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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We toured Latin 4th St and DCI.  Latins facilities are old and subpar.  There is not much extracurriculars for the 5th and 6th graders and forget about sports.  You can’t really do sports till high school and not a lot.

My point is that 4th St was so lacking compared to DCI.  Cooper is likely much, much worst.[/quote]

Not true on the sports front there is a good out of MS sports - some start in 6 - all start in 7th

Also availability for clubs and theater as early as 5th

And it’s 2nd street - maybe you toured a different school??

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I’m the PP.  Yes, it was Latin.  That was typo error.

[b]I specifically asked the high school student who gave us the tour who has been thru it. [/b] No sports at all in 5th, think 1 or 2 open in 6th, and even if sports are open in 7th, she said that many kids don’t get it.  Basically you don’t really do sports till high school and as I said not many options.   DCI has a ton more sports, open to middle school kids, and the school has sports director and end of year reception for all the sports teams so that should tell you something.

As to clubs, you are being misleading.  There are not many “clubs” at all in 5th, 6th.  Look at the schedule at DCI, you have at least 12 plus clubs minimum offered all the time to anyone.[/quote]

Since I have two kids at Latin who are in clubs every day at lunch it’s possible I may know more than you about this subject….and depending on the age of the HS their experience probably was different then how it works now - schools evolve

On sports you are right there are tryouts and cuts - unfortunately that is what you have to do for the popular ones - there are always no cut sports each season.

The reality is both DCI and Latin are good schools and offer great programs for MS kids and in this city that should be celebrated [/quote]

I think the school might want to make a note of this and stop having HS students give tours because the posted above is correct - MS students absolutely are involved in all sorts of clubs, during the school day, and they are all student led and from what I hear very fun. And my daughter has been playing MS sports since 6th grade, and is now in 8th, and can't wait to play in HS next year. I do think HS students sometimes forget what it was like when they were in MS or they themselves had a different experience so the tour is sometimes a bit off, but the school might want to start having 8th graders give those tours instead to help keep this misinformation from becoming an issue.[/quote]

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