Top MCPS MS

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Anonymous wrote:What are considered the top 5 MS in MCPS?

TPMS hands down

No one consider TPMS a top school except TP parents who don’t know better. The magnet program is a nice carrot designed to prop up an east count school with kids bused in which is why they had to lower the standards and guarantee 25 slots to local kids who wouldn’t have made the cut otherwise. Even still it typically never makes a top 5 ranking on objective lists for the county.

Even if you like it the fun is short lived as it is tied to Eastern which is one of the worst middle schools in the area.

Everybody does except for the W schools families, whose kids were not good enough to get into TPMS.
The envy is strong with you.

Just about anybody who lives in a SFH at a W could by the nicest home in TP and still save money. It’s not envy if they paid hundreds of thousands if not a million dollars to not send their kids to silver spring schools. What you have is sour grapes. TP isn’t the magnet, there are more FARMs kids than magnet, why don’t you claim that as the defining charter?

https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/silver-spring/965-Takoma-Park-Middle-School/

Then, tell me why they fight teeth and nails, back-stab friends to get their offsprings into TPMS/Blair?
Yeah, you guys paid hundreds of thousands dollars thinking you would get TPMS/Blair type of schools, but instead you get a bunch of overrated schools.
Hence the TPMS/Blair envy.

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Anonymous wrote:TPMS is not what it was post lottery

In DCUM's preppers mind only.

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Another student assault at TPMS just popped up on my neighborhood crime report. Color me unsurprised.

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Anonymous wrote:TPMS is not what it was post lottery

In DCUM's preppers mind only.

Oh, it's only a different school from the perspective of parents who care about highly educating their children?

It's not a different school from the perspective of parents who don't want their children to learn more?

Good to know.

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Anonymous wrote:I recommend taking a look at the after school clubs and seeing which "best" fits your child's (or your) likes. This is a great proxy for how involved teachers (who volunteer to run these clubs) and parents are in that MS. MCPS curriculum is more or less the same everywhere and lets face it - most of the kids receive enrichment outside of school to make up for any deficits in school. Its really the overall fit (safety, clubs, size etc) that determine "best" for any particular kid. My older kid went to TPMS, my younger didnt but got a better experience at our home school. Both are now in HS magnets for what it is worth.

Except the TPMS magnet which has more accelerated math and science than other MS.

TPMS does not have any of that. The have enriched math and science, and intro CS. It's good for students who don't have engaged or aware parents to guide them at home. (That's why the lottery was partially successful, freeing up spots for kids who need it, while the rest thrive at their home school with engaged and aware parents and PTA.)

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Anonymous wrote:Top MS in terms of what?

Top for sports? Top for diversity? Top for academic (whole school)? Top for least crowded? Top for most foreign language? Top for most AP? Top for most IB?

Top for sneering at other parents in DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure there will be a lot of debate here but if you're going off of rankings, usually Pyle is at the top for MCPS

TPMS, the most decorated MS is at the top, not only in MCPS but in the whole DMV.

Robert Frost parents would strongly disagree.

This isn't an "agreement" thing, it's a "which ranking?" thing and ”does that ranking matter?"

"decorated" MS is a bit silly, as that is mostly to do with which schools have parents who pay to get involved in competitions for "decorations".

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Anonymous wrote:I recommend taking a look at the after school clubs and seeing which "best" fits your child's (or your) likes. This is a great proxy for how involved teachers (who volunteer to run these clubs) and parents are in that MS. MCPS curriculum is more or less the same everywhere and lets face it - most of the kids receive enrichment outside of school to make up for any deficits in school. Its really the overall fit (safety, clubs, size etc) that determine "best" for any particular kid. My older kid went to TPMS, my younger didnt but got a better experience at our home school. Both are now in HS magnets for what it is worth.

Except the TPMS magnet which has more accelerated math and science than other MS.

TPMS does not have any of that. The have enriched math and science, and intro CS. It's good for students who don't have engaged or aware parents to guide them at home. (That's why the lottery was partially successful, freeing up spots for kids who need it, while the rest thrive at their home school with engaged and aware parents and PTA.)

Yes, it has that exactly. They cover organic chem and genetics in 7th. In math, they dive into things like set theory and proofs in a way which normal Algebra and Geometry barely touch. It is much more thorough and deeper than what is available elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Can you share your experience with Westland MS and Silver Creek MS the two that feed into Einstein HS or Walter Johnson HS?

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Anonymous wrote:Can you share your experience with Westland MS and Silver Creek MS the two that feed into Einstein HS or Walter Johnson HS?

Our DS is at Silver Creek. It feeds to BCC, not Einstein.

Dr. Awkard is an amazing principal. She is a strong leader, and I feel safe having my child there under her leadership. The teachers are strong. I have only been meh about 1 out of the 7 my child has had each year. The PTA is active. Recommend.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you share your experience with Westland MS and Silver Creek MS the two that feed into Einstein HS or Walter Johnson HS?

Westland and Silver Creek both feed to BCC only.

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Feedback on North Bethesda MS? Academics, safety, parent and teacher engagement, principal/administration, class sizes?

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Feedback on North Bethesda MS? Academics, safety, parent and teacher engagement, principal/administration, class sizes?

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Anonymous wrote:Any info on Tilden?

Tilden is okay. As far as academics, north Bethesda students fare better at WJ than Tilden students.

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Anonymous wrote:Any info on Tilden?

Tilden is okay. As far as academics, north Bethesda students fare better at WJ than Tilden students.

There have been some incidents at Tilden recently. Basically, all MS have issues.

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