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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child goes to Lewis.  Is in all honors classes, extracurricular sports, etc.  Has a similar cohort that hangs together.  They are all motivated and college bound.  I tell them they can do great things at Lewis and stand out when they apply for college instead of competing with all the other high stress schools in this area.  Your child will find their peeps no matter what school they go to... don't let DCUM influence you.  Most have no clue about Region 6.[/quote]

What is the experience for kids who aren't in all honors? We're WSHS. I have a junior who's super motivated, in all APs for core classes, etc.  I wouldn't be worried about her should she go to Lewis (and obviously timing-wise, she will graduate from WS, so moot point really).

On the other hand, I have a freshman who very much struggles with motivation and effort.  He may only take one AP his whole HS career if he's lucky. We're minorities but only speak English.  How would someone like him fare at Lewis?[/quote]

He would be fine honestly. Yes Lewis gets poopooed but it’s got good teachers, a great principal, and a good community.

Lewis is not Stuart and even Stuart isn’t the worst ever

Compare the lowest performing fcps school to a dc school and well yea

The issues that you identified in your own child are common in others.

Going to WSHS versus LHS isn’t going to change his own intrinsic motivation.

Just be encouraging and involved but not a helicopter. And encourage him to seek help as soon as he needs it and not see it as a bad thing. Oh hey you didn’t do well or are falling behind. Talk to your teacher and ask what you can do and work with them.

I find schools like Lewis minority majority also tend to have faculty that are aware of the outside perception and bend over backwards to help kids be successful to prove the common belief wrong [/quote]

PP here. Thanks for your response. I guess I just always see people who say their a Lewis kid is a high performer, etc so their kid is fine there, but I don't see much from people who have average kids. I just worry the high and the low performers will get the attention but not the middle of the pack. [/quote]

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