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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The class of 2021 has kids going to Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Harvard. [/quote]

I seriously doubt this.[/quote]

I hate playing your game, but also need to inform you that I personally know of Latin graduates from the last 3 years who are currently studying at Stanford, UChicago, Penn, Cornell and Harvard.  Also Pomona.[/quote]

OK, you might want to tell the Latin college counseling department about that so they can add it to the Latin website.[/quote]

Where are you looking? and do other public high schools in DC have college counseling sites listing college acceptances current and historical? Would love to see links.[/quote]

Google is your friend.[/quote]

No. The question is where are YOU looking to see Latin’s college acceptances over the years to assume that some are missing and doubt the word of others? You. Where are YOU looking? [/quote]

Here it is, Latin booster, copied right from the Latin college counseling website:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/210/1015153.page

Latin publishes the 2020 list of acceptances.  They did not publish anything for 2021, at least on their website.

Why should I trust the anonymous post of a Latin booster over Latin itself?

You want more data?  Here you go:

-Latin Lower School has a 63% reading proficiency, which means that overall students are reading "well below expectations"
-Latin Lower School has a 48% math proficiency, which means that overall students are doing math "somewhat below expectations"
-Latin Upper School has a 83% reading proficiency
-Latin Upper School has a 41% math proficiency
-Latin has an 89% graduation rate.

In short, Latin Lower School ranks #14 in DC, Latin Upper School ranks #17 in DC, and Latin Upper School ranks #142 in the DC metro area.

Sources:

[url]https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/district-of-columbia/washington-latin-pcs-middle-school-274673[/url]
[url]https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/washington-latin-public-school-system/washington-latin-public-charter-school-upper-school-91838[/url]

Your bare assertion that you "know" or "recall" that some Latin kid in the past was accepted to Stanford, Amherst, or wherever is meaningless.  Just because some kid was accepted to some Ivy League or near Ivy League school a few years ago doesn't magically transform that school into an academic powerhouse.

I am sure Latin is a good school for many kids but please don't falsely claim that it is something it isn't.[/quote]

Nailed it!  Thank you![/quote]

A couple posters keep coming back here to pound their drum about how Washington Latin isn't up to their standards, isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread, isn't an academic powerhouse.

People who have students there have told you numerous times what the school is not.  It is not an elite academy. It is not a test-in academic magnet school. It is not pulling from a rich zip code.  It is not wealthy or endowed. It is not focused on PARCC scores. It is not concerned with lists of alum at the most prestigious colleges possible in order to impress....who? It is not a STEM school.  It does not teach modern languages in middle school.  It does not track in middle school.

They have also told you what it is:  an excellent school with wide-ranging academics, laser focused on a particular mission:

We strive to help our students to become thoughtful people who will contribute to the public good and continue a lifelong quest towards a fuller humanity. We believe that education is a training of character, and character is the intersection of intellectual development and moral integrity.

It's a school that is diverse by design, that cares about words and people, that values the relationship between teachers and students, that is committed to a classical education model. It's a place where every adult in the building is focused on doing the best they can for every student that comes through their doors.  It's a place of professionals who nurture students to reach their own personal goals.  It's a place that values informed opinions and thoughtful discourse.

It has its weaknesses, it has its strengths.

Please, no one apply who doesn't think it is a good fit for your family.

But please quit coming on here and complaining that Latin isn't what YOU WANT IT TO BE.  You've got your information, You've evaluated it. You've reiterated it.  Now move on.

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“Not focused on PARCC scores” is an excuse for having bad PARCC scores that doesn’t hold water with me. My kids also go to a school that is “not focused on PARCC scores” and that school’s PARCC scores are excellent.

Looks to me like Latin is bad at teaching math. [/quote]

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