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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 7th grader has good science and Algebra teachers but the 6th science teacher was terrible.

Magnet classes are very good.  It's a lot of work though. [/quote]

My DD was also accepted and this is what I'm worried about. Can you explain a bit more about the workload? My daughter loves to read but doesn't love to write. She's actually more of a mathy kid but was waitlisted at Takoma. We're going to give it a shot but I'm worried about her burning out in middle school. She's currently at an HGC and can handle that level of work. Is it a drastic increase in homework time commitment coming from an HGC? [/quote]

I would say no.  The people who have the biggest shock are those who came from a non-HGC elementary school and need to adjust to middle school (with 7 different teachers) and the magnet program workload at the same time.

I've had a few children go through Eastern's program.  My children who write down their homework and fill out their agenda did fine.  The one that did not, struggled at first.  They all were not good writers when they started but loved reading.  All became strong writers and without realizing it.

As to the math - all posts here are correct.  The math teachers are just normal MCPS math teachers.  Some ok, some good, some not ok.  They would be the same as if you remained in your home school.  That being said, two of my children who have 'graduated' from Eastern were accepted into the Blair SMAC (Math magnet) program so it didn't hurt them in that way.

All are involved in different sports/activities year-round.  However, we don't have the commuting issue as we live fairly close by.

I hope that helps.  [/quote]

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