DCPS Selective HSs: What to know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

AP stats is a core offering. I don’t consider that an elective.

Do the kids not have an elective block where they can choose electives in art, music, STEM? Things like mechanical engineering classes, coding classes such as java or whatever, 3D printing, architecture design, and so forth. Things like that.

All this interest in STEM and no ability to do basic research. This site has all the info you crave on academics: https://www.swwhs.org/academics

Remember, this is a DCPS school with 150 kids per class year in a space-constrained facility, so limited ability to offer "How to hug a snowflake" for 3 kids.

This is so strange. Why wouldn’t you ask for more as a parent? Instead you belittle people asking the hard questions.

Yep, I will say, not a good look for Walls parents and add to that the racist comment.

[Anonymous]

OP - if you are still reading and actually want the information you asked about, you may want to come back when everyone is not in the middle of applications/interviews/lottery results. This is a pretty emotional time of the year. Perhaps the grapes will be less sour. Good luck to everyone figuring the best fit for their children in the limited pool of options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

omg. the ridiculousness of this thread.

How in the world does someone interpret the indecipherable comment about DCI robotics as "racist" and as having anything to do with Ward 3???

And then the comment just above -- Walls has a robotics team. Meanwhile, DCI is not a "selective DCPS high school" (see thread title) so I continue to be confused why someone keep pumping DCI.

People have given answers to questions and no matter the answer, some poster here keeps saying, "I'll take that as a no."

I know I shouldn't waste my time here, but it's too, too funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - if you are still reading and actually want the information you asked about, you may want to come back when everyone is not in the middle of applications/interviews/lottery results. This is a pretty emotional time of the year. Perhaps the grapes will be less sour. Good luck to everyone figuring the best fit for their children in the limited pool of options.

Seeing the twists and turns of this thread has been interesting.

I’m rarely an OP, but this one will bring me back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

Walls does not purport to be a STEM school. McKinley is. Why do you want them to be something they are not designed to be?

[Anonymous]

Why does Walls live rent-free in so many parents heads? My kid does not go there and I am fascinated by the infatuation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

omg. the ridiculousness of this thread.

How in the world does someone interpret the indecipherable comment about DCI robotics as "racist" and as having anything to do with Ward 3???

And then the comment just above -- Walls has a robotics team. Meanwhile, DCI is not a "selective DCPS high school" (see thread title) so I continue to be confused why someone keep pumping DCI.

People have given answers to questions and no matter the answer, some poster here keeps saying, "I'll take that as a no."

I know I shouldn't waste my time here, but it's too, too funny.

I’m the poster above and a Walls parent was the one that bought DCI into this conversation and so I responded.

Multiple posters seems to think the comment was racist and if you don’t think then that is your prerogative.

As to the Walls robotics team, the question has been asked several time and no one has answered it. What robotics competition does the team compete in? If they don’t compete then what does the Walls robotics team actually do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

Walls does not purport to be a STEM school. McKinley is. Why do you want them to be something they are not designed to be?

People have said this that it is not a STEM school and does not offer as much STEM offerings. It is well known that it is more a humanities school.

But read the thread how so many Walls parents can’t acknowledge that and why there are pages of the discussion what Walls actually offers with STEM programming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

omg. the ridiculousness of this thread.

How in the world does someone interpret the indecipherable comment about DCI robotics as "racist" and as having anything to do with Ward 3???

And then the comment just above -- Walls has a robotics team. Meanwhile, DCI is not a "selective DCPS high school" (see thread title) so I continue to be confused why someone keep pumping DCI.

People have given answers to questions and no matter the answer, some poster here keeps saying, "I'll take that as a no."

I know I shouldn't waste my time here, but it's too, too funny.

I’m the poster above and a Walls parent was the one that bought DCI into this conversation and so I responded.

Multiple posters seems to think the comment was racist and if you don’t think then that is your prerogative.

As to the Walls robotics team, the question has been asked several time and no one has answered it. What robotics competition does the team compete in? If they don’t compete then what does the Walls robotics team actually do?

You know why no one is answering the question? Because apparently none of the people responding here have kids that are involved in it. You must have some real faith in the popularity of DCUM if you think no details means it doesn't exist!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

Walls does not purport to be a STEM school. McKinley is. Why do you want them to be something they are not designed to be?

People have said this that it is not a STEM school and does not offer as much STEM offerings. It is well known that it is more a humanities school.

But read the thread how so many Walls parents can’t acknowledge that and why there are pages of the discussion what Walls actually offers with STEM programming.

No one has claimed tgat Walls is a "STEM school."

Several posters have said their STEM kids are happy at Walls and are getting a good HS education.

Is it really that hard to understand the distinction?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

omg. the ridiculousness of this thread.

How in the world does someone interpret the indecipherable comment about DCI robotics as "racist" and as having anything to do with Ward 3???

And then the comment just above -- Walls has a robotics team. Meanwhile, DCI is not a "selective DCPS high school" (see thread title) so I continue to be confused why someone keep pumping DCI.

People have given answers to questions and no matter the answer, some poster here keeps saying, "I'll take that as a no."

I know I shouldn't waste my time here, but it's too, too funny.

I’m the poster above and a Walls parent was the one that bought DCI into this conversation and so I responded.

Multiple posters seems to think the comment was racist and if you don’t think then that is your prerogative.

As to the Walls robotics team, the question has been asked several time and no one has answered it. What robotics competition does the team compete in? If they don’t compete then what does the Walls robotics team actually do?

You know why no one is answering the question? Because apparently none of the people responding here have kids that are involved in it. You must have some real faith in the popularity of DCUM if you think no details means it doesn't exist!

You know what I don’t have? Faith in anonymous posters who can post any BS they want on here.

Lots of Walls parents on here advocating that it’s a school with strong STEM offerings and yet not one person can answer the question…….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

Walls does not purport to be a STEM school. McKinley is. Why do you want them to be something they are not designed to be?

People have said this that it is not a STEM school and does not offer as much STEM offerings. It is well known that it is more a humanities school.

But read the thread how so many Walls parents can’t acknowledge that and why there are pages of the discussion what Walls actually offers with STEM programming.

No one has claimed tgat Walls is a "STEM school."

Several posters have said their STEM kids are happy at Walls and are getting a good HS education.

Is it really that hard to understand the distinction?

I’ve followed the thread and actually the discussion was started by a family stating they are not considering Walls because it lacked certain STEM courses and offerings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No full courses of AP science classes every year - this is accurate
- No science labs - this is accurate
- No math classes after Calculus - this is accurate
- No STEM elective classes - does AP stats count? I think so.
- No computer science or coding classes - accurate.
- No robotics team- not accurate. It exists just not very good.
- No STEM clubs- they have science Olympiad
- No STEM internship opportunities- accurate.

What exactly does the robotics club do? I don’t get it.

Do they have a robotics lab and builds and codes robots from scratch to then compete with the other schools in the DMV in tournaments? If so what tournaments?

Above was asked and no answer. Just silence.

I don’t know about their robotics club but DCI’s does, supposedly- I think that’s a function of parents and sponsors who more or less “do that” for a living. Friends of friends.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say PP. What do you mean?

She’s just being racist. Their mentality is that kids who live outside ward 3 can’t be excellent. Disgusting.

Well then I would argue, Walls is not excellent in STEM if they can’t even field a robotics team to compete which lots of schools do in the DMV.

I know some of these kids on the DCI robotics team and they are amazing, good, and kind kids. DCI actually has 3 teams and all the teams are very diverse with kids who are white, black, asian, hispanics and that’s a great thing to represent a school.

Also FYI, the middle school and high school teams last year and this year advanced the most in the DMV to regionals and district even against the privates like SiDwell or the schools in the burbs like those in Bethesda and McLean.

The program is based at DCI as a club after school and the teacher who runs it is amazing. He started the club, got the school and outside companies as sponsors to fund building the lab and all the equipment and has done so much to advance the program.

Walls does not purport to be a STEM school. McKinley is. Why do you want them to be something they are not designed to be?

People have said this that it is not a STEM school and does not offer as much STEM offerings. It is well known that it is more a humanities school.

But read the thread how so many Walls parents can’t acknowledge that and why there are pages of the discussion what Walls actually offers with STEM programming.

We are a prospective family and only got serious about Walls because it is a humanities-based school. My DC is currently taking the standard Advanced Algebra, supplements with RSM and was at the top of the Cape range but they don't have MIT in their future and the humanities aspect of Walls is what attracted them. I do hope that all future prospects choose schools based on their curriculum and not the name.

[Anonymous]

Is walks considered “humanities based” because it lacks stem offerings? BC not a huge focus on humanities either! Nothing out of the ordinary in that department is offered.