Who sends their kid to Wakefield HS? Is it really that bad?

[Anonymous]

So, to sum up, Tennis rankings are the new Great Schools rankings?

That should be easy to rig- Wakefield just needs to recruit some hot tennis talent and will be the number one high school in NoVa. Sweet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, to sum up, Tennis rankings are the new Great Schools rankings?

That should be easy to rig- Wakefield just needs to recruit some hot tennis talent and will be the number one high school in NoVa. Sweet.

Their too busy crushing everyone in basketball.

Go Warriors!

[Anonymous]

Wakefield is one over from TC Williams High School, where my kids went. It's a toss up. Some will and some won't succeed.

The pertinent question is why Arlington and Alexandria City in this day and age, let these high school challenge exist! It's not like Arlington nor Alexandria are not high median income localities!

[Anonymous]

Public schools are ..... Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1. All that the good tennis team indicates is that parents have a lot more disposable income to get private coaching and that other parents at the school also likely have disposable income to spend on private academic tutors. I'm pretty sure, for the most part, the tennis players aren't the ones doing the academic heavy lifting at those schools.

my kid graduated from Mclean HS last year and he knows most of the graduating seniors on the tennis team. A lot of those seniors ended up at UVa. You might laugh at what the previous posts about Mclean HS and tennis team but there are lot of truth to that. Where I send my kids to schools based on these factors:

#1: how much parental support for the school? It seems like there are lot of parental supports from both Mclean and Langley,
#2: how much money does the PTA have? I was told that Mclean HS has about 100k in PTA fund while Langley has about 350k in PTA fund. That money can do lot of wonder for the school when there are lot of funding cut from the FCPS. The money can be used to support lot of after school activities,
#3: the percentage of Asians enrollment at the school? The higher the number, the better. Asians are the hardest working students and they outperform everyone including white students. This creates better competition,
#4: How many students in that school have tutoring outside the school? The more tigers' mom you have at the school, the better. That will foster better competition,
#5: Does the school have a golf and crew team? If it does, then it is a school in an affluent neighborhood,

I did some research and the past five Virginia state championship in tennis in boys and girls for both 5A and 6A come from top 5 schools in Virginia, Mclean, Oakton, Chantilly, Woodson, Lake Braddock, so yes, there is a correlation.

In other words, there is a correlation between wealth and high academic outcomes. Shocking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1. All that the good tennis team indicates is that parents have a lot more disposable income to get private coaching and that other parents at the school also likely have disposable income to spend on private academic tutors. I'm pretty sure, for the most part, the tennis players aren't the ones doing the academic heavy lifting at those schools.

my kid graduated from Mclean HS last year and he knows most of the graduating seniors on the tennis team. A lot of those seniors ended up at UVa. You might laugh at what the previous posts about Mclean HS and tennis team but there are lot of truth to that. Where I send my kids to schools based on these factors:

#1: how much parental support for the school? It seems like there are lot of parental supports from both Mclean and Langley,
#2: how much money does the PTA have? I was told that Mclean HS has about 100k in PTA fund while Langley has about 350k in PTA fund. That money can do lot of wonder for the school when there are lot of funding cut from the FCPS. The money can be used to support lot of after school activities,
#3: the percentage of Asians enrollment at the school? The higher the number, the better. Asians are the hardest working students and they outperform everyone including white students. This creates better competition,
#4: How many students in that school have tutoring outside the school? The more tigers' mom you have at the school, the better. That will foster better competition,
#5: Does the school have a golf and crew team? If it does, then it is a school in an affluent neighborhood,

I did some research and the past five Virginia state championship in tennis in boys and girls for both 5A and 6A come from top 5 schools in Virginia, Mclean, Oakton, Chantilly, Woodson, Lake Braddock, so yes, there is a correlation.

In other words, there is a correlation between wealth and high academic outcomes. Shocking.

Yes, but how they said it was much more c#nty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1. All that the good tennis team indicates is that parents have a lot more disposable income to get private coaching and that other parents at the school also likely have disposable income to spend on private academic tutors. I'm pretty sure, for the most part, the tennis players aren't the ones doing the academic heavy lifting at those schools.

my kid graduated from Mclean HS last year and he knows most of the graduating seniors on the tennis team. A lot of those seniors ended up at UVa. You might laugh at what the previous posts about Mclean HS and tennis team but there are lot of truth to that. Where I send my kids to schools based on these factors:

#1: how much parental support for the school? It seems like there are lot of parental supports from both Mclean and Langley,
#2: how much money does the PTA have? I was told that Mclean HS has about 100k in PTA fund while Langley has about 350k in PTA fund. That money can do lot of wonder for the school when there are lot of funding cut from the FCPS. The money can be used to support lot of after school activities,
#3: the percentage of Asians enrollment at the school? The higher the number, the better. Asians are the hardest working students and they outperform everyone including white students. This creates better competition,
#4: How many students in that school have tutoring outside the school? The more tigers' mom you have at the school, the better. That will foster better competition,
#5: Does the school have a golf and crew team? If it does, then it is a school in an affluent neighborhood,

I did some research and the past five Virginia state championship in tennis in boys and girls for both 5A and 6A come from top 5 schools in Virginia, Mclean, Oakton, Chantilly, Woodson, Lake Braddock, so yes, there is a correlation.

In other words, there is a correlation between wealth and high academic outcomes. Shocking.

Yes, but how they said it was much more c#nty.

And, quite frankly, Asian-superiority racist.

[Anonymous]

22:22 - Your numbers are incorrect.

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Civil-Rights-Table-1-2017-12-7-web.pdf

Yorktown is actually about 60% white and 16% Hispanic.
W-L is about 41% white and 33% hispanic, so you likely switched your numbers around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1. All that the good tennis team indicates is that parents have a lot more disposable income to get private coaching and that other parents at the school also likely have disposable income to spend on private academic tutors. I'm pretty sure, for the most part, the tennis players aren't the ones doing the academic heavy lifting at those schools.

my kid graduated from Mclean HS last year and he knows most of the graduating seniors on the tennis team. A lot of those seniors ended up at UVa. You might laugh at what the previous posts about Mclean HS and tennis team but there are lot of truth to that. Where I send my kids to schools based on these factors:

#1: how much parental support for the school? It seems like there are lot of parental supports from both Mclean and Langley,
#2: how much money does the PTA have? I was told that Mclean HS has about 100k in PTA fund while Langley has about 350k in PTA fund. That money can do lot of wonder for the school when there are lot of funding cut from the FCPS. The money can be used to support lot of after school activities,
#3: the percentage of Asians enrollment at the school? The higher the number, the better. Asians are the hardest working students and they outperform everyone including white students. This creates better competition,
#4: How many students in that school have tutoring outside the school? The more tigers' mom you have at the school, the better. That will foster better competition,
#5: Does the school have a golf and crew team? If it does, then it is a school in an affluent neighborhood,

I did some research and the past five Virginia state championship in tennis in boys and girls for both 5A and 6A come from top 5 schools in Virginia, Mclean, Oakton, Chantilly, Woodson, Lake Braddock, so yes, there is a correlation.

Stuart has crew

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1. All that the good tennis team indicates is that parents have a lot more disposable income to get private coaching and that other parents at the school also likely have disposable income to spend on private academic tutors. I'm pretty sure, for the most part, the tennis players aren't the ones doing the academic heavy lifting at those schools.

my kid graduated from Mclean HS last year and he knows most of the graduating seniors on the tennis team. A lot of those seniors ended up at UVa. You might laugh at what the previous posts about Mclean HS and tennis team but there are lot of truth to that. Where I send my kids to schools based on these factors:

#1: how much parental support for the school? It seems like there are lot of parental supports from both Mclean and Langley,
#2: how much money does the PTA have? I was told that Mclean HS has about 100k in PTA fund while Langley has about 350k in PTA fund. That money can do lot of wonder for the school when there are lot of funding cut from the FCPS. The money can be used to support lot of after school activities,
#3: the percentage of Asians enrollment at the school? The higher the number, the better. Asians are the hardest working students and they outperform everyone including white students. This creates better competition,
#4: How many students in that school have tutoring outside the school? The more tigers' mom you have at the school, the better. That will foster better competition,
#5: Does the school have a golf and crew team? If it does, then it is a school in an affluent neighborhood,

I did some research and the past five Virginia state championship in tennis in boys and girls for both 5A and 6A come from top 5 schools in Virginia, Mclean, Oakton, Chantilly, Woodson, Lake Braddock, so yes, there is a correlation.

Stuart has crew

And FCHS has a tennis team

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1. All that the good tennis team indicates is that parents have a lot more disposable income to get private coaching and that other parents at the school also likely have disposable income to spend on private academic tutors. I'm pretty sure, for the most part, the tennis players aren't the ones doing the academic heavy lifting at those schools.

my kid graduated from Mclean HS last year and he knows most of the graduating seniors on the tennis team. A lot of those seniors ended up at UVa. You might laugh at what the previous posts about Mclean HS and tennis team but there are lot of truth to that. Where I send my kids to schools based on these factors:

#1: how much parental support for the school? It seems like there are lot of parental supports from both Mclean and Langley,
#2: how much money does the PTA have? I was told that Mclean HS has about 100k in PTA fund while Langley has about 350k in PTA fund. That money can do lot of wonder for the school when there are lot of funding cut from the FCPS. The money can be used to support lot of after school activities,
#3: the percentage of Asians enrollment at the school? The higher the number, the better. Asians are the hardest working students and they outperform everyone including white students. This creates better competition,
#4: How many students in that school have tutoring outside the school? The more tigers' mom you have at the school, the better. That will foster better competition,
#5: Does the school have a golf and crew team? If it does, then it is a school in an affluent neighborhood,

I did some research and the past five Virginia state championship in tennis in boys and girls for both 5A and 6A come from top 5 schools in Virginia, Mclean, Oakton, Chantilly, Woodson, Lake Braddock, so yes, there is a correlation.

Stuart has crew

And FCHS has a tennis team

Meant to say golf team

[Anonymous]

West Po has crew, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stuart has crew

And FCHS has a tennis team

And they both suck. FCHS tennis team got bagel by both Marshalls and TJ TWICE. Very unfortunate that Stuart and FCHS are in the same division as TJ and they both serve as doormat for TJ and Marshalls

[Anonymous]

Wakefield has crew, so....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stuart has crew

And FCHS has a tennis team

And they both suck. FCHS tennis team got bagel by both Marshalls and TJ TWICE. Very unfortunate that Stuart and FCHS are in the same division as TJ and they both serve as doormat for TJ and Marshalls

Please stop saying Marshalls. That is the department store, not the school.

Also, Stuart won its district in boys tennis several times when the Shane brothers were playing. They both ended up at, you guessed it, UVA.