
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! |
Which local public schools? How huge? |
Sinners? Explain. |
We’re all sinners, so I guess that means the grade/academic nonsense is for everyone! Yay, problem solved! |
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. |
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 ![]() |
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. |
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. |
Which school totally ignores kids who excel? |
Apples and oranges. Tells me nothing. Gotta control for the student population. |
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. |
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? |
How is the school focusing on “sports ball tournaments” versus academic achievement? |