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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holton has an amazing math program.  In Middle School their are 4 levels per class to accommodate all skill levels....too hard for me![/quote]

I agree but I think it is 5 levels.  Some 8th graders are taking Algebra 2 in a high school class. The rest are one Geometry Honors class,  one Algebra I Honors class, one Algebra I (non-honors) and one pre-algebra class.  I think that is pretty segregated and aggressive for math.  They have the perk of having all 3 school levels under one roof and will move the kids for math if needed.  I just assumed other private schools did this too.  They also have after-school clubs for Coding and Robotics for middle schoolers.

In high school they offer a STEM scholars program.  [b]We picked this school because TJ is too far from us, and we are not fond of Blair as a whole.[/b] We like the all-girls school environment for a girl in STEM since the boys seem to out-number girls immensely and that is why girls (as a whole) start to shy away from the STEM focus.  I didn't want that to happen to my daughter and so far she still loves it.  [/quote]

You had a choice between Blair in MCPS and TJ in VA? No, you didn't. Also, kids have to be accepted into a magnet for there to be an element ofchoice.[/quote]

Who are you to say there aren't choices?  She is 2yrs away from high school options so I can not compare but she did get accepted into middle school magnet she applied for and we declined.  A few others we know did too as people do apply to privates, magnets and consider their home schools.   Not everyone picks a magnet over all others.  TJ, maybe but not the MCPS magnets.  .[/quote]

Your DD CANNOT be choosing between Blair and TJ. Unless she claims residency in both states, which is illegal.[/quote]

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