Hardy Middle School -- 5th grade in feeder school -- who's considering Hardy for 6th?
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Anonymous
| Hardy has done this for three years running now, I think. Yes, it is a great event. |
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This Friday evening, Hardy Middle School is celebrating its new Chinese language classroom (starting next year) with an evening of Chinese folk music, dance, martial arts, and more.
Tickets are free to the public and more information is available here. http://www.hardyms.org/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=373569&id=0 |
Anonymous
| I literally just got off he phone with a Mann parent who was talking about where to send her child to private after Mann. I asked if Hardy was an option and she said everyone at Mann knows Hardy is not an option. Very different opinion. Where do the Mann kids go? |
Anonymous
| Mann kids go private. Those parents would never consider public school for their middle and high schoolers. |
Anonymous
Mine will go to Hardy. If he needs extra work that Hardy may not offer, he'll get it from home. He would do fine in almost any school. |
Anonymous
Uh, no. We have friends at Mann and they expect a decent chunk of current 5th grade to graduate to Hardy. Trolls gotta troll. |
Anonymous
I doubt that would dissuade higher SES parents from choosing another school. If they are desperate for soccer, there are other sports programs. If they are desperate for challenging academics, DCPS -- including Hardy, sorry but it's the truth -- lead them elsewhere. Signed, a former Hyde parent who chose a popular charter instead |
Anonymous
Umm, no. Many other (high-income) Mann parents are considering Hardy strongly. We talk about it. Whoever said "trolls gotta troll" hit the nail on the head. Signed, Mann parent |
Anonymous
Thank you for posting this. If you know, are younger elementary-aged students be welcome to attend? This sounds like something my first-grade daughter would enjoy. |
Anonymous
Many of the top kids all play academy & travel soccer these days that often restrict the kids from playing at their schools. |
Anonymous
| My oldest is at Key and she's still pretty young so we have a while before we face a decision on middle school. However, most of the Key parents I talk to are still very down on Hardy (and frankly look down on it academically). I hope there's a lot of improvement over the next three years ! |
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Frankly, and no offense, but Key is not really relevant to the improvement at Hardy. Changes at Hardy will be led by Stoddert and Mann. None of the Mann parents are revising their opinions based upon whether Key families find Hardy acceptable. (That sounds harsh; I don't mean it to be harsh.)
I don't know what's happening at Stoddert, but familiarity with Pride should mitigate some of the inevitable bumps in the road. I assume -- repeat, assume -- takeup at Hardy from Stoddert will continue rising, perhaps precipitously. I had long thought that Stoddert would have to do it alone. Mann is devoting a lot of resources to making Hardy more acceptable to in-boundary families. It's not clear that Mann will be one of the leaders of the movement to Hardy. |
Anonymous
| Is there a big difference in philosophy between Mann and Key? I'm planning to move into one of the districts next year, and a previous poster suggested that Key is somehow not relevant to the changes at Hardy. Can you explain? Are Stoddert and Mann families more likely to stick with public school through middle school? I'm not a troll -- just looking for information. |
Anonymous
Yes, I called the school and they told me we can all go, but stressed the fact that we need to register by sending an email as indicated in the link. |