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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what does murch do? genuinely interested[/quote]

Murch does some enrichment classes - but it can be very hit or miss depending on the year so while it's nice when it happens - and this year is great so far so kudos to them.  But,  I don't fool myself into thinking it will continue on through the year or the next.  We've lost our last two enrichment teachers in the middle of the school year which really hurts.[/quote]

SEM is a part of it, but also scheduled Intervention/Enrichment block daily for all students, an advanced math teacher for grades 3-5 (e.g., teaching 6th grade math to a few 4th and 5th graders, who took 5th grade math last year as 3rd and 4th graders), pull outs and push ins for math problem solving, Jr. Great Books, academic contests, and programs like that, individualized advanced courses in rare, appropriate circumstances; inquiry-based learning model, project-based assessments (speeches, videos, plays, 3-d projects, reports, etc. all possibilities as assessments); teachers are departmentalized starting in 1st grade (science, math, ELA); PD training in differentiated instruction. And of course meaningful field trips, and guest presenters, and all the after school opportunities. They also have a new intervention program for special ed. (Response to Intervention). And the Reggio-inspired ECE model is a fantastic foundation for learning. I also really like the social curriculum, the focus on service projects, and bringing the international and professional community into the school. There is a lot going on to stimulate a bright mind and keep any kid interested and growing, gifted or not. And if you say, "This is great!" they say, "We can do better, and we will." They specifically say out loud and publicly about gifted kids. Gotta love that. Plus, small instructor:student ratios most of the time.

And I don't know for sure, but I doubt Murch is the only school doing these things; it just isn't always advertised. Add me to the camp that thinks my kids are well served. (2 kids, 98th and 99th percentiles for 2 years on PARCC and thriving, while participating in some, but not all of the programs described above and without parental intervention or requests). And while academics come easily to DCs, they are by no means bored (and no, it hasn't been all sunshine and roses -- I'm well aware of DCPS's flaws. I think the writing enrichment project is titled, "Of Mice and Mosquitos."  :lol: ).[/quote]

Wow - I'm a Murch parent and this sounds like someone on staff talking not an actual parent :) Or if it is a parent - a very helicoptery one.  And a good part of it is total smoke and mirrors.  [/quote]

You only need to got BTSN and talk to your own kid to know this stuff is going on.[/quote]

NP and Murch parent. I went to back to school night, talk to my second grader everyday about what he's doing in school, and am a room parent. Other than Junior Great Books, this sounds like a completely different school than my child attends. I haven't heard about any of these programs. [/quote]

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