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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a little disappointed. I feel they were talking all the fun fun things, seems they were trying hard  to sell this program.
I didn't hear anything about the writing curriculum at the English section. I was looking forward to hearing how they help kids to develop writing skills, instead they had a little drama presentation.
How's the writing instruction there? [/quote]

The writing instruction is fantastic.  They write a 10 page fully-researched paper in seventh grade, giving them all the scaffolding that they need to understand what is truly needed to be able to accomplish something like that.

They were selling the program because, unlike in years past where the kids chose themselves and applied,  this year kids were chosen with no application.  The 8th graders wanted to highlight all the good parts so people could understand how good the program is.  They didn't, however, highlight the New York trip, which is a big thing in 8th grade.  [/quote]

+1.  Eastern has without a doubt the best writing instruction in the county. 7th grade IDRP paper is the bane of every 7th grader’s existence and they all want to burn their papers by the end of the year, but they have all learned to write papers for college and beyond. [b]DC declined HS IB program, because required paper structure/teaching by comparison was worse than Eastern, so no point doing[/b].

In HS, due to Eastern experience, DD had no problem knocking out class papers and essays effortlessly w/ good grades.  Frustrated though because she got LESS comment and instruction on papers than at Eastern.

Now in college, DD has written papers that drew the attention of professers and provided her unique opportunities.

There were definitely things I did not like about Eastern, but, on balance, DD says it was the best educational experience she had in MCPS.

BTW, DD’s closest friends still are from Eastern program.

So socially and academically - a win. [/quote]

Just wondering - can you elaborate on the bolded part above? Did you mean that the IB program would have had a lot more of the same (writing), so no point doing? Or, by "worse than" did you mean it would have been easier than the Eastern program? (Genuinely curious about if the IB program would be a good fit for students from Eastern program.)[/quote]

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