Tilden MS

[Anonymous]

How is stem in Tilden? We were thinking to buy in this area, but reading some comments about math acceleration not being there makes me wonder.

Not genius or anything like that, but I have a kid who loves math and scored 260s in 5th grade MAP taken recently. Not sure it means anything special, but I don't want to intentionally put him in school where math is lowest priority for admin.

Anyone who had kids taking AIM at Tilden last year? Any feedback?

Am I better off just skipping Tilden?

[Anonymous]

MCPS is the reason our homes and taxes are so high. If the system continues on this path there is going to be a wider spread issue in our community. Top priority is that our kids are being taught, stretched or shown what they must do to succeed. I want them to learn and feel like they are “doing the work”. I am amongst the parents ready to move and go to private school.

[Anonymous]

Seriously? No AIM? C’mon now, there’s so many G&T students at Tilden. That’s just not right (if true).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is stem in Tilden? We were thinking to buy in this area, but reading some comments about math acceleration not being there makes me wonder.

Not genius or anything like that, but I have a kid who loves math and scored 260s in 5th grade MAP taken recently. Not sure it means anything special, but I don't want to intentionally put him in school where math is lowest priority for admin.

Anyone who had kids taking AIM at Tilden last year? Any feedback?

Am I better off just skipping Tilden?

Many kids take Alg 1 in grade 7, H Geo in grade 8 and a few kids take H Alg 2 concurrent with H Geo (have to go to WJ for that depending on year). There is the same mcps math pathway options that generally exist everywhere. Also can take tech electives all three years and earn high school
Tech credit in grade 8 which is really nice.

There are many wonderful caring staff trying hard. And some great programs. It is just overall an underperforming school with a culture problem that needs help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is stem in Tilden? We were thinking to buy in this area, but reading some comments about math acceleration not being there makes me wonder.

Not genius or anything like that, but I have a kid who loves math and scored 260s in 5th grade MAP taken recently. Not sure it means anything special, but I don't want to intentionally put him in school where math is lowest priority for admin.

Anyone who had kids taking AIM at Tilden last year? Any feedback?

Am I better off just skipping Tilden?

Many kids take Alg 1 in grade 7, H Geo in grade 8 and a few kids take H Alg 2 concurrent with H Geo (have to go to WJ for that depending on year). There is the same mcps math pathway options that generally exist everywhere. Also can take tech electives all three years and earn high school
Tech credit in grade 8 which is really nice.

There are many wonderful caring staff trying hard. And some great programs. It is just overall an underperforming school with a culture problem that needs help.

Thanks for taking time to share.

I am not familiar with middle school scene, but by talking to a family friend in JW I got impression that AIM->Alg 1 -> Geo was pathway for kids who love math there. AIM is basically pre-alg, that's what he explained to me. Is it called AIM or some other name for pre-alg course in Tilden? I see IM listed in math course. Is it the same thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? No AIM? C’mon now, there’s so many G&T students at Tilden. That’s just not right (if true).

It has 3 elementary, right? That's large enough to form one class of AIM. Some one from Tilden can confirm, but I will be surprised if AIM is not offered there. It's a large enough middle school.

Julius west has 2 AIM math class, but it has 4-5 ES.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously? No AIM? C’mon now, there’s so many G&T students at Tilden. That’s just not right (if true).

It has 3 elementary, right? That's large enough to form one class of AIM. Some one from Tilden can confirm, but I will be surprised if AIM is not offered there. It's a large enough middle school.

Julius west has 2 AIM math class, but it has 4-5 ES.

My child is zoned for Tilden but got into a magnet MS and never went to Tilden. I clearly remember Tilden offering AIM for 6th grade. But that was before COVID, and if Tilden isn't offering AIM now, it's a crying shame. There was so many kids in DC's elementary advanced math and English..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? No AIM? C’mon now, there’s so many G&T students at Tilden. That’s just not right (if true).

It has 3 elementary, right? That's large enough to form one class of AIM. Some one from Tilden can confirm, but I will be surprised if AIM is not offered there. It's a large enough middle school.

Julius west has 2 AIM math class, but it has 4-5 ES.

My child is zoned for Tilden but got into a magnet MS and never went to Tilden. I clearly remember Tilden offering AIM for 6th grade. But that was before COVID, and if Tilden isn't offering AIM now, it's a crying shame. There was so many kids in DC's elementary advanced math and English..

They had aim in the 19-20 school year. But the teacher said there was really no difference between AIM and IM. There was supposedly an enrichment project each MP but it either didn’t happen or wasn’t much before Covid and then March 2020 happened and there wasn’t really class let alone enrichment. Those kids did Algebra 1 during the virtual year and H Geometry last year.

HIGH was robust during the 19-20 school year but gutted during virtual and the equivalent US History class for 8th grade was grossly watered down because the school felt it was too much for the kids just coming back. The problem with that approach is now those kids are in AP Gov at WJ and it is huge leap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? No AIM? C’mon now, there’s so many G&T students at Tilden. That’s just not right (if true).

It has 3 elementary, right? That's large enough to form one class of AIM. Some one from Tilden can confirm, but I will be surprised if AIM is not offered there. It's a large enough middle school.

Julius west has 2 AIM math class, but it has 4-5 ES.

My child is zoned for Tilden but got into a magnet MS and never went to Tilden. I clearly remember Tilden offering AIM for 6th grade. But that was before COVID, and if Tilden isn't offering AIM now, it's a crying shame. There was so many kids in DC's elementary advanced math and English..

They had aim in the 19-20 school year. But the teacher said there was really no difference between AIM and IM. There was supposedly an enrichment project each MP but it either didn’t happen or wasn’t much before Covid and then March 2020 happened and there wasn’t really class let alone enrichment. Those kids did Algebra 1 during the virtual year and H Geometry last year.

HIGH was robust during the 19-20 school year but gutted during virtual and the equivalent US History class for 8th grade was grossly watered down because the school felt it was too much for the kids just coming back. The problem with that approach is now those kids are in AP Gov at WJ and it is huge leap.

If they had it till 19-20 then they should have it now.

I can't compare because my kid is taking AIM and I have no refence point. I loved math as a child and I think AIM is interesting because it focuses on real life use of math in each unit. I don't know what they teach in 6/7/8, 6+/7+/8+ or in IM, but I think every single child will benefit from what they teach in AIM. I wish home school had similar courses in other subjects as well. Kid got into lottery in both magnet but did not win the lottery. I liked what I saw in AIM and also to some extent in HIGH. He is learning to critically think and write due to HIGH and not due to English class he takes. English is supposed to be advance.

There are so many kids who can benefit from having AIM and HIGH, but my understanding is that you have to be in magnet pool for that. I don't get the process to be honest.

It's ok to make courses hard as long as kids are challenged and learning from. AIM has been lot of work despite math loving kid. I am happy with it.

[Anonymous]

My kid is at Tilden. It isn’t perfect but, as with a lot of things in this board, the complaints are exaggerated.

They offer AIM and, though I wouldn’t call the academics rigorous, my kid is leaning good fundamentals, including things like organizational skill, time management, etc, which will prepare for the rigor of WJ. As with other middle schools, ELA isn’t that challenging, but they definitely read books (3 so far this year in 7th grade). We’ve found most of the teachers to be strong and responsive.

The weakness in my view are the limited extra curricular activities, which made it hard to make new friends after the pandemic. We’ve looked outside of school for that stuff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is stem in Tilden? We were thinking to buy in this area, but reading some comments about math acceleration not being there makes me wonder.

Not genius or anything like that, but I have a kid who loves math and scored 260s in 5th grade MAP taken recently. Not sure it means anything special, but I don't want to intentionally put him in school where math is lowest priority for admin.

Anyone who had kids taking AIM at Tilden last year? Any feedback?

Am I better off just skipping Tilden?

Many kids take Alg 1 in grade 7, H Geo in grade 8 and a few kids take H Alg 2 concurrent with H Geo (have to go to WJ for that depending on year). There is the same mcps math pathway options that generally exist everywhere. Also can take tech electives all three years and earn high school
Tech credit in grade 8 which is really nice.

There are many wonderful caring staff trying hard. And some great programs. It is just overall an underperforming school with a culture problem that needs help.

Thanks for taking time to share.

I am not familiar with middle school scene, but by talking to a family friend in JW I got impression that AIM->Alg 1 -> Geo was pathway for kids who love math there. AIM is basically pre-alg, that's what he explained to me. Is it called AIM or some other name for pre-alg course in Tilden? I see IM listed in math course. Is it the same thing?

AIM and IM are basically the same course, but AIM is for 6th graders and IM for 7th graders. They both compact 7 and 8 math into one year. AIM is supposed to have some additional enrichment projects. Next year, though, MCPS has gotten rid of IM for 7th graders. They either will go into AMP 7+ (which is the 2nd half of grade 6 and all of grade 7 standards in one year) or algebra 1. However, schools are supposed to continue to offer AIM to 6th graders who need it. (AMP 6+ is also available for that grade, which compacts all of 6 and half of grade 7 standards into one year).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is stem in Tilden? We were thinking to buy in this area, but reading some comments about math acceleration not being there makes me wonder.

Not genius or anything like that, but I have a kid who loves math and scored 260s in 5th grade MAP taken recently. Not sure it means anything special, but I don't want to intentionally put him in school where math is lowest priority for admin.

Anyone who had kids taking AIM at Tilden last year? Any feedback?

Am I better off just skipping Tilden?

Many kids take Alg 1 in grade 7, H Geo in grade 8 and a few kids take H Alg 2 concurrent with H Geo (have to go to WJ for that depending on year). There is the same mcps math pathway options that generally exist everywhere. Also can take tech electives all three years and earn high school
Tech credit in grade 8 which is really nice.

There are many wonderful caring staff trying hard. And some great programs. It is just overall an underperforming school with a culture problem that needs help.

Thanks for taking time to share.

I am not familiar with middle school scene, but by talking to a family friend in JW I got impression that AIM->Alg 1 -> Geo was pathway for kids who love math there. AIM is basically pre-alg, that's what he explained to me. Is it called AIM or some other name for pre-alg course in Tilden? I see IM listed in math course. Is it the same thing?

AIM and IM are basically the same course, but AIM is for 6th graders and IM for 7th graders. They both compact 7 and 8 math into one year. AIM is supposed to have some additional enrichment projects. Next year, though, MCPS has gotten rid of IM for 7th graders. They either will go into AMP 7+ (which is the 2nd half of grade 6 and all of grade 7 standards in one year) or algebra 1. However, schools are supposed to continue to offer AIM to 6th graders who need it. (AMP 6+ is also available for that grade, which compacts all of 6 and half of grade 7 standards into one year).

Oops should have made clear that math 6, math 7, and math 8 are all available as well. So a 6th grader on-level will take math 6 and a 7th grader on-level will take math 7. Math 6+/7+/AIM/IM discussion is only for kids who need acceleration.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is stem in Tilden? We were thinking to buy in this area, but reading some comments about math acceleration not being there makes me wonder.

Not genius or anything like that, but I have a kid who loves math and scored 260s in 5th grade MAP taken recently. Not sure it means anything special, but I don't want to intentionally put him in school where math is lowest priority for admin.

Anyone who had kids taking AIM at Tilden last year? Any feedback?

Am I better off just skipping Tilden?

Many kids take Alg 1 in grade 7, H Geo in grade 8 and a few kids take H Alg 2 concurrent with H Geo (have to go to WJ for that depending on year). There is the same mcps math pathway options that generally exist everywhere. Also can take tech electives all three years and earn high school
Tech credit in grade 8 which is really nice.

There are many wonderful caring staff trying hard. And some great programs. It is just overall an underperforming school with a culture problem that needs help.

Thanks for taking time to share.

I am not familiar with middle school scene, but by talking to a family friend in JW I got impression that AIM->Alg 1 -> Geo was pathway for kids who love math there. AIM is basically pre-alg, that's what he explained to me. Is it called AIM or some other name for pre-alg course in Tilden? I see IM listed in math course. Is it the same thing?

AIM and IM are basically the same course, but AIM is for 6th graders and IM for 7th graders. They both compact 7 and 8 math into one year. AIM is supposed to have some additional enrichment projects. Next year, though, MCPS has gotten rid of IM for 7th graders. They either will go into AMP 7+ (which is the 2nd half of grade 6 and all of grade 7 standards in one year) or algebra 1. However, schools are supposed to continue to offer AIM to 6th graders who need it. (AMP 6+ is also available for that grade, which compacts all of 6 and half of grade 7 standards into one year).

Not the PP, but since you know about it.

IM for 7th grader used to be 7+8 grade math combined ---> they can take Alg1 in 8th next year.

Now

AMP 7+ and that will be (which is the 2nd half of grade 6 and all of grade 7 standards in one year) ---> Do they take 8th grade math or move to Alg without taking 8th grade math any time??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? No AIM? C’mon now, there’s so many G&T students at Tilden. That’s just not right (if true).

Aren't students guaranteed these classes for being in the pool and not selected?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? No AIM? C’mon now, there’s so many G&T students at Tilden. That’s just not right (if true).

Aren't students guaranteed these classes for being in the pool and not selected?

That's what my letter said. We are not at Tilden, but if we were, I'd be on the phone with central office asking why the guaranteed enrichment isn't happening.