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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It entirely depends on the district/school.  My kids did private from K and switched to public in middle school.  Here are my takeaways:

-Have them do band.  It’s fun and takes up a spot to an otherwise undesirable elective would fill.

-remind them to not engage in drama they may see.

-Don’t watch/run toward the fights. 
Avoid the kids that are not doing the right things.  Mind their own business (unless it is a safety issue, in which case discreetly notify an adult)

-avoid the bathrooms unless it is an emergency

-pack your lunch. Bad food plus long lines.

-be kind and helpful to other kids in class that may be struggling

Overall I think my kids are gaining a lot of empathy for others and appreciation for how we have parented them so far. 
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This is fantastic. Thank you!!!!![/quote]

I’m the PP. Also adding you really need  to supplement at home too.  Academics in public school are subpar. It is what it is.  My child’s “advanced” ELA read two books (that she already read several yrs ago in elementary) the entire year and wrote a one, maybe two 3-paragraph essays.  They are 100 percent focused on 1) behavior control and safety 2) getting kids that are far behind to catch up.  They are not successful with either though.

I’d focus efforts and math and writing if you have to narrow it down for home study work. [/quote]

Do you have evidence to support your assertion that “academics in public school are subpar”? [/quote]

Nationally:

26% of 8th graders test proficient in math, per grade level standards

31% of 8th graders test proficient in reading

You can google this to verify.  Proficiency varies by district, but the common denominator of the high achieving public school kids is what is happening at home.

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This is DCUM…I doubt the poster is going to a school that has these scores.

Certainly there are high performing MS that feed into Whitman or Churchill or Langley, no?[/quote]
But the schools are higher performing because of the PARENTS, not what they are doing at school.  Public school curriculum is standard throughout the state [/quote]

Not sure what you mean by standard. When you have a strong cohort the school is able to offer more advanced classes and, in high school, more AP classes. [/quote]
A lot of privates around here have dropped AP classes.[/quote]

Only Sidwell and GDS dropped all AP classes when push came to shove.  Only GDS also dropped offering the AP test (Sidwell still allows kids to sit for the test).

STA and NCS backtracked and decided to retain some AP classes and offer all the tests. Bullis I believe kept all APs.  No idea on Potomac.

The parochial never dropped APs and they are core to their curricula.

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