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[quote=Anonymous]Eastern also feeds into the Blair CAP program.

My child is there and interestingly, his favorite class and favorite teacher are math (outside of the magnet program).  So far the education has been fantastic and he's learning so much.  The only class he doesn't enjoy is science (also a non magnet class but, due to schedule factors, almost all magnet kids) but I believe it's because the very sweet and well-intentioned teacher doesn't have very good class management skills so it's a bit out of control in there.

The magnet kids are not with the regular school kids very much but I will say that he's already seen his share of fights etc. but he also knows and likes kids who are there from the neighborhood.

Socially, the kids in the magnet seem to be a varied bunch and there are different social groups so many opportunities to find your niche and fit in.  There's your typical middle school stuff but my impression is that the magnet kids are pretty tolerant of differences.  It's also a very diverse group which is an added bonus.

There's a lot of reading and writing so I would just make sure it isn't going to be a constant battle to get work done.  Adapting to seven classes/different teachers was a big change for DS and it took him a quarter to get his groove, so to speak.

As for foreign language, that's only for 6th grade -- DS will take a language next year.  My other child is going into a different MS in Bethesda, and they are also encouraging kids not to take a language in 6th grade.  She's an immersion student so it's not really an issue for us, but I thought it was interesting.

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