Updates on status of Eastern Humanities magnet curriculum for *current* students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many students per grade are enrolled in the Eastern Humanities program currently?

Capacity is 150 per grade. Enrollment is a bit less than that. Enough for six groups per grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was looking on the Eastern website for info on open house timing (January FYI) and came across this video about the current English class:

Looks like a wonderful course that the kids really enjoy and get a lot out of-- such a shame MCPS is looking to kill it.

(My 4th grader, who loves to read and write, hates CKLA, even the enriched cohorted version. It's so depressing to think that she will have no possible alternative to 4.5 more years of it, when she's a kid who I think would absolutely love and excel at an actually engaging English class like the one at Eastern ..)

Literature and the Humanities hasn’t been a Humanities course for at least three years. Comprehensive students also take it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We will also be at the meeting tonight. My DS is skeptical after watching the video that highlighted acting. I think he would love the history and english elements, but the acting totally turns him off. Is that really a huge part of the curriculum ?

Performances and presentation are a huge part. Sometimes it’s acting. Sometimes it’s other forms of communication.

People forget that it’s a Communications magnet as well as a Humanities one. Not a good fit for kids who dislike writing or public speaking.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for this reply. I feel better after the open house. My kid is not at all interested in acting/theater, but public speaking, debate and other forms of communication are a strength.