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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worry that some of the warnings on this thread (including mine!) downplay the incredible elements of the Eastern magnet.

For a kid whose passions really lie in reading, analyzing literature, deep history dives, and learning how to communicate through writing and video production, it's an incredible life-changing middle school experience.

The teachers work together very closely to align the curriculum, which makes it much more of a wrap-around experience than a regular MS or even TPMS where kids might be spread across three levels of math.

[b]My child is a HS senior now, and their closest friends are still the ones they made at Eastern.[/b] [/quote]

Ditto. My DC just went to an informal  EMS Magnet reunion - and she graduated 10+ years ago. She was so happy - still a great group.

She says it was the single best educational decision we made for her. Fabulous integrated curriculum, interesting projects, interesting peers and interested teachers.

[b]IDRP is the most important reason to go. [/b]DC learned to research and write a proper 10+ page paper, a skill which took her all the way through college and into the workplace. [/quote]

Yep. Most AP classes don't have the time or scope to assign a research paper like this, and the MCPS honors-for-all classes typically don't either. And Eastern kids who do an IB diploma in high school generally find the research papers and extended essay are a piece of cake, or at least don't struggle with them as much as their non-Eastern peers.

So unless they take IB classes in high school, students are likely to go to college wholly unprepared to write an extended formal research paper with structured formatting and citations. The IDRP process walks them through it step by step, breaking it down into chunks, each with their own due dates. Mine actually found the IB papers easier, because she could use her own research and note-taking strategies. But it was helpful because she'd already discovered what did and didn't work for her, so she could dive straight in.[/quote]

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