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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Getting all A from TPMS is really easy. Almost 30% my DC's class at TPMS, including both magnet and non-magnet students, were straight A students.

The number of “my child gets straight A’s at TPMS” on the rusted out cars along Thayer ave make me question the rigor of the school. Maybe they have a Participation curriculum

This means nothing - Aren't the stickers sent every marking period to all the kids who got straight As that marking period? Do you think any parent is going to rip off the sticker from the previous marking periods?

The key is the number of 8th graders who get the special award for straight As for all three years. May be someone who was there at the award ceremony last year clarify?

For the graduating class of 2017, about 40 students received straight As every marking period.

At Eastern I think fewer than ten students from the magnet graduating class of 2016 received straight As in every marking period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting all A from TPMS is really easy. Almost 30% my DC's class at TPMS, including both magnet and non-magnet students, were straight A students.

The number of “my child gets straight A’s at TPMS” on the rusted out cars along Thayer ave make me question the rigor of the school. Maybe they have a Participation curriculum

This means nothing - Aren't the stickers sent every marking period to all the kids who got straight As that marking period? Do you think any parent is going to rip off the sticker from the previous marking periods?

The key is the number of 8th graders who get the special award for straight As for all three years. May be someone who was there at the award ceremony last year clarify?

For the graduating class of 2017, about 40 students received straight As every marking period.

At Eastern I think fewer than ten students from the magnet graduating class of 2016 received straight As in every marking period.

I wonder how many of those 40 in TPMS were magnet? I have heard that sometimes magnet students underestimate Spanish 3 / French 3, and then suffer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting all A from TPMS is really easy. Almost 30% my DC's class at TPMS, including both magnet and non-magnet students, were straight A students.

The number of “my child gets straight A’s at TPMS” on the rusted out cars along Thayer ave make me question the rigor of the school. Maybe they have a Participation curriculum

This means nothing - Aren't the stickers sent every marking period to all the kids who got straight As that marking period? Do you think any parent is going to rip off the sticker from the previous marking periods?

The key is the number of 8th graders who get the special award for straight As for all three years. May be someone who was there at the award ceremony last year clarify?

For the graduating class of 2017, about 40 students received straight As every marking period.

At Eastern I think fewer than ten students from the magnet graduating class of 2016 received straight As in every marking period.

I wonder how many of those 40 in TPMS were magnet? I have heard that sometimes magnet students underestimate Spanish 3 / French 3, and then suffer.

Many were magnet. And yes, Spanish 3 was pretty brutal.

[Anonymous]

Sidetracking a bit, but can anyone who went through Spanish 3 at Takoma give me insight into Spanish 4 at Blair. More challenging? The same?

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Reviving the old thread form the last year, could be useful for c urrent parents.

[Anonymous]

First off, Magnet R&E is kind of like Woodshop on steroids. 2nd, someone asked if Takoma’s math different than the rest of the county. It is Vastly different, and yes, the kids coming from regular middle have a harder time initially, but then most do fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting all A from TPMS is really easy. Almost 30% my DC's class at TPMS, including both magnet and non-magnet students, were straight A students.

The number of “my child gets straight A’s at TPMS” on the rusted out cars along Thayer ave make me question the rigor of the school. Maybe they have a Participation curriculum

This means nothing - Aren't the stickers sent every marking period to all the kids who got straight As that marking period? Do you think any parent is going to rip off the sticker from the previous marking periods?

The key is the number of 8th graders who get the special award for straight As for all three years. May be someone who was there at the award ceremony last year clarify?

For the graduating class of 2017, about 40 students received straight As every marking period.

At Eastern I think fewer than ten students from the magnet graduating class of 2016 received straight As in every marking period.

Workload and grading are much harder at Eastern than at TPMS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting all A from TPMS is really easy. Almost 30% my DC's class at TPMS, including both magnet and non-magnet students, were straight A students.

The number of “my child gets straight A’s at TPMS” on the rusted out cars along Thayer ave make me question the rigor of the school. Maybe they have a Participation curriculum

This means nothing - Aren't the stickers sent every marking period to all the kids who got straight As that marking period? Do you think any parent is going to rip off the sticker from the previous marking periods?

The key is the number of 8th graders who get the special award for straight As for all three years. May be someone who was there at the award ceremony last year clarify?

For the graduating class of 2017, about 40 students received straight As every marking period.

At Eastern I think fewer than ten students from the magnet graduating class of 2016 received straight As in every marking period.

This. I remember this was mentioned when my child graduated from Eastern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could it be that the poster who is saying 4+ hours of homework per night (including weekends) might have a child on the Blair Magnet waitlist? Maybe not, but it would be a savvy move to try and push those who got into multiple magnet programs away from Blair.

We were told to expect 2+ hours of homework per night for TPMS Magnet and DD gets hers done every night in 30min - 1hr. Or, she will knock 2 days worth out in 1 - 1.5 hours. Plus, she has 20hrs of gymnastics each week (which she consider her sanity check). Straight A's throughout MS.

Point is, every kid is different. Don't let anyone scare you away.

Yes, absolutely. But if your kid has any kind of procastination/executive functioning deficits, those will show up in spades in 9th grade. 2-3 hours is not uncommon in 9th grade. It's different from MS - there are different social pressures, different sports pressures, and more homework with more classes.

[Anonymous]

Anyone’s DC at Blair come from TPMS magnet and not doing SMCS/Cap? Did they find their place ok? Find challenging courses? DC is very disappointed not being accepted and hoping things will be ok. Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone’s DC at Blair come from TPMS magnet and not doing SMCS/Cap? Did they find their place ok? Find challenging courses? DC is very disappointed not being accepted and hoping things will be ok. Thanks in advance.

How can a TPMS magnet go to Blair to do non SMCS/CAP unless Blair also happens to be home school ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the typical Blair 9th grade schedule?

If you are asking about the magnet program ( I assume so, since we don't see many people asking about "Kennedy 9th grade schedule", "Churchill 9th grade schedule" etc.), please be specific about the program you want to know.

Blair != Blair magnet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone’s DC at Blair come from TPMS magnet and not doing SMCS/Cap? Did they find their place ok? Find challenging courses? DC is very disappointed not being accepted and hoping things will be ok. Thanks in advance.

How can a TPMS magnet go to Blair to do non SMCS/CAP unless Blair also happens to be home school ?

Apparently that must be the case.

[Anonymous]

inbound TPMS magnet ?

[Anonymous]

Yes, Blair is our home school