Can someone tell me about the Eastern Magnet?

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Anonymous wrote:It was answered.

What was answered?

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Anonymous wrote:Are the classrooms at Eastern close to equal in terms of numbers of girls and boys?

It seems equal in the eighth grade class.

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I hear there's a heavier workload at E. For kids who normally work quickly and finish their homework in between classes, do they still end up doing an hour of homework a night there?

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Anonymous wrote:I hear there's a heavier workload at E. For kids who normally work quickly and finish their homework in between classes, do they still end up doing an hour of homework a night there?[/quote

Often there is at least an hour of homework a night, and our student works on the weekends as well. But it does ebb and flow a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:I hear there's a heavier workload at E. For kids who normally work quickly and finish their homework in between classes, do they still end up doing an hour of homework a night there?

Not consistently. Usually less, sometimes more, sometimes a lot more if they’ve procrastinated part of a big project. If they plan ahead and knock off enough chunks of the larger assignments over the weekend, they can avoid the late nights. Occasionally teachers would fail to coordinate deadlines and stuff would stack up on top of math assignments.

Mine started out doing their reading on the bus, until they realized the really did need to take notes. So they switched to using the bus ride to read, listen to music, and unwind, so they’d be ready to get back to work by the time they got home.

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Great self-direction on your child's part.

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How's the transition for a child not coming out of a CES? Are they at a disadvantage?

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter will be finishing there this year. The program hasn't impressed me, however, we did half of her time in virtual learning and she missed the big trip. We also have probably the longest bus ride. The long day just wasn't worth it. Also, Eastern is a very different population than our hoe middle school. For example, she learned a lot of new words in the lunch room (yes, I realize all middle schoolers swear. the lunch room is particularly out of control at Eastern). It's just a very odd dynamics of the magnet kids vs. the comprehensive kids. The science classes would have been better at our home school.

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Most teachers are pretty good but one in quite nasty.

Who?

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Anonymous wrote:How's the transition for a child not coming out of a CES? Are they at a disadvantage?

Possibly writing-wise, at first, but it wouldn’t be hard to catch up if they’re willing to take feedback and do the rewrites. Learning to take feedback was probably the biggest thing my kid got out of the CES. Working above grade level means you don’t get much criticism of your work in the early grades. In ES, if they’re not expected to use correct grammar to get a “meets expectations,” teachers often don’t mark it or even mention it.

Also, CES kids have more experience with time-management on the larger projects. But an organized and conscientious kid would only need one panicky late night to figure out what’s what and do better on the next deadline. The only difference is that CES kids have already had their panicky late night.

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Anonymous wrote:I hear there's a heavier workload at E. For kids who normally work quickly and finish their homework in between classes, do they still end up doing an hour of homework a night there?

Sorry but I LOLed at this question. DC never had time to do work betweenness classes. One hour of homework was rare. I think 2-3 hours was the norm.

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Anonymous wrote:I hear there's a heavier workload at E. For kids who normally work quickly and finish their homework in between classes, do they still end up doing an hour of homework a night there?

Sorry but I LOLed at this question. DC never had time to do work betweenness classes. One hour of homework was rare. I think 2-3 hours was the norm.

Agreed - there is a heavy load of work at Eastern. Only an hour of homework a night would be amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter will be finishing there this year. The program hasn't impressed me, however, we did half of her time in virtual learning and she missed the big trip. We also have probably the longest bus ride. The long day just wasn't worth it. Also, Eastern is a very different population than our hoe middle school. For example, she learned a lot of new words in the lunch room (yes, I realize all middle schoolers swear. the lunch room is particularly out of control at Eastern). It's just a very odd dynamics of the magnet kids vs. the comprehensive kids. The science classes would have been better at our home school.

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Most teachers are pretty good but one in quite nasty.

Who?

The one who didn't give my kid an A.

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That's not what I read on other threads re: Eastern. I read 60-90 minutes a night, but some kids do some of it on the bus ride home.

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My son is currently in 6th grade at Eastern. It's been terrible. I'd think twice if the kids aren't all back in the fall and there's still an online component. Poor leadership and little communication. My son is also no snowflake and I could share the exact same stories as above of all the stress and disconnection the school's lack of care has caused. I do agree there are some awesome teachers who understand what the kids are going through and connect with them. If only they were running things.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is currently in 6th grade at Eastern. It's been terrible. I'd think twice if the kids aren't all back in the fall and there's still an online component. Poor leadership and little communication. My son is also no snowflake and I could share the exact same stories as above of all the stress and disconnection the school's lack of care has caused. I do agree there are some awesome teachers who understand what the kids are going through and connect with them. If only they were running things.

Huh. My kid is in 6th and I think eastern is doing an excellent job with online and with supporting kids. It’s a phenomenal program overall.