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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Agreed that there are lots of threads about the 3 Cap Hill Middle schools, so won't go into much detail, but to address two new topics on this thread - there will be geometry offered to 8th graders at EH next year, algebra for 7th and 8th grade, as well as grade standard grade level courses.

As for IB assessment, it seems like the IB Middle Years Program has an option for assessment, but not all schools opt in to that. https://www.ibo.org/programmes/middle-years-programme/assessment-and-exams/
Looks like EH does an IB Community Project https://www.eliothinemiddleschool.org/academics/i_b_programme

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