Entering Oyster as Spanish-dominant -- Spanish proficiency test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

As you said, the key scores are math and reading...on pretty much every standardized test (not just DC CAS). So it's nice that LAMB's students have done well in composition and science, but it really doesn't matter much.

I am at Oyster, I think all these scores matter. In any case, the point of bringing up the scores (not me that brought them up) is to show that Oyster is in the same league as Deal and LAMB. It does not make sense to argue over a few % points. That's what the JKLM boosters do.

Funny--I've been an Oyster parent for a few years now. I have never (not once), heard an Oyster parent claim that our school is "in the same league" as LAMB, Stokes, MV, Marie Reed, Bancroft, etc. However, I frequently read statements on DCUM (from parents at those other schools ) claiming to be in the same league as Oyster. Hmmm...

[Anonymous]

Genial cancion, pero cuidado. Vivimos en el pais del Séptimo de Caballería (y voluntariamente)...

Elegimos vivir aca, pero no nos olvidamos de donde venimos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJE8ZdeG8

Calle 13 - Latinoamérica

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Genial cancion, pero cuidado. Vivimos en el pais del Séptimo de Caballería (y voluntariamente)...

Elegimos vivir aca, pero no nos olvidamos de donde venimos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJE8ZdeG8

Calle 13 - Latinoamérica

Pensaba que estabas enlazando este
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uErp6UwStk

[Anonymous]

Funny--I've been an Oyster parent for a few years now. I have never (not once), heard an Oyster parent claim that our school is "in the same league" as LAMB, Stokes, MV, Marie Reed, Bancroft, etc. However, I frequently read statements on DCUM (from parents at those other schools ) claiming to be in the same league as Oyster. Hmmm...

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One more volunteer for the DCUM gestapo. Yes, I am an Oyster parent. The easiest way to prove it to you right now is that we all received a robocall from Mayra changing the date of her coffee last Friday.

Funny you were not pissed by me putting Oyster in the same league as Deal.

[Anonymous]

Pensaba que estabas enlazando este

Cute. Pero te gusto el que puse de Calle 13?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Funny--I've been an Oyster parent for a few years now. I have never (not once), heard an Oyster parent claim that our school is "in the same league" as LAMB, Stokes, MV, Marie Reed, Bancroft, etc. However, I frequently read statements on DCUM (from parents at those other schools ) claiming to be in the same league as Oyster. Hmmm...

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One more volunteer for the DCUM gestapo. Yes, I am an Oyster parent. The easiest way to prove it to you right now is that we all received a robocall from Mayra changing the date of her coffee last Friday.

Funny you were not pissed by me putting Oyster in the same league as Deal.

I'm not pissed at all. However, you sound... a bit upset. I simply observed that I have never heard an Oyster parent claim to be in the same league with LAMB, or any other immersion schools in DC. That is my experience, and I'm not interested in having a back and forth with you about it.

[Anonymous]

Is there a congenial atmosphere among parents at Oyster?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Funny--I've been an Oyster parent for a few years now. I have never (not once), heard an Oyster parent claim that our school is "in the same league" as LAMB, Stokes, MV, Marie Reed, Bancroft, etc. However, I frequently read statements on DCUM (from parents at those other schools ) claiming to be in the same league as Oyster. Hmmm...

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One more volunteer for the DCUM gestapo. Yes, I am an Oyster parent. The easiest way to prove it to you right now is that we all received a robocall from Mayra changing the date of her coffee last Friday.

Funny you were not pissed by me putting Oyster in the same league as Deal.

I'm not pissed at all. However, you sound... a bit upset. I simply observed that I have never heard an Oyster parent claim to be in the same league with LAMB, or any other immersion schools in DC. That is my experience, and I'm not interested in having a back and forth with you about it.

I think we can all agree that Oyster is a top-tier school, as demonstrated by their test results and by the fact that otherwise upstanding citizens lie and cheat in order to get their children in it. Fighting over which other schools belong in that top tier as well, or how those top-tier schools rank among themselves, is futile. The Montessori approach of LAMB may be more beneficial for some, while the time-tested teaching method of Oyster may fit someone's learning style else better.

[Anonymous]

Make that "may fit someone else's learning style better". My keyboard is dyslexic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Funny--I've been an Oyster parent for a few years now. I have never (not once), heard an Oyster parent claim that our school is "in the same league" as LAMB, Stokes, MV, Marie Reed, Bancroft, etc. However, I frequently read statements on DCUM (from parents at those other schools ) claiming to be in the same league as Oyster. Hmmm...

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One more volunteer for the DCUM gestapo. Yes, I am an Oyster parent. The easiest way to prove it to you right now is that we all received a robocall from Mayra changing the date of her coffee last Friday.

Funny you were not pissed by me putting Oyster in the same league as Deal.

I'm not pissed at all. However, you sound... a bit upset. I simply observed that I have never heard an Oyster parent claim to be in the same league with LAMB, or any other immersion schools in DC. That is my experience, and I'm not interested in having a back and forth with you about it.

Btw, I didn't say anything about Deal because I have heard Oyster parents compare the school to Deal. I think that Oyster is best for students whose priority is attending a top-notch immersion school (as it is for us). Deal may be best for students who are struggling with the Spanish immersion curriculum, or desire a larger school with more extracurricular activities.

[Anonymous]

Btw, I didn't say anything about Deal because I have heard Oyster parents compare the school to Deal. I think that Oyster is best for students whose priority is attending a top-notch immersion school (as it is for us). Deal may be best for students who are struggling with the Spanish immersion curriculum, or desire a larger school with more extracurricular activities.

OK, so now that we are through with validating my credentials as a bonafide Oyster parent we can talk about more important stuff. Like what in your view sets Oyster apart from LAMB? It can't just be the scores, because that can be correlated with the quality / SES level of students going to each school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Pensaba que estabas enlazando este

Cute. Pero te gusto el que puse de Calle 13?

Tambien

Y esta, mas enfocada en nuestro futuro bilingue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Pensaba que estabas enlazando este


Cute. Pero te gusto el que puse de Calle 13?


Tambien

Y esta, mas enfocada en nuestro futuro bilingue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

O esta, tambien globalizada pero con mas edge y compromiso


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhrVoKTuU38

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Btw, I didn't say anything about Deal because I have heard Oyster parents compare the school to Deal. I think that Oyster is best for students whose priority is attending a top-notch immersion school (as it is for us). Deal may be best for students who are struggling with the Spanish immersion curriculum, or desire a larger school with more extracurricular activities.

OK, so now that we are through with validating my credentials as a bonafide Oyster parent we can talk about more important stuff. Like what in your view sets Oyster apart from LAMB? It can't just be the scores, because that can be correlated with the quality / SES level of students going to each school.

You first. Why do you think that LAMB is "in the same league" as Oyster. Btw, I am well aware of the connection between SES and test scores. Oyster and LAMB have about the same percentage of FARMS students--about 25% and 26%, respectively. However, there is a 10% gap in math scores and a 5% gap in reading scores, in Oyster's favor. I should note that Oyster's scores have always been higher than other DC immersion schools, even when they had an almost 40% FARMS rate and were a Title I school only a few years ago. So, despite the fact that both schools have about the same levels of poverty, Oyster's students consistently achieve higher key test scores.

I have other reasons, but as I said earlier, you first.

[Anonymous]

Btw, I didn't say anything about Deal because I have heard Oyster parents compare the school to Deal. I think that Oyster is best for students whose priority is attending a top-notch immersion school (as it is for us). Deal may be best for students who are struggling with the Spanish immersion curriculum, or desire a larger school with more extracurricular activities.



OK, so now that we are through with validating my credentials as a bonafide Oyster parent we can talk about more important stuff. Like what in your view sets Oyster apart from LAMB? It can't just be the scores, because that can be correlated with the quality / SES level of students going to each school.

Let me rephrase this last question since I am not interested in starting another pissing contest. What can we do at Oyster to make it better? Is there anything we can learn from other schools? How can we prevent having students struggle with Spanish leaving Oyster (as you or others always bring up) ? Imagine if the same was said of math or English, that students leave because they can't keep up? Who is failing then, the students or the school?