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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fantastic school.  Wonderful performing arts program.  A true sleeper school within MCPS.

The elementary schools are changing rapidly within the cluster.   [/quote]

My child had an overall very good experience at Einstein.  The theatre, band, and visual arts programs are wonderful.  The choral program is more developed than most in the DCC (judged by student participation in county and state honor choruses).  Athletics has a thriving Booster group.  I really loved the history and math departments.  I don't like the biology and physics curriculum for non-AP and non-IB courses, but they may be weak throughout the county.  I don't have an answer for that.  In history, students can take AP classes all four years, so we didn't run into any problems.  Students can challenge themselves by taking the IB curriculum or many AP's.  There is the opportunity to take Spanish with native speaker classmates (this is a big plus, IMHO!).  I've heard good things about the French and Japanese programs.  The high-achieving students get into great colleges and are not judged against a zillion over-achieving classmates for admissions.  This year's class includes students going to Stanford, Barnard, USC, Georgetown, Skidmore, Bryn Mawr, University of British Columbia, UVA, Bates, and many students going to UMD, including a Banneker Key Scholar.  Many students do stick close to home due to personal and financial preferences and this is accepted by the other students.  I know of several students going into the Honors program at Montgomery College and they have bright futures ahead of them, too.

My only complaint is that the peer group is higher-achieving among the IB students.  There are wonderful students who focus on a vigorous AP schedule, but they don't have the cohort experience.[/quote]

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