This Virginia high school led the nation with six perfect AP test scores

[Anonymous]

"Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a selective public school in Northern Virginia, led the nation this year in the number of perfect scores achieved on Advanced Placement exams.

TJ, as the school is known, notched six AP perfect scores — two each on tests in computer science, Spanish, and U.S. government and politics.

Of 163,405 students who took the Spanish language and culture exam in May, 108 got every answer right. There were 25 perfect scores in U.S. government and politics, out of 296,778 test takers, and 10 in computer science, out of 58,141."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/10/31/this-virginia-high-school-led-the-nation-with-six-perfect-ap-test-scores/?utm_term=.973f98fdb7de

[Anonymous]

Interesting, I would have thought math, or one of the sciences would have had the edge for those students.

[Anonymous]

That's a lot of cheating.

[Anonymous]

Siphoning off the best students from schools and aggregating them in a "selective public school" is just another form of segregation and damages the students "left behind" both psychologically and academically. Let's commit to raising the quality of all our public schools and students not just the privileged at TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Siphoning off the best students from schools and aggregating them in a "selective public school" is just another form of segregation and damages the students "left behind" both psychologically and academically. Let's commit to raising the quality of all our public schools and students not just the privileged at TJ.

If your child is psychologically damaged because other students go to TJ, he/she didn't have high self esteem in the first place. The AP/IB classes available at all FCPS high schools offer students "left behind" an excellent quality of education. Have you looked at a high school course catalog recently? My very bright middle schooler won't be going to TJ and he will be emotionally just fine, and is on track to take calculus BC in 11th. There are also countless AP science options. I don't feel like my DC will be denied a good quality education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Siphoning off the best students from schools and aggregating them in a "selective public school" is just another form of segregation and damages the students "left behind" both psychologically and academically. Let's commit to raising the quality of all our public schools and students not just the privileged at TJ.

? They're not privileged. Just smarter. And they're specifically interested in STEM (or are supposed to be).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Siphoning off the best students from schools and aggregating them in a "selective public school" is just another form of segregation and damages the students "left behind" both psychologically and academically. Let's commit to raising the quality of all our public schools and students not just the privileged at TJ.

? They're not privileged. Just smarter. And they're specifically interested in STEM (or are supposed to be).

bwhahahahaha have you checked in on TJ lately. Its been overrun by the spawn of Asian tiger moms with kids who test prep from as early as age 5 or 6. Many of these children have no interest in STEM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Siphoning off the best students from schools and aggregating them in a "selective public school" is just another form of segregation and damages the students "left behind" both psychologically and academically. Let's commit to raising the quality of all our public schools and students not just the privileged at TJ.

If your child is psychologically damaged because other students go to TJ, he/she didn't have high self esteem in the first place. The AP/IB classes available at all FCPS high schools offer students "left behind" an excellent quality of education. Have you looked at a high school course catalog recently? My very bright middle schooler won't be going to TJ and he will be emotionally just fine, and is on track to take calculus BC in 11th. There are also countless AP science options. I don't feel like my DC will be denied a good quality education.

This puzzles me too. Less than 2% of FCPS kids in each class get into TJ. From a very affluent highly educated county. The "left behind" kids still learn in some of the best high schools in the country and go on to take 8-10 APS. Yes, it is disappointing to apply to TJ and not be accepted. But that's life. Your kid will also probably not be accepted at some selective colleges, if they aim high. And will not get every job they apply for. I know a lot of kids who applied to TJ and were not accepted. Most are very happy in their base school. Many come to believe that getting rejected was a blessing in disguise because they get a more normal HS experience, with less pressure. TJ is a great opportunity. But it not the only great opportunity in FCPS. Teach your kid to learn to deal with disappointment without being psychologically damaged.

BTW-- TJ parent with a younger D.C. who wants to apply for TJ next year. She wants to go badly. I think she is a long shot. I'm glad my older D.C. has the opportunity to attend TJ. If my younger D.C. does not, my job is to make sure she is fine in her base school, which also has amazing things going on.

[Anonymous]

Segregation is alive and well in VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's a lot of cheating.

LOL... School that produced Sara Kim and many like her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Siphoning off the best students from schools and aggregating them in a "selective public school" is just another form of segregation and damages the students "left behind" both psychologically and academically. Let's commit to raising the quality of all our public schools and students not just the privileged at TJ.

? They're not privileged. Just smarter. And they're specifically interested in STEM (or are supposed to be).

bwhahahahaha have you checked in on TJ lately. Its been overrun by the spawn of Asian tiger moms with kids who test prep from as early as age 5 or 6. Many of these children have no interest in STEM.

This would trouble me, yes. Where's your evidence of this? A few anecdotes here and there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Segregation is alive and well in VA.

merit has a tendency to do that. Admission to TJ is one of the last bastions of academic merit to be found.

[Anonymous]

Gotta love DCUM. A local high school gets national attention for its academic achievements, and folks start sharpening their claws. Is it really that hard to be gracious say well done? Or at least not say anything if you can't be nice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta love DCUM. A local high school gets national attention for its academic achievements, and folks start sharpening their claws. Is it really that hard to be gracious say well done? Or at least not say anything if you can't be nice?

Then stop posting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Siphoning off the best students from schools and aggregating them in a "selective public school" is just another form of segregation and damages the students "left behind" both psychologically and academically. Let's commit to raising the quality of all our public schools and students not just the privileged at TJ.

? They're not privileged. Just smarter. And they're specifically interested in STEM (or are supposed to be).

bwhahahahaha have you checked in on TJ lately. Its been overrun by the spawn of Asian tiger moms with kids who test prep from as early as age 5 or 6. Many of these children have no interest in STEM.

TJ is strongly Asian. But it also appears to be very STEM. Check out the list of where kids are applying to college. Very high numbers for the Top STEM and Engineering schools. Very few kids attending SLACs. At the very least, kids are graduating and staying on a high level STEM path.

https://fcps.tjhsst.edu/coursemgmt/media/300/resource/TJ%20Profile%202016-17%20online.pdf