MacArthur

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think its a good school that is on autopilot. Principal is learning his way.

I think Principal is adaptive. He is definitely learning as he goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does behavior expectations have to do with girls’ short lengths and tank tops in August in DC? This is small mind thinking. Also sexualizing girls’ bodies is just yuck. They are hyper focused on unimportant things. A bad start. Repetitive messaging about dress codes. Shows they don’t have better things to focus on. Lack of vision.

Honestly I want to agree with you but I stopped by to sign out my kid early in the year and the outfits being worn by a few girls (really one in particular) were shocking. I quietly don't mind the school getting strict to reel that in. Sorry! I guess I'm suddenly a grandma!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does behavior expectations have to do with girls’ short lengths and tank tops in August in DC? This is small mind thinking. Also sexualizing girls’ bodies is just yuck. They are hyper focused on unimportant things. A bad start. Repetitive messaging about dress codes. Shows they don’t have better things to focus on. Lack of vision.

Honestly I want to agree with you but I stopped by to sign out my kid early in the year and the outfits being worn by a few girls (really one in particular) were shocking. I quietly don't mind the school getting strict to reel that in. Sorry! I guess I'm suddenly a grandma!!

+1. PPP is whacked. "sexualizing girls’ bodies is just yuck"?! Girls don't wear skimpy tank tops and shorts exposing their bottoms because they are hot. They wear them because the clothes *are* sexy. SMH.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids say there are tons of fights all the time

I wouldn’t be surprised by above and also behavior issues in the classroom with such a high at risk percentage. A generalization but true…

Teenagers are going to scuffle. No weapons and no reports of injury. Kids fight.

[Anonymous]

the principal is fantastic. he’s willing to listen to parents, assess the situation and make adjustments when necc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids say there are tons of fights all the time

I wouldn’t be surprised by above and also behavior issues in the classroom with such a high at risk percentage. A generalization but true…

Teenagers are going to scuffle. No weapons and no reports of injury. Kids fight.

How does admin respond? Is the response effective?

That's what I would love to here. Anyone know?

[Anonymous]

My kid mentions that the AP and Dean try to resolve incidents but thats about it.

[Anonymous]

Have any MacArthur kids taken AP exams yet? Which ones does the school offer/plan to offer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any MacArthur kids taken AP exams yet? Which ones does the school offer/plan to offer?

To your first question if MacAthur offers APs the exams are already done. So yes kids took them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have any MacArthur kids taken AP exams yet? Which ones does the school offer/plan to offer?

To your first question if MacAthur offers APs the exams are already done. So yes kids took them.

Which ones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any MacArthur kids taken AP exams yet? Which ones does the school offer/plan to offer?

It’s a great mystery. Any time someone asks about MAs plans for APs or extracurriculars/sports as the school expands over the next couple years there’s nothing of substance in any of these threads.

[Anonymous]

Sports will be secondary. Like Walls. It’s more focused on academics.
APs are calculus and psychology and adding on bio world history language as kids advance (can’t offer those just to 9th graders which is mostly what they had this year).

[Anonymous]

Next year there’s AP US History, AP World History, AP Psychology, AP English, AP Seminar, a course necessary for the AP Capstone diploma, which students can obtain. There may be other AP classes being offered that I’m forgetting. None of this is a mystery. You could probably call the school or even better, ask for a private tour and ask the questions.

[Anonymous]

Also AP Human Geography

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sports will be secondary. Like Walls. It’s more focused on academics.
APs are calculus and psychology and adding on bio world history language as kids advance (can’t offer those just to 9th graders which is mostly what they had this year).

Maybe we're missing each other. I don't care about a competition level above Walls. Hearing that there's a real plan for the sports to evolve to similar to what Walls has over the next couple years would be wonderful. Just looking for social and community opportunities to spend time establishing friendships, events on the calendar to hang out with friends in a sport you don't participate in or to support someone else in the friend group who is competing, ... or even a chance to attend to show interest in someone you're interested in showing you're interested. We did all of those in HS. Theater/band/orchestra also support that obviously. Appreciate the info on APs. That's more than I've seen. I was curious whether the current 10th grade population would support APs or whether to expect those to roll out as class of 27 moves through. Sounds like that will evolve with the student body, which is great, but no one is going to pull a group of friends together to go hang out and watch the AP bio exam.