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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are moving to Alexandria and my DC will spend 8th at a local private, but then likely go to TC. TC parents, what, if anything, should we be thinking abut or doing to increase the likelihood that DC will have a good transition to TC? I have heard people talk about things like the STEM academy. Are there programs we need to get DC signed up for in advance?

DC is a strong but not stellar student: generally gets B+ to A grades in academic subjects at a reasonably demanding private. Love the arts; enjoys sports but is not super athletic. Incredibly quick and creative but has never been a strong standardized test taker. Very strong writer.

Any advice welcomed.[/quote]

- 9th grade is actually in a separate building - Minnie Howard Campus - that is within walking distance to TC.  Unfortunately, it is overcrowded as well. They are hopefully improving the building at some point.

- It's a very big school in terms of number of students but the building itself is too small now.  It's over 3K students.  We will select private based on this as my child doesn't like big and prefers small.  OTOH plenty of kids love big.

- STEM Academy was created to appeal to students who were at risk of dropping out and for lower income students.  The only barrier to entry to the program is space.  So students apply but no student is actually turned away for poor grades, etc despite the appearance on the application that could happen. They changed the program this year and instead of having cohorts of students that meet together in special STEM classes, they did away with the cohort classes.

- Honors and AP classes are open to anyone. Again, no barrier to entry and they rarely remove under performing students. T

- The spring musical was "Dream Girls". Despite having good diversity stats, the cast was overwhelmingly white.  [/quote]

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