Reply to magnet schools for Bethesda kids?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "magnet schools for Bethesda kids?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of Bethesda area kids who attend Eastern, Takoma Park, Blair and RMIB.  I am not going to knock their home high schools (we are zoned for one of them) but the magnet programs are qualitatively different in terms of curriculum as well as the peer group.  That does not mean that every bright kid would be better off in the magnet programs but if you have a kid who would thrive in that environment (enriched curriculum, able to work at least two grade levels above actual grade, faster pace, cross-disciplinary work, high expectations, peer group that is also bright and loves to learn) it is worth the bus ride.  Yes you take non-magnet courses with the general school population but that is not a terrible thing.  Takoma Park is a good middle school.  At Eastern your child's math and science class is likely to have mostly magnet kids.  Blair is a very good school.  If you are taking AP or honors level classes the teachers are great.  We have been very happy with social studies and english at blair.  Foreign languages not so much. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics