Middle Schools

[Anonymous]

Top Public Middle Schools in DC (no particular order)
(1) Stuart Hobson
(2) Hardy
(3) Deal
(4) Cap City
(5) Two Rivers
(6) Latin
(7) Jefferson (?)
(8) Sousa (?)

[Anonymous]

An interesting article from 5 years ago about a principal that was brought in to turn Jefferson around.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR2005071000885.html


Does anyone know how long he lasted? (Turns out he was a New Leaders for New Schools grad. If you read deeper into the article you can see Ballou got a New Leaders principal too in '05. She didn't last either...)

[Anonymous]

Jefferson has a really good Principal now - Ms. Pride.

[Anonymous]

KIPP Key has the best math scores of any public middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:KIPP Key has the best math scores of any public middle school.

Does KIPP admit students in 6th grade? How woudl KIPP work as a middle school?

[Anonymous]

KIPP Key serves grades 4 to 8, acceptance by lottery

http://www.kippdc.org/key/

There are a number of KIPP schools on several campuses starting at Pre-K3 and expanding through HS (currently through 10th)

http://www.kippdc.org/enroll/enroll-today/

[Anonymous]

That twice a month Saturday school at KIPP sure looks attractive.

[Anonymous]

And they have a class devoted to chanting. My DC's friend who attended KIPP for one year didn't like the chanting part. YMMV.

[Anonymous]

Top Public Middle Schools in DC (no particular order)
(1) Stuart Hobson
(2) Hardy
(3) Deal
(4) Cap City
(5) Two Rivers
(6) Latin
(7) Jefferson (?)
(8) Sousa (?)
(9) KIPP

[Anonymous]

What is the capacity of these nine middle schools, and how many kids are left in the cold? How many kids in DC attend middle school? Just a hunch, but I bet the data is pretty depressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And they have a class devoted to chanting. My DC's friend who attended KIPP for one year didn't like the chanting part. YMMV.

I don't know, the Jews, Native Americans, Buddhists, Catholics, auctioneers, protestors and Gregorian Monks all chant. If it is good enough for them, it's good enough for me.

[Anonymous]

Is the principal still heating kids?

[Anonymous]

Hart middle school is my top choice. Billy is the man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the principal still heating kids?

Hope so! It's getting cold out there - winter's coming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Latin does not have the best scores. Look at Deal's scores for 2009-2010 compared to Latin's.

new poster here. I looked at them a few months ago -- they appeared completely on par.