Anyone giving up their LATIN 5th grade spot?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Washington Latin isn't meant to be Boston Latin.

WL admits via an open lottery not competitive admissions.

Please just move to Boston already.

I really don't understand the attitude of Latin parents. When you bring up a totally reasonable point of people shut it down immediately. Unless you fall all over self praising the school, you're in the wrong. It is not an academically rigorous school. I wish it was.

Ironically, the person complaining about lack of rigor doesn't appear to know that it should be "I wish it were,"not "I wish it was."

Perfect burn. Previous PP, you need to go away now.

You are correcting grammar on an informal schools blog. It's not a burn, it's sad. And it doesn't change the fact that Latin is a mediocre school with a sad record of college placement.

Also that was a perfectly legitimate question, but you chose to be nasty. That's the only response you can have I guess.........

[Anonymous]

Not sure I would call the college placement for current seniors "sad" Kids got into some great schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure I would call the college placement for current seniors "sad" Kids got into some great schools.

Good to know. No need for your hyper sensitivity over Latin's perceived lack of rigor then....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure I would call the college placement for current seniors "sad" Kids got into some great schools.

Good to know. No need for MY hyper sensitivity over Latin's perceived lack of rigor then....

Fixed it for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure I would call the college placement for current seniors "sad" Kids got into some great schools.

Good to know. No need for MY hyper sensitivity over Latin's perceived lack of rigor then....

Fixed it for you.

Whatever makes you feel better about sending your kid to a crappy high school that only looks good compared to Eastern.....

[Anonymous]

NP here. We've accepted for 5th grade (pure luck, not a sibling) but are still considering Deal. We have several friends with kids at Latin, and I am genuinely confused by the comments about lack of rigor. Literally just among our own acquaintances, we know kids taking AP BC calculus, AP French, AP Latin, AP environmental science, AP English, AP Statistics and AP Biology. We also have heard that this year alone they had kids get into Yale, UChicago, Middlebury, Claremont colleges, full rides to GW, and more. How is that not rigorous? Since we still have time to decide, I'm anxious to understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. We've accepted for 5th grade (pure luck, not a sibling) but are still considering Deal. We have several friends with kids at Latin, and I am genuinely confused by the comments about lack of rigor. Literally just among our own acquaintances, we know kids taking AP BC calculus, AP French, AP Latin, AP environmental science, AP English, AP Statistics and AP Biology. We also have heard that this year alone they had kids get into Yale, UChicago, Middlebury, Claremont colleges, full rides to GW, and more. How is that not rigorous? Since we still have time to decide, I'm anxious to understand.

There are some great college placement results this year. But the data on the school shows that there a lot of students who will not be going to schools of that caliber.

From Friday's Wash Post:

WL's offers 10 AP courses (as of 2016). Only 18.8% of last year's graduating seniors passed 1 or more AP class with a grade of 3 or better (scale of 1 to 5)

The average SAT score was 943 (out of 1600); average ACT was 22.55 (out of 32).

The high school PARCC scores are also low. The MS ones are good.

If your child really needs a small environment, send them to Latin. But if you want a broad curriculum and challenge, you'd be better staying at Deal and Wilson.

[Anonymous]

I would go to Deal in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would go to Deal in a heartbeat.

+1

[Anonymous]

No way. Deal is overcrowded and chaotic. Go to
Latin if you have the chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way. Deal is overcrowded and chaotic. Go to
Latin if you have the chance.

Not chaotic at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. We've accepted for 5th grade (pure luck, not a sibling) but are still considering Deal. We have several friends with kids at Latin, and I am genuinely confused by the comments about lack of rigor. Literally just among our own acquaintances, we know kids taking AP BC calculus, AP French, AP Latin, AP environmental science, AP English, AP Statistics and AP Biology. We also have heard that this year alone they had kids get into Yale, UChicago, Middlebury, Claremont colleges, full rides to GW, and more. How is that not rigorous? Since we still have time to decide, I'm anxious to understand.

There are some great college placement results this year. But the data on the school shows that there a lot of students who will not be going to schools of that caliber.

From Friday's Wash Post:

WL's offers 10 AP courses (as of 2016). Only 18.8% of last year's graduating seniors passed 1 or more AP class with a grade of 3 or better (scale of 1 to 5)

The average SAT score was 943 (out of 1600); average ACT was 22.55 (out of 32).

The high school PARCC scores are also low. The MS ones are good.

If your child really needs a small environment, send them to Latin. But if you want a broad curriculum and challenge, you'd be better staying at Deal and Wilson.

I'm not shocked by much, but I was shocked by the 18.8%. Pathetic. Walls and Wilson are looking a lot better to me today.

[Anonymous]

The 18.8% is very low -- and that stat has declined at Latin each year, as has the average SAT score.

I would have expected it to be going in the other direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 18.8% is very low -- and that stat has declined at Latin each year, as has the average SAT score.

I would have expected it to be going in the other direction.

It sounds just right. Latin does not have a college board resident teacher who has inside knowledge on the AP tests.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The 18.8% is very low -- and that stat has declined at Latin each year, as has the average SAT score.

I would have expected it to be going in the other direction.

It sounds just right. Latin does not have a college board resident teacher who has inside knowledge on the AP tests.

What?

No school has 'college board resident teachers' with inside knowledge on the exams. The College Board does require every teacher who teaches an AP class has to have his/her syllabus approved by them in advance. And there are many teacher professional development workshops and classes. They have ones designed for both new and experienced AP teachers, and the costs are nominal ($200-400).

The better question is whether WL encourages / requires any of their teachers to participate in the training. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/InstitutesAndWorkshops