Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 08:08     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


I suggest 20910 because you want to follow up ES with a positive MS experience. Look at ESS for small class sizes and strong teachers who reflect your son. Then TPMS which is inclusive with strong teachers.


Is that zoned for Einstein?


TPMS and then Blair
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 08:03     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


I suggest 20910 because you want to follow up ES with a positive MS experience. Look at ESS for small class sizes and strong teachers who reflect your son. Then TPMS which is inclusive with strong teachers.


Is that zoned for Einstein?
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 05:53     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


I suggest 20910 because you want to follow up ES with a positive MS experience. Look at ESS for small class sizes and strong teachers who reflect your son. Then TPMS which is inclusive with strong teachers.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 03:56     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


This is moco. There are NO small class sizes.


Yes there are, just not in Bethesda. You can find smaller class sizes at Focus schools. The closest ones would be Rock Creek Forest, Flora Singer, And Oakland Terrace. These schools also have more diverse student populations. Oakland Terrace has one of the two-way language immersion programs, which is very popular.


Plus one! We loved OTES! Great school
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 02:05     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


This is moco. There are NO small class sizes.

Our focus school in TKPK has ES classes that range from 16 to 18
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 23:38     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


This is moco. There are NO small class sizes.


Yes there are, just not in Bethesda. You can find smaller class sizes at Focus schools. The closest ones would be Rock Creek Forest, Flora Singer, And Oakland Terrace. These schools also have more diverse student populations. Oakland Terrace has one of the two-way language immersion programs, which is very popular.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 23:21     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:We are at Kensington Parkwood and very happy our son’s teacher last year was AA and so is the principal who is awesome btw.


KP has gone downhill in the last 5-6 years.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 23:20     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
We are at Kensington Parkwood and very happy our son’s teacher last year was AA and so is the principal who is awesome btw.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 23:19     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:We really liked Rosemary Hills-- I think it's great to have a school just focused on k-2 and the parent community is really involved, but I think class size for k-2 is probably going to be on the larger size of the spectrum?


The RHES principal is awful. I wish we had bought elsewhere to avoid the school.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:49     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


This is moco. There are NO small class sizes.


This.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:39     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


This is moco. There are NO small class sizes.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:05     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
We really liked Rosemary Hills-- I think it's great to have a school just focused on k-2 and the parent community is really involved, but I think class size for k-2 is probably going to be on the larger size of the spectrum?
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 21:59     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


North Chevy Chase ES is exactly what you are looking for. Wonderful school/community.


+1 NCCES is wonderful and goes from 3-5. For K-2 it’s Rosemary Hills where my kid also had a great experience (a while ago, though - she’s at B-CC now.) Good luck!
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 21:53     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!


North Chevy Chase ES is exactly what you are looking for. Wonderful school/community.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 21:50     Subject: Moving to Bethesda or Kensington
Can anyone share excellent elementary schools-- small class sizes and strong teachers for an African American child. We want teachers who will reflect our child. Also if there are other forums that speak to this, please share.

Thanks!