When will St Mary’s announce honor roll for 3rd trimester?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

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Anonymous wrote:This might be the funniest, most absurd thread on DCUM. Does anyone think some kind of public recognition for grade school honor roll honorees matters at all? Kind of sad that literally anyone cares enough.

If your kid did well, congratulate them and buy them an ice cream to celebrate. The rest of the universe doesn't give a rat's a**.

So you think it’s dumb that they DO publish it for the first two trimesters? You’d rather they don’t publish it all bc it’s meaningless and a waste of time? Got it.

Look, if you’re not happy with the school bc they waste time publishing honor roll for the first two trimesters, instead of complaining on DCUM, choose a different school.

Publish it. Don't publish it. It matters to seemingly one person. At some point, you're going to have to view your own accomplishments as something other than your kid's honor roll status (or lack thereof). The rest of the school community really truly doesn't care if your DC made honor roll and they certainly don't care if they publish it in the Washington Post or New York Times.

I hate to burst your bubble, but your kid's elementary school grades are utterly meaningless to everyone except maybe you.

If it only matters to one person, why do they make the effort to publish it for the first two trimesters? Actually, why do they bother having honor roll at all?

That’s really the underlying issue here. Parents like you don’t like the concept of honor roll (and definitely hate the idea of publishing it). Ironically, it’s usually the same parents who have “2021 Little League All Star” stickers all over the back of their SUVs (as if anyone cares about THAT)! Too funny.

So they don’t have to manage you during the school year. Third trimester they are gone for the summer and can relax, thinking how you are spending your time twisting yourself into knots and telling your kids how awful their school is.

Nah, that’s not it. Never mentioned it during the school year.

Pretty sure it’s just a compromise between those who prioritize academics vs big donors with less-bright kids who don’t want to be embarrassed 3x a year.

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I wouldn’t equate honor roll status with intelligence. Some of the smartest children don’t get top grades. Your GPA is merely one marker of performance, and it is often a reflection of executive function and not intelligence at the lower grades.

I also wouldn’t assume people are embarrassed. I would assume most people don’t care, including others with children on the honor roll.

This thread is too funny. Reading all the parents who insist that grades and honor roll are meaningless, nobody cares except one parent, why bother publishing honor roll at all, grades are stupid and silly, blah blah blah.

Yet those same parents spend tens of thousands to send their kids to a PRIVATE school. I guess it’s just a high priced daycare center for them? Or very expensive weekly mass service?

And I guess the teachers are all wasting their time GRADING all those assignments and tests?

Even the local public schools nearby have huge posters on the wall with the names of honor roll recipients! But St Marys can’t be bothered dealing with that silly meaningless grade/academic nonsense! That’s just for nerds and sinners!

Which local public schools? How huge?

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Anonymous wrote:This might be the funniest, most absurd thread on DCUM. Does anyone think some kind of public recognition for grade school honor roll honorees matters at all? Kind of sad that literally anyone cares enough.

If your kid did well, congratulate them and buy them an ice cream to celebrate. The rest of the universe doesn't give a rat's a**.

So you think it’s dumb that they DO publish it for the first two trimesters? You’d rather they don’t publish it all bc it’s meaningless and a waste of time? Got it.

Look, if you’re not happy with the school bc they waste time publishing honor roll for the first two trimesters, instead of complaining on DCUM, choose a different school.

Publish it. Don't publish it. It matters to seemingly one person. At some point, you're going to have to view your own accomplishments as something other than your kid's honor roll status (or lack thereof). The rest of the school community really truly doesn't care if your DC made honor roll and they certainly don't care if they publish it in the Washington Post or New York Times.

I hate to burst your bubble, but your kid's elementary school grades are utterly meaningless to everyone except maybe you.

If it only matters to one person, why do they make the effort to publish it for the first two trimesters? Actually, why do they bother having honor roll at all?

That’s really the underlying issue here. Parents like you don’t like the concept of honor roll (and definitely hate the idea of publishing it). Ironically, it’s usually the same parents who have “2021 Little League All Star” stickers all over the back of their SUVs (as if anyone cares about THAT)! Too funny.

So they don’t have to manage you during the school year. Third trimester they are gone for the summer and can relax, thinking how you are spending your time twisting yourself into knots and telling your kids how awful their school is.

Nah, that’s not it. Never mentioned it during the school year.

Pretty sure it’s just a compromise between those who prioritize academics vs big donors with less-bright kids who don’t want to be embarrassed 3x a year.

NP.
I wouldn’t equate honor roll status with intelligence. Some of the smartest children don’t get top grades. Your GPA is merely one marker of performance, and it is often a reflection of executive function and not intelligence at the lower grades.

I also wouldn’t assume people are embarrassed. I would assume most people don’t care, including others with children on the honor roll.

This thread is too funny. Reading all the parents who insist that grades and honor roll are meaningless, nobody cares except one parent, why bother publishing honor roll at all, grades are stupid and silly, blah blah blah.

Yet those same parents spend tens of thousands to send their kids to a PRIVATE school. I guess it’s just a high priced daycare center for them? Or very expensive weekly mass service?

And I guess the teachers are all wasting their time GRADING all those assignments and tests?

Even the local public schools nearby have huge posters on the wall with the names of honor roll recipients! But St Marys can’t be bothered dealing with that silly meaningless grade/academic nonsense! That’s just for nerds and sinners!

Sinners? Explain.

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Anonymous wrote:This might be the funniest, most absurd thread on DCUM. Does anyone think some kind of public recognition for grade school honor roll honorees matters at all? Kind of sad that literally anyone cares enough.

If your kid did well, congratulate them and buy them an ice cream to celebrate. The rest of the universe doesn't give a rat's a**.

So you think it’s dumb that they DO publish it for the first two trimesters? You’d rather they don’t publish it all bc it’s meaningless and a waste of time? Got it.

Look, if you’re not happy with the school bc they waste time publishing honor roll for the first two trimesters, instead of complaining on DCUM, choose a different school.

Publish it. Don't publish it. It matters to seemingly one person. At some point, you're going to have to view your own accomplishments as something other than your kid's honor roll status (or lack thereof). The rest of the school community really truly doesn't care if your DC made honor roll and they certainly don't care if they publish it in the Washington Post or New York Times.

I hate to burst your bubble, but your kid's elementary school grades are utterly meaningless to everyone except maybe you.

If it only matters to one person, why do they make the effort to publish it for the first two trimesters? Actually, why do they bother having honor roll at all?

That’s really the underlying issue here. Parents like you don’t like the concept of honor roll (and definitely hate the idea of publishing it). Ironically, it’s usually the same parents who have “2021 Little League All Star” stickers all over the back of their SUVs (as if anyone cares about THAT)! Too funny.

So they don’t have to manage you during the school year. Third trimester they are gone for the summer and can relax, thinking how you are spending your time twisting yourself into knots and telling your kids how awful their school is.

Nah, that’s not it. Never mentioned it during the school year.

Pretty sure it’s just a compromise between those who prioritize academics vs big donors with less-bright kids who don’t want to be embarrassed 3x a year.

NP.
I wouldn’t equate honor roll status with intelligence. Some of the smartest children don’t get top grades. Your GPA is merely one marker of performance, and it is often a reflection of executive function and not intelligence at the lower grades.

I also wouldn’t assume people are embarrassed. I would assume most people don’t care, including others with children on the honor roll.

This thread is too funny. Reading all the parents who insist that grades and honor roll are meaningless, nobody cares except one parent, why bother publishing honor roll at all, grades are stupid and silly, blah blah blah.

Yet those same parents spend tens of thousands to send their kids to a PRIVATE school. I guess it’s just a high priced daycare center for them? Or very expensive weekly mass service?

And I guess the teachers are all wasting their time GRADING all those assignments and tests?

Even the local public schools nearby have huge posters on the wall with the names of honor roll recipients! But St Marys can’t be bothered dealing with that silly meaningless grade/academic nonsense! That’s just for nerds and sinners!

Sinners? Explain.

We’re all sinners, so I guess that means the grade/academic nonsense is for everyone! Yay, problem solved!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This might be the funniest, most absurd thread on DCUM. Does anyone think some kind of public recognition for grade school honor roll honorees matters at all? Kind of sad that literally anyone cares enough.

If your kid did well, congratulate them and buy them an ice cream to celebrate. The rest of the universe doesn't give a rat's a**.

So you think it’s dumb that they DO publish it for the first two trimesters? You’d rather they don’t publish it all bc it’s meaningless and a waste of time? Got it.

Look, if you’re not happy with the school bc they waste time publishing honor roll for the first two trimesters, instead of complaining on DCUM, choose a different school.

Publish it. Don't publish it. It matters to seemingly one person. At some point, you're going to have to view your own accomplishments as something other than your kid's honor roll status (or lack thereof). The rest of the school community really truly doesn't care if your DC made honor roll and they certainly don't care if they publish it in the Washington Post or New York Times.

I hate to burst your bubble, but your kid's elementary school grades are utterly meaningless to everyone except maybe you.

If it only matters to one person, why do they make the effort to publish it for the first two trimesters? Actually, why do they bother having honor roll at all?

That’s really the underlying issue here. Parents like you don’t like the concept of honor roll (and definitely hate the idea of publishing it). Ironically, it’s usually the same parents who have “2021 Little League All Star” stickers all over the back of their SUVs (as if anyone cares about THAT)! Too funny.

So they don’t have to manage you during the school year. Third trimester they are gone for the summer and can relax, thinking how you are spending your time twisting yourself into knots and telling your kids how awful their school is.

Nah, that’s not it. Never mentioned it during the school year.

Pretty sure it’s just a compromise between those who prioritize academics vs big donors with less-bright kids who don’t want to be embarrassed 3x a year.

NP.
I wouldn’t equate honor roll status with intelligence. Some of the smartest children don’t get top grades. Your GPA is merely one marker of performance, and it is often a reflection of executive function and not intelligence at the lower grades.

I also wouldn’t assume people are embarrassed. I would assume most people don’t care, including others with children on the honor roll.

This thread is too funny. Reading all the parents who insist that grades and honor roll are meaningless, nobody cares except one parent, why bother publishing honor roll at all, grades are stupid and silly, blah blah blah.

Yet those same parents spend tens of thousands to send their kids to a PRIVATE school. I guess it’s just a high priced daycare center for them? Or very expensive weekly mass service?

And I guess the teachers are all wasting their time GRADING all those assignments and tests?

Even the local public schools nearby have huge posters on the wall with the names of honor roll recipients! But St Marys can’t be bothered dealing with that silly meaningless grade/academic nonsense! That’s just for nerds and sinners!

Which local public schools? How huge?

In Fairfax County, at least, the elementary schools have standards based grading and no such thing as an honor roll. At 6th grade promotion they will mention the presidental scholars, but no one knows what it takes to be one. If you think academic acheivement is celebrated in most public schools it just shows how little you know about public schooling in the modern era. If an individual kid does something cool enough to be a good press release to make the system look good they will honor it.

Otherwise they will ignore all achievements (up to and including National Merit Commended Scholars, for example) so kids don't feel left out.

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Anonymous wrote:This might be the funniest, most absurd thread on DCUM. Does anyone think some kind of public recognition for grade school honor roll honorees matters at all? Kind of sad that literally anyone cares enough.

If your kid did well, congratulate them and buy them an ice cream to celebrate. The rest of the universe doesn't give a rat's a**.

So you think it’s dumb that they DO publish it for the first two trimesters? You’d rather they don’t publish it all bc it’s meaningless and a waste of time? Got it.

Look, if you’re not happy with the school bc they waste time publishing honor roll for the first two trimesters, instead of complaining on DCUM, choose a different school.

Publish it. Don't publish it. It matters to seemingly one person. At some point, you're going to have to view your own accomplishments as something other than your kid's honor roll status (or lack thereof). The rest of the school community really truly doesn't care if your DC made honor roll and they certainly don't care if they publish it in the Washington Post or New York Times.

I hate to burst your bubble, but your kid's elementary school grades are utterly meaningless to everyone except maybe you.

If it only matters to one person, why do they make the effort to publish it for the first two trimesters? Actually, why do they bother having honor roll at all?

That’s really the underlying issue here. Parents like you don’t like the concept of honor roll (and definitely hate the idea of publishing it). Ironically, it’s usually the same parents who have “2021 Little League All Star” stickers all over the back of their SUVs (as if anyone cares about THAT)! Too funny.

So they don’t have to manage you during the school year. Third trimester they are gone for the summer and can relax, thinking how you are spending your time twisting yourself into knots and telling your kids how awful their school is.

Nah, that’s not it. Never mentioned it during the school year.

Pretty sure it’s just a compromise between those who prioritize academics vs big donors with less-bright kids who don’t want to be embarrassed 3x a year.

NP.
I wouldn’t equate honor roll status with intelligence. Some of the smartest children don’t get top grades. Your GPA is merely one marker of performance, and it is often a reflection of executive function and not intelligence at the lower grades.

I also wouldn’t assume people are embarrassed. I would assume most people don’t care, including others with children on the honor roll.

This thread is too funny. Reading all the parents who insist that grades and honor roll are meaningless, nobody cares except one parent, why bother publishing honor roll at all, grades are stupid and silly, blah blah blah.

Yet those same parents spend tens of thousands to send their kids to a PRIVATE school. I guess it’s just a high priced daycare center for them? Or very expensive weekly mass service?

And I guess the teachers are all wasting their time GRADING all those assignments and tests?

Even the local public schools nearby have huge posters on the wall with the names of honor roll recipients! But St Marys can’t be bothered dealing with that silly meaningless grade/academic nonsense! That’s just for nerds and sinners!

Sinners? Explain.

We’re all sinners, so I guess that means the grade/academic nonsense is for everyone! Yay, problem solved!

LOL. I assumed PP meant only people who attend public school are sinners. Had no idea the way to completely be freed from sin was to go to St. Mary's. BRB, off to put in an application for myself .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

Lemme just say...if you're freaking about lack of public honor roll accolades in grade school, you're not ready for what is coming a few years from now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

Lemme just say...if you're freaking about lack of public honor roll accolades in grade school, you're not ready for what is coming a few years from now.

Why? Do they pretend to prioritize academics even more than they do now (and charge accordingly) but then totally ignore kids who excel academically and instead focus on meaningless sports ball tournaments?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

Lemme just say...if you're freaking about lack of public honor roll accolades in grade school, you're not ready for what is coming a few years from now.

Why? Do they pretend to prioritize academics even more than they do now (and charge accordingly) but then totally ignore kids who excel academically and instead focus on meaningless sports ball tournaments?

According to the website, 95% of students at St. Mary's score above expectations in reading and language arts assessments, and 69% of graduating students completed an advanced math course. The majority of students perform in the top 25th percentile on standardized assessments. That really doesn't look like a school that doesn't value academics. Compare that to my neighborhood public school, where 12% of the children are proficient in math and 30% are proficient in reading/language arts. Even if my neighborhood public published the honor roll 4 times a year, I wouldn't consider sending my kids there. I have no idea whether my rising Kindergartener's Catholic school publishes the honor roll at all, but I do know the academic expectations are much higher, and that's what matters to me: she needs to develop the skills to excel in high school.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

Lemme just say...if you're freaking about lack of public honor roll accolades in grade school, you're not ready for what is coming a few years from now.

Why? Do they pretend to prioritize academics even more than they do now (and charge accordingly) but then totally ignore kids who excel academically and instead focus on meaningless sports ball tournaments?

No, they just don't feel the need to give a trophy to a kid because they got good grades and would laugh (appropriately so) at parents who felt that Larla was being inadequately recognized by her peers and their families.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

Lemme just say...if you're freaking about lack of public honor roll accolades in grade school, you're not ready for what is coming a few years from now.

Why? Do they pretend to prioritize academics even more than they do now (and charge accordingly) but then totally ignore kids who excel academically and instead focus on meaningless sports ball tournaments?

Which school totally ignores kids who excel?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

Lemme just say...if you're freaking about lack of public honor roll accolades in grade school, you're not ready for what is coming a few years from now.

Why? Do they pretend to prioritize academics even more than they do now (and charge accordingly) but then totally ignore kids who excel academically and instead focus on meaningless sports ball tournaments?

According to the website, 95% of students at St. Mary's score above expectations in reading and language arts assessments, and 69% of graduating students completed an advanced math course. The majority of students perform in the top 25th percentile on standardized assessments. That really doesn't look like a school that doesn't value academics. Compare that to my neighborhood public school, where 12% of the children are proficient in math and 30% are proficient in reading/language arts. Even if my neighborhood public published the honor roll 4 times a year, I wouldn't consider sending my kids there. I have no idea whether my rising Kindergartener's Catholic school publishes the honor roll at all, but I do know the academic expectations are much higher, and that's what matters to me: she needs to develop the skills to excel in high school.

Apples and oranges. Tells me nothing. Gotta control for the student population.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

Lemme just say...if you're freaking about lack of public honor roll accolades in grade school, you're not ready for what is coming a few years from now.

Why? Do they pretend to prioritize academics even more than they do now (and charge accordingly) but then totally ignore kids who excel academically and instead focus on meaningless sports ball tournaments?

Which school totally ignores kids who excel?

By "ignore," the OP means that they did not take out a full-page ad in the New York Times to commend her daughter's unprecedentedly unparalleled and life altering academic achievement in the third trimester of second grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can value private education without the delusion that a published honor roll somehow matters. To my knowledge, most of the DC privates that are considered "elite" don't publish an honor roll at all. Nor are their parents insecure enough in their parenting to care.

Interesting how someone who cares so little about this issue took the time to research and poll every “elite” private school in the dmv to confirm whether they published honor roll. Do you have an excel sheet that tracks your findings?

Ps - very funny saying that parents of “elite” dc privates aren’t “insecure.” Good one!

Lemme just say...if you're freaking about lack of public honor roll accolades in grade school, you're not ready for what is coming a few years from now.

Why? Do they pretend to prioritize academics even more than they do now (and charge accordingly) but then totally ignore kids who excel academically and instead focus on meaningless sports ball tournaments?

According to the website, 95% of students at St. Mary's score above expectations in reading and language arts assessments, and 69% of graduating students completed an advanced math course. The majority of students perform in the top 25th percentile on standardized assessments. That really doesn't look like a school that doesn't value academics. Compare that to my neighborhood public school, where 12% of the children are proficient in math and 30% are proficient in reading/language arts. Even if my neighborhood public published the honor roll 4 times a year, I wouldn't consider sending my kids there. I have no idea whether my rising Kindergartener's Catholic school publishes the honor roll at all, but I do know the academic expectations are much higher, and that's what matters to me: she needs to develop the skills to excel in high school.

Apples and oranges. Tells me nothing. Gotta control for the student population.

Just so I understand: you'd be okay sending your child to a failing public school that has to teach at a remedial level so long as the school had an assembly honoring your child's academic achievements?

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How is the school focusing on “sports ball tournaments” versus academic achievement?