quite challenging, both in the classroom and for homework as well. I could tell (esp. now, looking back) that the peer group and excellent teachers were so good for him.

We were really pleased with the HGC (not so much with °the current middle school, which is not a magnet and although he' s in all "honors" classes, is not finding them challenging at all....getting straight As without really working hard.)

My daughter is in 5th at an HGC. It seems to me that a lot more was expected from her last year pre 2.0. The workload this year seems to be significantly less. Not sure if it's 2.0 or just different teachers, but it's a large difference.

My child is also in 5th at an HGC, and everybody was saying last year, pre-2.0, that the workload in 5th was a lot less than the workload in 4th. Which was good, because the workload in 4th was ridiculous.

Absolutely, 4th grade was excessive. But I too, feel 5th grade has had low expectations. My daughter's math homework is never even checked anymore. We cleaned out her binder this week and there were pages of dated and ungraded assignments.

[Anonymous]

My child was at a HGC pre-2.0. She loved the big projects and challenges in 4th grade. 5th grade is the curriculum went way down hill. Aside from the independent research project, I would think it was similar to our home school. Far fewer and much less creative projects. SS focused mostly on reading and taking tests on jr scholastic magazine..really disappointing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Absolutely, 4th grade was excessive. But I too, feel 5th grade has had low expectations. My daughter's math homework is never even checked anymore. We cleaned out her binder this week and there were pages of dated and ungraded assignments.

I just asked, and my 5th grader says that they do go over the math homework in class.

[Anonymous]

My 4th grader has a very reasonable amount of work and finds the curriculum to be appropriately challenging. I think the students benefit from the peer group in addition to benefiting from the curriculum.

[Anonymous]

In my daughters fourth grade HGC they check their math homework in the classroom.

Still rarely do we see anything come home with a math grade. I really don't know how she is doing at all.

I am new at this, so if they are doing projects in class, should those projects not receive a grade and be sent home?

[Anonymous]

It'd be great if some of you would post your center - don't have to ID your particular comment above or girl v boy - but this summary might help for some of us deciding for next year...

HGC center
gr 4/gr 5
happy/not happy/unsure

[Anonymous]

Clearspring, fifth grade, happy

[Anonymous]

Clearspring, 5th, girl, happy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It'd be great if some of you would post your center - don't have to ID your particular comment above or girl v boy - but this summary might help for some of us deciding for next year...

HGC center
gr 4/gr 5
happy/not happy/unsure

+1!

[Anonymous]

Thanks Clearspring parents! Any others willing to share?

[Anonymous]

Not willing to share the name of the HGC b/c we are considering leaving. I understand some of the other families are considering the same. Teacher issue. DDs older sister went through the same HGC a few years ago but the teachers were different -- made all the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not willing to share the name of the HGC b/c we are considering leaving. I understand some of the other families are considering the same. Teacher issue. DDs older sister went through the same HGC a few years ago but the teachers were different -- made all the difference.

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Checking to clarify that it is really the teachers and not 'what they are teaching' (I ask because of the 2.0 curriculum changes...).

And, Please tell me it isn't Barnsley...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not willing to share the name of the HGC b/c we are considering leaving. I understand some of the other families are considering the same. Teacher issue. DDs older sister went through the same HGC a few years ago but the teachers were different -- made all the difference.

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Checking to clarify that it is really the teachers and not 'what they are teaching' (I ask because of the 2.0 curriculum changes...).

And, Please tell me it isn't Barnsley...

I think all centers had to teach some version of 2.0 for the 1st half of the year, but are moving away from 2.0 for the 2nd part of the year. I think it was b/c parents throughout the county complained about the rigidity and constrictions of 2.0. Issue is that they were stuck with it and weren't free to be creative - for some teachers that means a dull classroom. A really passionate, creative teacher can do a great job with almost any curriculum. General impression.