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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow! It sounds so stressful. We will have a really hard decision to make if DC made TJ. What ECs are usually done at the 8th period? What ECs take 3 hours a day? My DC likes the curriculum but also wants to do band, art, sports, debate, and LOTS of reading, and also needs at least 8 hours of sleep everyday. With a long commute is that at all possible at TJ? [/quote]

Most clubs and academic teams meet 8th period.  Although many also require an out of school piece as well.  Spanish clulture club— confined to just 8th period.  Biology Olympiad, trying to make the national team— takes over all free time.

After school, marching band, sports and drama come to mind.  My kid does marching band, and it is very time consuming.  3 dull weeks in the summer, including 8 days of away camp.  1.5 hours Monday, 3 hours Tu/Th, plus an extra half hour each nigh to put equipment away and clean up.  Friday night football games, with practice between school and the game.  Full days most Saturdays for either practice (early in the season)  or competition (later).  Drama can be similarly intense in the lead up to plays, and then ease of for a while. Various sports take varying levels of commitment for practice, plus meets. Crew takes a ton of time.  There are always a lot of kids after school.  And a lot of non-band kids doing activities when I do 7:30 band pickup (which is closer to 8).

And these are big activities. In a school of 1700, over 100 kids are in band.  Crew and drama (acting plus tech) are also huge numbers of kids. [/quote]

Do you have to do marching band if you want to do symphonic band or jazz band?[/quote]

TJ Bands tries to be very flexible. No band student is required to march. But most do, and love it. Great program, great group of kids. The director consistently wins teacher of the year. You can also take a year off of curricular band (which happens sophomore or junior year for many kids who need to fit in an extra class) and keep marching anyway. Also, strings can march percussion or pit.  Starting this year or next year, you are supposed to get a .5 honors bump for band of strings if you do TJMC.  [/quote]

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