Viers Mill/Loiderman/Wheaton cluster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are complaining about a free program? You are lucky to have that with no title 1 status.

Anonymous wrote:The free summer school program was not summer school in the way it was in previous years. It was a third party paid for by a grant to lead their curriculum and activities. Camp Einstein. Very different than an MCPS run summer school program where students got to review the full MCPS curriculum from the prior year with teachers of their incoming grade. For my kid, last year’s summer school was a great opportunity to get familiar with her incoming teachers and classroom spaces as well as review curriculum.

Seriously! My kids attend Viers Mill and are in Camp Einstein now. They love it and are happy to not be doing Eureka math but playing games and doing cool steam projects. FREE. I am so thankful, aa parent, that the school hustled and made Camp Einstein happen when after losing Title 1 status it looked like we’d be getting nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are complaining about a free program? You are lucky to have that with no title 1 status.

Anonymous wrote:The free summer school program was not summer school in the way it was in previous years. It was a third party paid for by a grant to lead their curriculum and activities. Camp Einstein. Very different than an MCPS run summer school program where students got to review the full MCPS curriculum from the prior year with teachers of their incoming grade. For my kid, last year’s summer school was a great opportunity to get familiar with her incoming teachers and classroom spaces as well as review curriculum.

Seriously! My kids attend Viers Mill and are in Camp Einstein now. They love it and are happy to not be doing Eureka math but playing games and doing cool steam projects. FREE. I am so thankful, aa parent, that the school hustled and made Camp Einstein happen when after losing Title 1 status it looked like we’d be getting nothing.

It is not a free program. Somebody’s money paid for the grant. I’m curious to know where the cash came from and what/if any other outside vendors MCPS vetted.

Kids obviously love a break from the monster known as Eureka math, but it doesn’t help them in the fall when they have to go back to doing things exactly as it’s scripted in Eureka.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill is a focus school, which means it has smaller classes in K-2 due to a higher poverty level at the school. This has pros and cons, obviously. The former principal, who was very well regarded, was promoted. Last year's principal did not survive for a second year, so hopefully someone can chime in to say how the new principal is doing.

The Loiderman middle school has the only arts magnet in the County. Wheaton High School has some special magnet programs, and is part of the DCC (down county consortium). I do not think Wheaton is generally considered the most desirable school in the DCC.

Wrong about Wheaton. It is actually the most desirable school in the DCC. It has surpassed Blair and it is hard to get a spot there if not in the catchment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill is a focus school, which means it has smaller classes in K-2 due to a higher poverty level at the school. This has pros and cons, obviously. The former principal, who was very well regarded, was promoted. Last year's principal did not survive for a second year, so hopefully someone can chime in to say how the new principal is doing.

The Loiderman middle school has the only arts magnet in the County. Wheaton High School has some special magnet programs, and is part of the DCC (down county consortium). I do not think Wheaton is generally considered the most desirable school in the DCC.

Wrong about Wheaton. It is actually the most desirable school in the DCC. It has surpassed Blair and it is hard to get a spot there if not in the catchment.

You're replying to a post from 2017.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill is a focus school, which means it has smaller classes in K-2 due to a higher poverty level at the school. This has pros and cons, obviously. The former principal, who was very well regarded, was promoted. Last year's principal did not survive for a second year, so hopefully someone can chime in to say how the new principal is doing.

The Loiderman middle school has the only arts magnet in the County. Wheaton High School has some special magnet programs, and is part of the DCC (down county consortium). I do not think Wheaton is generally considered the most desirable school in the DCC.

Wrong about Wheaton. It is actually the most desirable school in the DCC. It has surpassed Blair and it is hard to get a spot there if not in the catchment.

You're replying to a post from 2017.

That may be so, but it's also accurate that in 2024 Wheaton is a highly desirable HS in the DCC with many students requesting it when it's not their home school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill is a focus school, which means it has smaller classes in K-2 due to a higher poverty level at the school. This has pros and cons, obviously. The former principal, who was very well regarded, was promoted. Last year's principal did not survive for a second year, so hopefully someone can chime in to say how the new principal is doing.

The Loiderman middle school has the only arts magnet in the County. Wheaton High School has some special magnet programs, and is part of the DCC (down county consortium). I do not think Wheaton is generally considered the most desirable school in the DCC.

Wrong about Wheaton. It is actually the most desirable school in the DCC. It has surpassed Blair and it is hard to get a spot there if not in the catchment.

You're replying to a post from 2017.

That may be so, but it's also accurate that in 2024 Wheaton is a highly desirable HS in the DCC with many students requesting it when it's not their home school.

Teacher here at Wheaton. Wheaton is hard to get into but mainly bc so many magnet students apply.

Wheaton (IMO) has become very segregated in the past few years. There is a big academic and social divide between the magnet and non-magnet students. I love teaching at Wheaton, but this has become a problem. We also have a lot of problems with attendance and hall-walking. Things were getting a LOT better when Dr. Mugge took over. Then, Dr. Munsey destroyed all of the progress she made. Mugge came back out of retirement to start the clean up process but retired (again) last year. Hopes that the new principal will continue improving the school but it will take a while for students to create a new culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill is a focus school, which means it has smaller classes in K-2 due to a higher poverty level at the school. This has pros and cons, obviously. The former principal, who was very well regarded, was promoted. Last year's principal did not survive for a second year, so hopefully someone can chime in to say how the new principal is doing.

The Loiderman middle school has the only arts magnet in the County. Wheaton High School has some special magnet programs, and is part of the DCC (down county consortium). I do not think Wheaton is generally considered the most desirable school in the DCC.

Wrong about Wheaton. It is actually the most desirable school in the DCC. It has surpassed Blair and it is hard to get a spot there if not in the catchment.

You're replying to a post from 2017.

That may be so, but it's also accurate that in 2024 Wheaton is a highly desirable HS in the DCC with many students requesting it when it's not their home school.

Teacher here at Wheaton. Wheaton is hard to get into but mainly bc so many magnet students apply.

Wheaton (IMO) has become very segregated in the past few years. There is a big academic and social divide between the magnet and non-magnet students. I love teaching at Wheaton, but this has become a problem. We also have a lot of problems with attendance and hall-walking. Things were getting a LOT better when Dr. Mugge took over. Then, Dr. Munsey destroyed all of the progress she made. Mugge came back out of retirement to start the clean up process but retired (again) last year. Hopes that the new principal will continue improving the school but it will take a while for students to create a new culture.

That’s the problem a wide SES spread, it is like a highway. Everyone going fast there isn’t too many problems, everyone going slow and once again not to many problems. Once you get cars going lots of different speeds there are bound to be collisions with the cars going fast blaming the slow cars and the slow cars thinking the fast ones are all asses and the funny part is the are both right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill is a focus school, which means it has smaller classes in K-2 due to a higher poverty level at the school. This has pros and cons, obviously. The former principal, who was very well regarded, was promoted. Last year's principal did not survive for a second year, so hopefully someone can chime in to say how the new principal is doing.

The Loiderman middle school has the only arts magnet in the County. Wheaton High School has some special magnet programs, and is part of the DCC (down county consortium). I do not think Wheaton is generally considered the most desirable school in the DCC.

Wrong about Wheaton. It is actually the most desirable school in the DCC. It has surpassed Blair and it is hard to get a spot there if not in the catchment.

You're replying to a post from 2017.

And someone revived it in 2024 to request new info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are complaining about a free program? You are lucky to have that with no title 1 status.

Anonymous wrote:The free summer school program was not summer school in the way it was in previous years. It was a third party paid for by a grant to lead their curriculum and activities. Camp Einstein. Very different than an MCPS run summer school program where students got to review the full MCPS curriculum from the prior year with teachers of their incoming grade. For my kid, last year’s summer school was a great opportunity to get familiar with her incoming teachers and classroom spaces as well as review curriculum.

Seriously! My kids attend Viers Mill and are in Camp Einstein now. They love it and are happy to not be doing Eureka math but playing games and doing cool steam projects. FREE. I am so thankful, aa parent, that the school hustled and made Camp Einstein happen when after losing Title 1 status it looked like we’d be getting nothing.

It is not a free program. Somebody’s money paid for the grant. I’m curious to know where the cash came from and what/if any other outside vendors MCPS vetted.

Kids obviously love a break from the monster known as Eureka math, but it doesn’t help them in the fall when they have to go back to doing things exactly as it’s scripted in Eureka.

Omg it's a free enrichment program brought in at the last minute that offers a safe, engaging experience for four weeks during the summer. No, it is not ELO. ELO was not a choice. This was. And for ELO, it wasn't a preview of the next grade--it was review of the previous one. So it's not like students are somehow at a grave disadvantage having attended Camp Einstein rather than some non-existent alternative.

[Anonymous]

Of course it's not free, but it's free for the parents. I'm impressed that they got the grant for that. Just like I was impressed that they got before/after care for those attending ELO last year. To me that shows a strong PTA and/or principal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are complaining about a free program? You are lucky to have that with no title 1 status.

Anonymous wrote:The free summer school program was not summer school in the way it was in previous years. It was a third party paid for by a grant to lead their curriculum and activities. Camp Einstein. Very different than an MCPS run summer school program where students got to review the full MCPS curriculum from the prior year with teachers of their incoming grade. For my kid, last year’s summer school was a great opportunity to get familiar with her incoming teachers and classroom spaces as well as review curriculum.

Seriously! My kids attend Viers Mill and are in Camp Einstein now. They love it and are happy to not be doing Eureka math but playing games and doing cool steam projects. FREE. I am so thankful, aa parent, that the school hustled and made Camp Einstein happen when after losing Title 1 status it looked like we’d be getting nothing.

It is not a free program. Somebody’s money paid for the grant. I’m curious to know where the cash came from and what/if any other outside vendors MCPS vetted.

Kids obviously love a break from the monster known as Eureka math, but it doesn’t help them in the fall when they have to go back to doing things exactly as it’s scripted in Eureka.

Omg it's a free enrichment program brought in at the last minute that offers a safe, engaging experience for four weeks during the summer. No, it is not ELO. ELO was not a choice. This was. And for ELO, it wasn't a preview of the next grade--it was review of the previous one. So it's not like students are somehow at a grave disadvantage having attended Camp Einstein rather than some non-existent alternative.