Typical day of Pre-K at a JKLM

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Probably he same as a typical day at most schools in the city. Do you really think JKLM do pk4 that differently than any other school or are you intentionally trying to show posters that you’re IB for a JKLM? Why not mention the actual school if you want real feedback?

NP. We are IB for a JKLM but did PK at a Title 1 school. They had the Tools of the Mind curriculum and focused a lot on academics (although ToM is ostensibly play based). I don't know this for sure, but from what I've heard WOTP schools do less academics in PK, as they serve such different demographics. So it seems legitimate to ask with reference to that group of schools.

Also, as mentioned above, at least two of the schools have the reggio emilia program which is a different way of doing preK than some others. Seems if you are on Capitol Hill, you would ask about preK there. Why so sensitive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably he same as a typical day at most schools in the city. Do you really think JKLM do pk4 that differently than any other school or are you intentionally trying to show posters that you’re IB for a JKLM? Why not mention the actual school if you want real feedback?

It isn't the same. DCPS does not have one standard ECE curriculum; it has a variety of models. But I agree that, because of this, OP should either name the school or ask the school, because all the JKLNMs do not use the same ECE model.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably he same as a typical day at most schools in the city. Do you really think JKLM do pk4 that differently than any other school or are you intentionally trying to show posters that you’re IB for a JKLM? Why not mention the actual school if you want real feedback?

NP. We are IB for a JKLM but did PK at a Title 1 school. They had the Tools of the Mind curriculum and focused a lot on academics (although ToM is ostensibly play based). I don't know this for sure, but from what I've heard WOTP schools do less academics in PK, as they serve such different demographics. So it seems legitimate to ask with reference to that group of schools.

Also, as mentioned above, at least two of the schools have the reggio emilia program which is a different way of doing preK than some others. Seems if you are on Capitol Hill, you would ask about preK there. Why so sensitive?

PP wasn't sensitive. Make a valid point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably he same as a typical day at most schools in the city. Do you really think JKLM do pk4 that differently than any other school or are you intentionally trying to show posters that you’re IB for a JKLM? Why not mention the actual school if you want real feedback?

NP. We are IB for a JKLM but did PK at a Title 1 school. They had the Tools of the Mind curriculum and focused a lot on academics (although ToM is ostensibly play based). I don't know this for sure, but from what I've heard WOTP schools do less academics in PK, as they serve such different demographics. So it seems legitimate to ask with reference to that group of schools.

Also, as mentioned above, at least two of the schools have the reggio emilia program which is a different way of doing preK than some others. Seems if you are on Capitol Hill, you would ask about preK there. Why so sensitive?

PP wasn't sensitive. Make a valid point.

A valid point has been made. Not every DCPS ECE is the same, and the WOTP schools are special group because they are serving primarily privileged demographics who don't need the early push of academics.

[Anonymous]

At our DCPS there was only like 2.5 hours of academics when you looked at the schedule. The rest was getting to and fro places, lunch, nap, recess, free play, circle time etc. I was worried that it would be too much school for them coming from only 1/2 day preschool, but really it was fine. Lots of unstructured time and time to rest and play.

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What else would there be?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably he same as a typical day at most schools in the city. Do you really think JKLM do pk4 that differently than any other school or are you intentionally trying to show posters that you’re IB for a JKLM? Why not mention the actual school if you want real feedback?

NP. We are IB for a JKLM but did PK at a Title 1 school. They had the Tools of the Mind curriculum and focused a lot on academics (although ToM is ostensibly play based). I don't know this for sure, but from what I've heard WOTP schools do less academics in PK, as they serve such different demographics. So it seems legitimate to ask with reference to that group of schools.

Also, as mentioned above, at least two of the schools have the reggio emilia program which is a different way of doing preK than some others. Seems if you are on Capitol Hill, you would ask about preK there. Why so sensitive?

PP wasn't sensitive. Make a valid point.

A valid point has been made. Not every DCPS ECE is the same, and the WOTP schools are special group because they are serving primarily privileged demographics who don't need the early push of academics.

Utterly ridiculous. First, just because JKLM are white a non poor does NOT mean all EOTP schools are title 1 and a stark different demographics. You can’t tell me that Janney does ECE any different than Shepherd or Ross. OP didn’t ask about circulum, she asked about a typical day. She was blowing her dog whistle by saying “brown people need not respond”. The JKLM schools aren’t the same so there is no other purpose for phrasing the question that way.

[Anonymous]

FWIW, our Title 1 school switched from Tools of the Mind to Creative Curriculum and the daily schedule stayed the same. The biggest differences are how the unit themes weave through the centers and how the teachers guide student dialogue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably he same as a typical day at most schools in the city. Do you really think JKLM do pk4 that differently than any other school or are you intentionally trying to show posters that you’re IB for a JKLM? Why not mention the actual school if you want real feedback?

NP. We are IB for a JKLM but did PK at a Title 1 school. They had the Tools of the Mind curriculum and focused a lot on academics (although ToM is ostensibly play based). I don't know this for sure, but from what I've heard WOTP schools do less academics in PK, as they serve such different demographics. So it seems legitimate to ask with reference to that group of schools.

Also, as mentioned above, at least two of the schools have the reggio emilia program which is a different way of doing preK than some others. Seems if you are on Capitol Hill, you would ask about preK there. Why so sensitive?

PP wasn't sensitive. Make a valid point.

A valid point has been made. Not every DCPS ECE is the same, and the WOTP schools are special group because they are serving primarily privileged demographics who don't need the early push of academics.

Utterly ridiculous. First, just because JKLM are white a non poor does NOT mean all EOTP schools are title 1 and a stark different demographics. You can’t tell me that Janney does ECE any different than Shepherd or Ross. OP didn’t ask about circulum, she asked about a typical day. She was blowing her dog whistle by saying “brown people need not respond”. The JKLM schools aren’t the same so there is no other purpose for phrasing the question that way.

Of course not all EOTP schools are the same either. But you are just looking to be offended. "Brown people need not respond"? Speaking of utterly ridiculous. I don't like the "JKLM" acronym either, but OP was just looking to get information as specific as possible to her school without naming it. Lots of people try to stay as anonymous as possible on the internet. Just asking about WOTP schools as a group is not a dog whistle, especially since even the whitest school is only 75% white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, our Title 1 school switched from Tools of the Mind to Creative Curriculum and the daily schedule stayed the same. The biggest differences are how the unit themes weave through the centers and how the teachers guide student dialogue.

Most of the daily routine will be the same. How centers are done is the biggest difference between creative and tools

[Anonymous]

the OP may be in a WOTP neighborhood and did not want to 'out' the school, but I don't know why. These schools are different. The schedule will be mostly the same. Morning work, recess, lunch, nap, pm work and recess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the OP may be in a WOTP neighborhood and did not want to 'out' the school, but I don't know why. These schools are different. The schedule will be mostly the same. Morning work, recess, lunch, nap, pm work and recess.

agreed that the OP may not have wanted that, but then the post seems pointless.