Lottery Swami Checking in for MSDC Season

[Anonymous]

Lottery Swami is here, lurking in the background, and way better than hiring a consultant.

I swami for free.

[Anonymous]

Swami, oh Swami, is the new Mundo Verde going to be a hot mess?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swami, oh Swami, is the new Mundo Verde going to be a hot mess?

Swami knows year 1 at MV north will be better than what is left behind. Beloved teachers will transfer to new campus, school won't communicate and founding families will be pissed off.

[Anonymous]

Shall we play for 1st and 3rd grade? We currently attend Powell, but feel like the only option is to move IB for O-A, but who has the time and money for that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shall we play for 1st and 3rd grade? We currently attend Powell, but feel like the only option is to move IB for O-A, but who has the time and money for that!

Swami reminds you there's no shame in playing, but reminds you that there's better chances in a 7-11 powerball ticket than an out of bounds O-A admission. Swami recommends entering both of yours in the MV new campus lotteries, if you are looking for Spanish. Your 1st will pull your 3rd into one of the campuses.

[Anonymous]

Lotterying for the 5th year in a row for SWS - what say you Swami? Three kids in the lottery this year: 2nd, K and pk3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shall we play for 1st and 3rd grade? We currently attend Powell, but feel like the only option is to move IB for O-A, but who has the time and money for that!

Swami reminds you there's no shame in playing, but reminds you that there's better chances in a 7-11 powerball ticket than an out of bounds O-A admission. Swami recommends entering both of yours in the MV new campus lotteries, if you are looking for Spanish. Your 1st will pull your 3rd into one of the campuses.

North campus won’t have 3rd grade

[Anonymous]

PK3 (no sibling preferences). We are going for Spanish immersion as DD is with Spanish-only speaking nanny and I speak to her in both Spanish and English (although still wouldn't list as Spanish dominant). Thoughts?

1. Mundo Verde P St
2. Mundo Verde Brookland
3. DC Bilingual
4. Stokes Brookland - Spanish
5. Cleveland - Spanish - English Dominant (OOB)
6. Shining Stars (would only accept Spanish track)
7. Bethune 16th St
8. Bethune Brookland
9. Stokes East End - Spanish
10. Langley (IB)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK3 (no sibling preferences). We are going for Spanish immersion as DD is with Spanish-only speaking nanny and I speak to her in both Spanish and English (although still wouldn't list as Spanish dominant). Thoughts?

1. Mundo Verde P St
2. Mundo Verde Brookland
3. DC Bilingual
4. Stokes Brookland - Spanish
5. Cleveland - Spanish - English Dominant (OOB)
6. Shining Stars (would only accept Spanish track)
7. Bethune 16th St
8. Bethune Brookland
9. Stokes East End - Spanish
10. Langley (IB)

Does shining stars now have a full language immersion program?

[Anonymous]

Stay at Stokes for 5th grade and hope for the best with DCI or apply to Basis or Latin or ... ?

[Anonymous]

Need to get 2 & 3rd grade children out of poorly managed / low performing charter that goes through 8th. Are IB for Bruce Monroe /MacFarland.
Don’t care about immersion. Seems impossible to lottery into a Hardy/ Deal feeder. Help! Would prefer not to move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PK3 (no sibling preferences). We are going for Spanish immersion as DD is with Spanish-only speaking nanny and I speak to her in both Spanish and English (although still wouldn't list as Spanish dominant). Thoughts?

1. Mundo Verde P St
2. Mundo Verde Brookland
3. DC Bilingual
4. Stokes Brookland - Spanish
5. Cleveland - Spanish - English Dominant (OOB)
6. Shining Stars (would only accept Spanish track)
7. Bethune 16th St
8. Bethune Brookland
9. Stokes East End - Spanish
10. Langley (IB)

Does shining stars now have a full language immersion program?

SSMA Family.

There is a pilot program for Spanish immersion. Two of the seven primary classes are Spanish immersion using an alternating day format. The school says that it will grow into Lower El next year, but it's hard to trust anything that SSMA says at the moment. The program has had some hiccups, including one of the teachers leaving after only two months, but things seem to be a bit better now. The school has not officially confirmed that it'll continue next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Need to get 2 & 3rd grade children out of poorly managed / low performing charter that goes through 8th. Are IB for Bruce Monroe /MacFarland.
Don’t care about immersion. Seems impossible to lottery into a Hardy/ Deal feeder. Help! Would prefer not to move.

ITS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shall we play for 1st and 3rd grade? We currently attend Powell, but feel like the only option is to move IB for O-A, but who has the time and money for that!

Swami reminds you there's no shame in playing, but reminds you that there's better chances in a 7-11 powerball ticket than an out of bounds O-A admission. Swami recommends entering both of yours in the MV new campus lotteries, if you are looking for Spanish. Your 1st will pull your 3rd into one of the campuses.

North campus won’t have 3rd grade

Perhaps Swami mean the 1st grader in North would pull 3rd grader in the South campus.

[Anonymous]

My turn, my turn!
IB is Langdon, preK 3

Current School Rankings:

Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - 8th Street NE
E.W. Stokes – Brookland (Spanish Language Program)
E.W. Stokes – Brookland (French Language Program)
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS
Lee Montessori PCS - Brookland
Two Rivers PCS at 4th Street
Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS
School-Within-School
Langdon Montessori
Friendship PCS – Woodridge Elementary
Bunker Hill Elementary School
Langdon Elementary School