DCPS Selective HSs: What to know.

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime.

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.

What?? I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism. Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.

Er, no. Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters. With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM. Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

The added nuance is that Walls parents disproportionately sample from schools that the strivers want their kids to go to but didn’t themselves (and some of us work at them, and have a good sense of the training of the kids in our classes, or can figure out where the DoE keeps their statistics). So I’m just bemused at this “everyone at Michigan takes multivariate” nonsense

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Anonymous wrote:What high schools in DCPS offer higher math classes than Walls?

The highest math class offered at the school is Calculus.

No DCPS high school offers any math past Calculus in the whole system which is shocking in this day and age in addition to not offering all the standard AP science classes.

You can do dual enrollment but it is not the same and challenging in regards to coordinating it with full schedule at the school, logistics, etc…

Wait how is dual enrollment not the same? Are you really arguing a high school diff EQ class is better than a dual enrollment diff EQ class at a university? Be serious.

i believe the poster means it's a logistical challenge and a less desirable experience to take it with a bunch of strangers rather than classmates.

This.

First the class is only offered a certain time and day at the college. Then you have to coordinate and fit that into your kids busy school schedule and lots of times it doesn’t work. Then you have to figure out how your kid is going to get to the class and back logistically and in time to the next class at school.

Honestly, most times it won’t work. But let’s not kid ourselves that there are so many kids at Walls who even gets to this advance track. There are not.

Or at any school (other than TJ)! No way there are full classrooms of high school kids taking differential equations (next in sequence after multivariate, right?) all over the DMV. I call bullshit.

We are not talking about all schools in the DMV. But the magnets in the burbs offer more advance math courses than Walls which is the DC equivalent. And all the schools outside DC offer your basic AP science courses.

I’m the poster whose friend’s kid was at Langely, not even a magnet school. They offered multivariable and also linear algebra and differential equations. Yes, all 3 courses so had enough students for these classes.

Of course all those schools offer more classes than Walls -- they are multiple times larger!!!

I grew up in a city of 3-4 million people with a competitive exam system (in Asia) and even in that environment, which no one should want for their child (it was like climbing an ice wall with only your fingernails and watching your peers fall off as you climbed), we’re talking 10-15 kids tops in 4 years who are going past what would be considered calc BC. And even then, we were specializing (we’re known for producing Algebraists and we sent 1-2 kids to Yale a year to work there).

There’s absolutely nothing like it in the states in public education (GOOD) because there’s not enough kids who can hack it. This idea that there are classrooms full of kids in Arlington trying to parse Lang is ridiculous.

And there have never been very many jobs or academic paths which rely on it. If you're going to be an academic mathematician, sure. But I know my high school valedictorian who became a physics professor, and he took BC calculus senior year. I have a friend who was tenured at an Ivy in a very mathy field, and he got the additional math he needed after college but before his PhD. Another one I know started at a top CS PhD program and was coming from a liberal arts college which wouldn't have even had four years of math for kids coming in with linear algebra and multivarable. Another MIT grad who got into robots--also did BC senior year. This idea that you're cutting yourself off from top STEM jobs is not true.

The entire point of this is some people get lucky so relax? That’s ridiculous. My background is not as privileged as yours and I know tons of super smart and hardworking people who went nowhere in their careers. Also these little stories you’re telling are old. College acceptance is not like that anymore.

The difference between going nowhere and not has nothing to do with taking a few more math classes in high school. You cannot grind your 15 year old into some kind of guaranteed career options.

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime.

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.

What?? I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism. Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.

Er, no. Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters. With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM. Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

Lots of subjective stuff up there. Great that some kids are happy at Walls but lets look at things objectively in what Walls does and does not offer in regards to STEM opportunities

- No full courses of AP science classes every year
- No science labs
- No math classes after Calculus
- No STEM elective classes
- No computer science or coding classes
- No robotics team
- No STEM clubs or EC
- No STEM internship opportunities


If any of the above is incorrect, then Walls families please correct or modify.

Also PP you are twisting and using certain things like delusional to fit your agenda. No one said anyone was delusional about their kids happiness at Walls. What was said was that the Walls parent with STEM kid posting was deluding herself if she thinks her kid is going to get the same STEM exposure and opportunities as other schools with better programs. For example, schools that do offer all the things listed above that Walls does not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime.

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.

What?? I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism. Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.

Er, no. Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters. With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM. Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

Lots of subjective stuff up there. Great that some kids are happy at Walls but lets look at things objectively in what Walls does and does not offer in regards to STEM opportunities

- No full courses of AP science classes every year
- No science labs
- No math classes after Calculus
- No STEM elective classes
- No computer science or coding classes
- No robotics team
- No STEM clubs or EC
- No STEM internship opportunities


If any of the above is incorrect, then Walls families please correct or modify.

Also PP you are twisting and using certain things like delusional to fit your agenda. No one said anyone was delusional about their kids happiness at Walls. What was said was that the Walls parent with STEM kid posting was deluding herself if she thinks her kid is going to get the same STEM exposure and opportunities as other schools with better programs. For example, schools that do offer all the things listed above that Walls does not.

Your list is mostly wrong.

Some AP science classes alternate years

No idea if there are coding classes.

Why would a school have internship opportunities?

Yes there are STEM electives, ECs, and robotics club.

What is the point of this accounting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime.

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.

What?? I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism. Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.

Er, no. Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters. With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM. Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

Lots of subjective stuff up there. Great that some kids are happy at Walls but lets look at things objectively in what Walls does and does not offer in regards to STEM opportunities

- No full courses of AP science classes every year
- No science labs
- No math classes after Calculus
- No STEM elective classes
- No computer science or coding classes
- No robotics team
- No STEM clubs or EC
- No STEM internship opportunities


If any of the above is incorrect, then Walls families please correct or modify.

Also PP you are twisting and using certain things like delusional to fit your agenda. No one said anyone was delusional about their kids happiness at Walls. What was said was that the Walls parent with STEM kid posting was deluding herself if she thinks her kid is going to get the same STEM exposure and opportunities as other schools with better programs. For example, schools that do offer all the things listed above that Walls does not.

This actually is helpful. For those of us outside of the JR and MacArthur boundary, Walls is kind of held up as the goal for high achieving students. But I have math and sciencey and this is genuinely good food for thought.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime.

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.

What?? I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism. Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.

Er, no. Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters. With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM. Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

Lots of subjective stuff up there. Great that some kids are happy at Walls but lets look at things objectively in what Walls does and does not offer in regards to STEM opportunities

- No full courses of AP science classes every year
- No science labs
- No math classes after Calculus
- No STEM elective classes
- No computer science or coding classes
- No robotics team
- No STEM clubs or EC
- No STEM internship opportunities


If any of the above is incorrect, then Walls families please correct or modify.

Also PP you are twisting and using certain things like delusional to fit your agenda. No one said anyone was delusional about their kids happiness at Walls. What was said was that the Walls parent with STEM kid posting was deluding herself if she thinks her kid is going to get the same STEM exposure and opportunities as other schools with better programs. For example, schools that do offer all the things listed above that Walls does not.

This actually is helpful. For those of us outside of the JR and MacArthur boundary, Walls is kind of held up as the goal for high achieving students. But I have math and sciencey and this is genuinely good food for thought.

It might be helpful if it were accurate and if you had comparable info for other schools.

[Anonymous]

Walls has a Robotics Team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime.

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.

What?? I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism. Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.

Er, no. Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters. With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM. Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

Lots of subjective stuff up there. Great that some kids are happy at Walls but lets look at things objectively in what Walls does and does not offer in regards to STEM opportunities

- No full courses of AP science classes every year
- No science labs
- No math classes after Calculus
- No STEM elective classes
- No computer science or coding classes
- No robotics team
- No STEM clubs or EC
- No STEM internship opportunities


If any of the above is incorrect, then Walls families please correct or modify.

Also PP you are twisting and using certain things like delusional to fit your agenda. No one said anyone was delusional about their kids happiness at Walls. What was said was that the Walls parent with STEM kid posting was deluding herself if she thinks her kid is going to get the same STEM exposure and opportunities as other schools with better programs. For example, schools that do offer all the things listed above that Walls does not.

Your list is mostly wrong.

Some AP science classes alternate years

No idea if there are coding classes.

Why would a school have internship opportunities?

Yes there are STEM electives, ECs, and robotics club.

What is the point of this accounting?

What STEM electives are offered? What EC’s are there specifically? Seriously asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Walls has a Robotics Team.

What tournament do they compete in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Walls has a Robotics Team.

What tournament do they compete in?

You people are crazy. Maybe focus on helping your kids not be crazy and less on the math thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Walls has a Robotics Team.

What tournament do they compete in?

You people are crazy. Maybe focus on helping your kids not be crazy and less on the math thing.

What?? If the school has a robotics team then they would be competing in robotics tournaments in the DMV.

This is a totally legit question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime.

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.

What?? I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism. Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.

Er, no. Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters. With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM. Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

Lots of subjective stuff up there. Great that some kids are happy at Walls but lets look at things objectively in what Walls does and does not offer in regards to STEM opportunities

- No full courses of AP science classes every year
- No science labs
- No math classes after Calculus
- No STEM elective classes
- No computer science or coding classes
- No robotics team
- No STEM clubs or EC
- No STEM internship opportunities


If any of the above is incorrect, then Walls families please correct or modify.

Also PP you are twisting and using certain things like delusional to fit your agenda. No one said anyone was delusional about their kids happiness at Walls. What was said was that the Walls parent with STEM kid posting was deluding herself if she thinks her kid is going to get the same STEM exposure and opportunities as other schools with better programs. For example, schools that do offer all the things listed above that Walls does not.

This actually is helpful. For those of us outside of the JR and MacArthur boundary, Walls is kind of held up as the goal for high achieving students. But I have math and sciencey and this is genuinely good food for thought.

It would be helpful if it were true. PP seems to know nothing about the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of this thread is that no one could acknowledge any room for improvement and instead just went for personal attacks.

Either you have someone who is hell bent on having people validate their choices or there is a defensive administrator working overtime.

Some people explained what Walls offers, what it doesn’t and why, who it’s good for. The “but muh DCI” crowd has no interest in an honest discussion outside boosterism, so why bother?

The school is fine, gets >1300 applicants for 150 spots, has good outcomes for engaged kids, seems to have happy kids on average. I didn’t want a TJ for my kid. There are enough like me to fill the school. If you do, there’s TJ.

I say all this as someone who grew up hardo striver and went to the “best schools”.

What?? I don’t see any DCI crowd boosterism. Where is that??

It’s just pages of Walls families trying to justify the schools weak STEM offereings.

Er, no. Several posters said their STEM kids at Walls were happy and doing well.

Other posters said that can't possibly be true, that those posters are "delusional" about their kids happiness and progress.

Furthermore, the Walls posters are in denial for not understanding that Walls STEM offerings could and should be better.

Walls parents said, yes, it would be nice if Walls had more STEM offerings, though fortunately the offerings are decent, and the STEM kids are happy and learning, and, besides, it's not like there are other options that are inarguably better.

Oh yes! said the other posters. With 100% certainty, Basis and DCI are better for all students with any interest in STEM. Thus is absolutely true, even though no kid has free choice among all those schools and even though few schools in the DMV have the perfect menu of courses such that a STEM kid can do college before repeating college at college, which any kid with any interest in STEM must do.

Walls parents said that the Walls STEM kids are getting a good, broad education (including in science and math), and they feel comfortable that the Walls high school education will serve the kids well in college and in life.

Other posters said, "Why do the Walls patents have such low standards?!" and "Why are the Walls parents so defensive?!"

- dp, who is thankful for voice to text

Lots of subjective stuff up there. Great that some kids are happy at Walls but lets look at things objectively in what Walls does and does not offer in regards to STEM opportunities

- No full courses of AP science classes every year
- No science labs
- No math classes after Calculus
- No STEM elective classes
- No computer science or coding classes
- No robotics team
- No STEM clubs or EC
- No STEM internship opportunities


If any of the above is incorrect, then Walls families please correct or modify.

Also PP you are twisting and using certain things like delusional to fit your agenda. No one said anyone was delusional about their kids happiness at Walls. What was said was that the Walls parent with STEM kid posting was deluding herself if she thinks her kid is going to get the same STEM exposure and opportunities as other schools with better programs. For example, schools that do offer all the things listed above that Walls does not.

Your list is mostly wrong.

Some AP science classes alternate years

No idea if there are coding classes.

Why would a school have internship opportunities?

Yes there are STEM electives, ECs, and robotics club.

What is the point of this accounting?

What STEM electives are offered? What EC’s are there specifically? Seriously asking.

STEM Electives:
Calculus 3
AP Physics C
Anatomy and Physiology
AP Biology (every other year)
AP Environmental Science
Coding class

ECs:
Robotics
Electric car club
Science Olympiad
Math club
HOSA
Women in STEM
Space club (might be astrophysics, can’t remember)

Kids do STEM internships, at various institutions. There are science labs.

[Anonymous]

Also History of Science club

[Anonymous]

These are the winning science Olympiad teams in the city last year:

1 BASIS DC Hubble Washington, DC
2 National Cathedral School Washington, DC
3 Maret School A Washington, DC
4 Field School Washington, DC
5 McKinley Technology H.S. Washington, DC
6 Maret School B Washington, DC
7 BASIS DC Webb Washington, DC
8 Washington International School Washington, DC
9 GWU Online H.S. Washington, DC
10 Columbia Heights Education Campus Washington,
11 McArthur H.S. Washington, DC