Going to DCI not from a feeder school
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
These schools aren't available. Only a small amount of applicants get in. |
Anonymous
| Do most of the graduates from the feeder schools that already go to 5th grade end up going to DCI? Is the reason that there are still so many open spots in Spanish because MV doesn't yet send any children to DCI? Thank you. |
Anonymous
Varies by school. I think the Tier 1 ranking will help some nervous feeder parents commit to DCI. But yes, they fact that MV students aren't there yet means somewhat more room for Spanish track students now. |
Anonymous
| Lots of feeder parents are also turned off by the amount of screen time/tech usage at DCI. So go elsewhere. |
Anonymous
This is what a neighbor expressed to me. |
Anonymous
| Wish they would reconsider the tech policy.... |
Anonymous
1:1 technology is baked into the school. And Google is a partner; the DCI leadership has attended national Google education conferences and talked about their program. I don't think it's going to change. It's also pretty common in private schools in the area. |
Anonymous
| Can you please elaborate on the technology policy? I know that they use Google Classroom and students are given a Chromebook, but is everything done on a computer? Is there anytime spent on handwriting or research/reading from physical books? How are distractions limited in the classroom? For example, when using their computers during class, do students have access to social media and/or texting? |
Anonymous
|
I am not a current parent but I have attended an open house. The kids use chromebooks to complete assignments and read books. If you go to the DCI website, you will see kids are encouraged to learn typing and the summer homework for rising 6th graders must be typed. At the open house parents asked about using paper and the school seems willing to let kids read books but I am not sure about handwriting assignments.
For a variety of reasons, tech policy included, we decided not to attend DCI. I strongly suggest attending an open house to get more information to see whether it would be a good fit for your DC |
Anonymous
Shouldn't we start acknowledging that this is the world we live in now? Don't we want our kids to be tech savvy since writing has gone out the window in just about every profession? I don't get the resistance to tech. |
Anonymous
| Some tech is good but not too much. basically not a lot of evidence to support benefit in the classroom at this point. Kids need to be just as comfortable writing as they do using a computer. At this point in time it shouldn't be an either or choice. Just my opinion. |
Anonymous
+1 Everyone write on a computer now. No one writes by hand on paper except kids in elementary school learning to read and write. I don't know anyone who writes on paper who is a grown up. I am a lawyer and submit everything electronically from a computer. If it is on paper, it gets scanned into a computer, a needless extra step. It's just easier to have everything on a computer in the first place. |
Anonymous
| College students still have to use blue books and SAT/ACT writing sections are handwritten too. |
Anonymous
Tests are about the only thing. I'm not saying get rid of writing all together but I think it should be more 80/20 computer vs when I grew up 20/80. |
Anonymous
|
Yeah, but kids aren't adults. If we applied the same logic, we wouldn't teach Kindergartner students how to print and just go straight to keyboarding.
At meetings I attend, plenty of people still take notes on paper which they may scan later. And I still print out some documents that I really need to read carefully. There are health benefits to consider as well. Kids doing homework late at night on a computer isn't such a good thing. The light frequency on the screen inhibits melatonin production leading to disruption in sleep patterns. Of course, this applies to nearly everybody who uses a computer. |