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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school has these. My kid was invited to a Google math competition we never would have known about if they hadn’t been invited. The school fielded a small team. There is also a selective music program that works the same way — you hear about it only if your kid is invited.

There’s also Safety Patrol, which is advertised to everyone, but selective (a pretty competitive) and requires a teacher’s recommendation… but I assume you’re not talking about something set up like that.[/quote]

DCPS ES Math teacher here. The Google competition only allows for one student from each grade level 3rd to 5th. At my school it was a difficult decision as we had many students well-above grade level to choose from. Then there was the team component. Students had to cooperate with each. Could these students from different grades work together? All very hard to know. In the end, we could have selected any of about 6 or 7 students. There was no test. There was no real rubric. We all chose a student who we thought could be successful. Once chosen, the teacher then spent several hours preparing the team with the materials organizers sent. On the day of the competition students,teacher and chaperones were in attendance for about 3 hours. Just wanted to give an insight into teacher perspective. A lot of work so at least three children could compete and have the experience. I wish more could attend. Some schools were unable to even compete as there were only 40 spots over two days and there are over 80 ES in DCPS. [/quote]

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