Loiderman middle school for performing arts??

[Anonymous]

Missed open house. How does one apply? Any info on program? My dd is interested

[Anonymous]

You apply via the regular application due in early November. Regular, meaning it's joint with the other MS magnets.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/loiedermanms/magnet/program.aspx

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/msmagnet/

[Anonymous]

It's a random lottery, not a test or portfolio/audition. I know some folks who have tried it instead of TPMS but all have ended up coming back to TMPS for 7th. The commute is just too much for families coming from TP/SS, and TPMS has a great drama and orchestra program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a random lottery, not a test or portfolio/audition. I know some folks who have tried it instead of TPMS but all have ended up coming back to TMPS for 7th. The commute is just too much for families coming from TP/SS, and TPMS has a great drama and orchestra program.

Loiderman is in Silver Spring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a random lottery, not a test or portfolio/audition. I know some folks who have tried it instead of TPMS but all have ended up coming back to TMPS for 7th. The commute is just too much for families coming from TP/SS, and TPMS has a great drama and orchestra program.

Loiderman is in Silver Spring

And Silver Spring covers a huge portion of the county. We live in Silver Spring, and didn't apply because it would have taken about 30 minutes to get DD to Loiderman, and then we would need to retrace that 30 minutes before even starting a commute into DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You apply via the regular application due in early November. Regular, meaning it's joint with the other MS magnets.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/loiedermanms/magnet/program.aspx

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/msmagnet/

It's not a magnet, it's a lottery

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a random lottery, not a test or portfolio/audition. I know some folks who have tried it instead of TPMS but all have ended up coming back to TMPS for 7th. The commute is just too much for families coming from TP/SS, and TPMS has a great drama and orchestra program.

Loiderman is in Silver Spring

And Silver Spring covers a huge portion of the county. We live in Silver Spring, and didn't apply because it would have taken about 30 minutes to get DD to Loiderman, and then we would need to retrace that 30 minutes before even starting a commute into DC.

Yep, our kid got in for this year. Kid decided to stay at home school, due to so many good theater/choral options at home school. We were massively relieved as the commute would have been impossible. Way up GA in the opposite direction either parent travels!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind it is a lottery if you don't live in bounds.
It is not selective, and 80% of students are inbounds and have no choice but to go there. This means that the 20% remaining are the ones carrying the program in terms of motivation and drive.
Academically, it is not better or worse than other schools in the area.

We had considered the Parklawn (?) aerospace magnet and decided against it, both for commute and because of the "fluff" factor - one can't do real aerospace engineering without solid knowledge in hard sciences which middle schoolers in MCPS do not have. It seems to me these magnets are geared toward average students who need special motivation to apply themselves at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a random lottery, not a test or portfolio/audition. I know some folks who have tried it instead of TPMS but all have ended up coming back to TMPS for 7th. The commute is just too much for families coming from TP/SS, and TPMS has a great drama and orchestra program.

Loiderman is in Silver Spring

I figured it was clear from the PP that someone zoned for TPMS would have a hell of a commute up Georgia, in the opposite direction from most parents' commutes. I'm not knocking the program, but I don't know anyone from our local zoned middle school who has stuck with it, with the commute really being the deciding factor, combined with the excellent performance opportunities at the home school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Keep in mind it is a lottery if you don't live in bounds.
It is not selective, and 80% of students are inbounds and have no choice but to go there. This means that the 20% remaining are the ones carrying the program in terms of motivation and drive.
Academically, it is not better or worse than other schools in the area.

We had considered the Parklawn (?) aerospace magnet and decided against it, both for commute and because of the "fluff" factor - one can't do real aerospace engineering without solid knowledge in hard sciences which middle schoolers in MCPS do not have. It seems to me these magnets are geared toward average students who need special motivation to apply themselves at school.

Oh dear God. Please stop.

OP, if you're interested, please talk to parents who actually have kids enrolled in the school, not those who make sweeping generalizations and have no actual connection to the school you (and your DC) are interested in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Keep in mind it is a lottery if you don't live in bounds.
It is not selective, and 80% of students are inbounds and have no choice but to go there. This means that the 20% remaining are the ones carrying the program in terms of motivation and drive.
Academically, it is not better or worse than other schools in the area.

We had considered the Parklawn (?) aerospace magnet and decided against it, both for commute and because of the "fluff" factor - one can't do real aerospace engineering without solid knowledge in hard sciences which middle schoolers in MCPS do not have. It seems to me these magnets are geared toward average students who need special motivation to apply themselves at school.

Oh dear God. Please stop.

OP, if you're interested, please talk to parents who actually have kids enrolled in the school, not those who make sweeping generalizations and have no actual connection to the school you (and your DC) are interested in.

Calm down, PP. I'm analyzing facts. Not a fan of these supposed "magnets". I wish they were selective, and then they would be worth something.

[Anonymous]

You're analyzing facts...but you don't even know the correct name of one of the schools...LOL...how credible is THAT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Keep in mind it is a lottery if you don't live in bounds.
It is not selective, and 80% of students are inbounds and have no choice but to go there. This means that the 20% remaining are the ones carrying the program in terms of motivation and drive.
Academically, it is not better or worse than other schools in the area.

We had considered the Parklawn (?) aerospace magnet and decided against it, both for commute and because of the "fluff" factor - one can't do real aerospace engineering without solid knowledge in hard sciences which middle schoolers in MCPS do not have. It seems to me these magnets are geared toward average students who need special motivation to apply themselves at school.

Parklawn, that offers Algebra II and HS Physics to 8th graders? I don't think that many other MS students have that opportunity. A perk if applying to Blair or Wheaton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Keep in mind it is a lottery if you don't live in bounds.
It is not selective, and 80% of students are inbounds and have no choice but to go there. This means that the 20% remaining are the ones carrying the program in terms of motivation and drive.
Academically, it is not better or worse than other schools in the area.

We had considered the Parklawn (?) aerospace magnet and decided against it, both for commute and because of the "fluff" factor - one can't do real aerospace engineering without solid knowledge in hard sciences which middle schoolers in MCPS do not have. It seems to me these magnets are geared toward average students who need special motivation to apply themselves at school.

Oh dear God. Please stop.

OP, if you're interested, please talk to parents who actually have kids enrolled in the school, not those who make sweeping generalizations and have no actual connection to the school you (and your DC) are interested in.

Calm down, PP. I'm analyzing facts. Not a fan of these supposed "magnets". I wish they were selective, and then they would be worth something.

NP-- those are not FACTS. Unless you have kids at Parklawn or Loiderman, keep your opinion to yourself.

[Anonymous]

FFS, it is Parkland people, Parkland.