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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of a sixth grade magnet student here.  Congrats to all the kids who got into EMS.  We really agonized over our decision last year as our home middle school is great and ds got into both Eastern and Takoma.  Halfway through the school year we feel very sure we made the right choice.  
Pros:
The curriculum is fantastic and they do a great job making connections between what the children are learning in English, World Studies and Media
The work load has been very manageable and as someone else noted, there is no busy work so my child feels engaged and enjoys the assignments which have all been interesting.
Several of the projects are collaborative and this fosters a healthy social environment both in and out of the classroom.  It helps the kids make friends more easily too.  The kids are great and I've been pleasantly surprised by how drama-free (for middle school) it has been so far.
My child feels more self assured and confident because he is academically challenged for the first time and the school and teachers are very good about expecting, supporting and acknowledging academic success.

Cons:
The commute
The bathrooms!
There is a lot of bad language in the hallways but we've talked about that with ds and as long as he does not use it himself, it's ok.
I did wish he had the option to take an elective but the Media class is fantastic and they learn some really cool things in that class so I don't mind any more.
The Math teacher is great but the science curriculum is so blah.  However it would be the same at any middle school except for Takoma Park.  
They have been cutting little things from the magnet program - for example China fest is not as elaborate as in years past, in an effort to be 'equitable'.  I'm all for equity but why not add to what the comprehensive kids get to do instead of taking away from what the magnet kids get to do.  If they mess with Greek fest, ds will be very upset as he has been looking forward to it all year.

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