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Anonymous
PP, I feel for you. That person simply doesn’t value learning. Of course a strong math program is important at all grade levels. I would definitely recommend looking into the magnet program options. Alternatively, would private school be an option for your family? If you’re comfortable with Catholic school, Mary of Nazareth is in Gaithersburg and is well regarded. The academics are good quality. They have a STEM lab that looks pretty cool. |
Anonymous
Dp.. do you not realize that there are many kids from public schools who end up at Top 20 colleges? How did they do that if they have terrible writing? Do you think public ES kids don't get daily recess? Many/most do. I'll grant you that privates can provide better facilities and afford more specials because you are paying for it. No different than parents paying for extra curriculars for sports or the arts. This is probably cheaper than paying for private. Also, no one writes in handwriting anymore except really old people. Colleges all use laptops and all assignments are electronic. If you want to appear smarter than you are, don't mention the handwriting being taught in private as a selling point. It's not that big of a deal, really. oh, and my kids learned how to handwrite in ES. They just never need to use it. One is almost out of college. I will say that the small class sizes of private schools is appealing to me, but my kids would've hated it. |
Anonymous
Just because a kid got into the same college doesn’t mean the quality of their education was the same. You also decided to harp on handwriting, while ignoring nearly everything else I wrote. Convenient. I love how everyone in the MCPS forum craps on MCPS, but as soon as anyone says they send their kid to private school, suddenly MCPS is awesome. |
Anonymous
It’s been 6 years since I had a child at RCES, but that wasn’t our experience at all. Granted, my kids aren’t athletes so maybe that’s why nobody talked to us about sports, but there was definitely a culture that supported academics. Grades, test scores, reading levels, the spelling bee, the science fair, the CES were all very important to parents. |
Anonymous
Well that is a bold assumption! My kid actually went to Clemente 6 years ago. I have kept up with the school a bit and the magnet program itself and it's not what it used to be. Getting in now is basically a lottery at some minimum score so probably unlikely even an option for this kid unless this is changed. From Clemente my kid went on to PHS SMCS and said this was the first time math was even remotely challenging. I would also not send a kid with 504 / IEP to Clemente. My kid took the same classes at Clemente that they would have at LMPS. At that time there was a great peer group though so that made it worth it. I don't think that is the case today. I would enroll your kid in competitive chess to start my kid loved that at this age. |
Anonymous
Well, even with the "low quality" of public education, some of these kids are doing really well in the top colleges. If you re-read my post, you will see that I also did mention things like PE, and other specials. Maybe you went to a bad public school, and that's why you hate publics so much and didn't fully read my post. IDK. I never said MCPS was "awesome". I have a lot of issues with it, but I don't think the academics at a private school are any better, not really. I think the environment and facilities are nicer. At one point, I seriously contemplated sending my younger DC to private because they need more individualized attention. I do think privates are definitely better for that. |
Anonymous
I have asked teachers at RCES for possible enrichment and more information for CES, they tell me that they don't know much about it. It does not make sense to me because some of them have taught there for decades. I never hear about spelling bees, and all I hear is that they stress on attenance and try to provide resources to help kids that fall behind to the average levels. |
Anonymous
So you've missed all of the research that highlights and emphasizes the importance and value of handwriting in the education and information retention processes? Sounds like it and you've out of step with evolving best practices and recommendations. |
Anonymous
I don't think it's the cursive writing (assuming that is what you mean by handwriting) that helps with retention, but writing on paper in general, which I agree with. It doesn't have to be in cursive (handwriting). And yes, I do wish that public schools didn't rely so much on the computer. Still, it's true that no one handwrites anymore. Everything is on the computer, including in college. DC is a dual math/CS major, and even some of their math HW is done on the computer. I thought that was weird, but this is the way the future is. |
Anonymous
It is if the coaches are approaching them and them telling them how to get around the residency requirements without physically moving. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
I don’t hate public school. I went to a very good public school. I also went to excellent private schools. My daughter has been in public and private school. Having seen both environments first hand, I can confirm that the academics at good private schools are absolutely better. There’s more instruction in grammar, an effort to teach high quality writing from a young age, in depth science classes (my daughter will dissect a cow’s eye this year in ES), etc. |
Anonymous
I’m the PP who brought up handwriting. I’m talking about writing on paper in general. Reading physical books in their entirety. Elementary school grades not using Chromebooks for everything. |
Anonymous
I’m confused by this argument how are the kids that are not proficient in math gong to affect my child’s ability to be proficient in math |
Anonymous
First of all, I hope your child is learning how to use punctuation. Second of all, the reason it’s important is because it suggests that the math instruction is poor. |