Which MS are doing the pilot program for enriched studies?
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Anonymous
Wonder what the reaction would be to the class with a less amazing teacher.. obviously it is just the regular Pyle peer group. |
Anonymous
| Wait is every Pyle 6th grader taking the magnet English class? That’s kind of funny! |
Anonymous
I think it's great! It's an acknowledgment that the curriculum needed improvement and the students needed more of a challenge. If the School Board or whoever wants to call it a "magnet class," fine. While part of the magnet experience is being in a class of higher-achieving peers, offering something better to all students seems like a great way to serve all their needs. |
Anonymous
Everyone should have access to a rigorous curriculum, but it doesn’t strike you as more of a parent pleasing move than a way to actually meet all students’ needs? I am a teacher fwiw not a parent of an eligible kid or current student. |
Anonymous
+1 For Pyle, NB, or Tilden, I’d definitely suspect a move to please parents. I really can’t think of any MS with a sixth grade entirely composed of students who need the enriched courses. It is telling that the one universally offered is WS (offering more wiggle room) and not Math. |
Anonymous
This sucks for the kids who were shut out because of the peer cohort criteria. |
Anonymous
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I posted this on the other thread. These are the books my child read in 6th grade at Eastern MS:
Gathering Blue: Lois Lowry The Giver: Lois Lowry Messenger: Lois Lowry Watership Down: Richard Adams Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Animal Farm George Orwell Children's Homer Red Scarf Girl Ji-li Jiang Good Earth Pearl S. Buck Twelfth Night Shakespeare Our Town Thornton Wilder Inherit the Wind Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee Various short stories and Greek Myths How does your child's new enriched humanities class compare? |
Anonymous
Yes, it does. My DC is already bored by the rote work and keeps saying how much she misses classes like she had in 4th and 5th grade. Likes her electives though. |
Anonymous
It's a social studies class not a literature class. Supplements the ss material with a few literary works, but nothing very challenging. |
Anonymous
I know but the reading list from Eastern gives you a real sense of just how enriched a true magnet class is. Also many of the books listed explored themes and events that were part of the WS magnet class and they did joint projects. I would also suggest that if you are pulling the top 10-20% of kids from the home MS into the enriched class, there aren't going to be tons of kids who are interested in doing this much reading or the associated projects and writing assignments. The reading list gives parents a good sense of just how enriched and rigorous a true magnet class at Eastern would be. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Posted in wrong spot: In all fairness, not all of these were read in the Eastern Magnet SS class. Most were actually read in the Magnet English class. It was up to the teachers to plan which works were discussed in both classes. The enriched course is in WS only and not in English. No one is disputing that. |
Anonymous
I know but as I mentioned upthread the reading list for 6th grade in Eastern gives parents a sense of just how enriched and rigorous the actual magnet experience is. You need to know what your child is giving up if he/she chooses to not apply. It might still make sense for your child to go to the home MS but please make an informed decision. |
Anonymous
I think it's great that Pyle is doing this. The "gifted" kids are still in a separate class, but all kids get access to the enriched curriculum. When Pyle still had advanced and on level classes they constantly had parents of average and struggling students electing to have their kids placed in the advanced classes against teacher recommendations. The only kids in the on level classes were learning impaired, very low, or typical students with parents who weren't complainers. Disaster. |
Anonymous
My DD read several of these in 5th grade so I hope they are not being repeated in the 6th grade. Either way, it is a humanities/history class starting with the Neolithic Revolution so not all the books are appropriate. Also, this appears to be more of a hands on class with the students engaging in activities such as Model UN. The course is new so no one can comment yet on whether it is challenging or not. |