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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd love to have the problem of St. Anselm's not being exactly the right place for my boy if I could afford tuition there. Instead, I'd settle for BASIS, one of the Latins or even Inspired Teaching. All DCPS MS options still seem iffy without any definite above grade-level offerings or honors classes for math or science, and the general chaos the system exudes.[/quote]

AFAIK all DCPS middle schools liberally allow kids to jump ahead in math in 7th. Not in 6th at ours, but I bet that will change. [/quote]

I agree the science is lacking, but above-grade math is definitely an option after 6th at many DCPS middle schools. You can see in the PARCC data that kids are taking Algebra I and sometimes even Geometry PARCC at many schools, and the only way that's possible is by accelerating prior to 8th grade.[/quote]

Some DCPS schools but not all allow Geometry, and it's helpful to know which ones. That lot of people's list of "acceptable middle schools." It's a handy signifier (that there are a critical mass of advanced students, and that the school responds by meeting their needs).[/quote]

I actually do not know about Geometry at EH but given that there are going to be more than a handful of 7th graders doing Algebra next year, I can only assume they’ll figure something out.

FWIW for all you rigor-of-academics folks,  week the 6th grade is doing an intensive week-long unit on nutrition and world hunger instead of just watching movies all week. My kid is mad but already came home informing me that bacon is a “group 1 carcinogen” according to the World Health Organization 😂 [/quote]

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