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Anonymous wrote:It looks like some kids took the geometry PARCC last year? How does math acceleration work?

Since it is close to Coolidge, students who need higher than Algebra 1 in middle school are taking classes there. Students are placed in math based on their data and previous coursework.

OP. Yes, I know the math team sees some kids excelling in 6th accelerated and encourages summer math for them so they can jump to algebra in 7th and then take geometry at Coolidge (down the hall past a secure door).

Anonymous wrote:It looks like some kids took the geometry PARCC last year? How does math acceleration work?

Since it is close to Coolidge, students who need higher than Algebra 1 in middle school are taking classes there. Students are placed in math based on their data and previous coursework.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP! What is co-teaching?

Every core subject classroom (for us in 6th: ELA, math, science, geography) has two teachers!

How can the school budget afford that? Are they big classes?

Classes are not small. Seem to be pretty average 25-30.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP! What is co-teaching?

Every core subject classroom (for us in 6th: ELA, math, science, geography) has two teachers!

How can the school budget afford that? Are they big classes?

I bet a lot of the classes are technically ELL or IEP inclusion classes, and the co-teachers are ELL/SPED specialists. If that’s the case, it actually seems like a smart way to build on that situation.

Yes, this is exactly what it is. There are enough students who receive ELL services to warrant that many ELL positions and then there are also SPED specialists.

There are two teachers in all core classes in 6th grade and 7th grade. For science and social studies in 8th there are not two teachers. There are also a number of City Year core members who support students across math and ela.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP! What is co-teaching?

Every core subject classroom (for us in 6th: ELA, math, science, geography) has two teachers!

How can the school budget afford that? Are they big classes?

I bet a lot of the classes are technically ELL or IEP inclusion classes, and the co-teachers are ELL/SPED specialists. If that’s the case, it actually seems like a smart way to build on that situation.

It looks like some kids took the geometry PARCC last year? How does math acceleration work?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP! What is co-teaching?

Every core subject classroom (for us in 6th: ELA, math, science, geography) has two teachers!

How can the school budget afford that? Are they big classes?

Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP! What is co-teaching?

Every core subject classroom (for us in 6th: ELA, math, science, geography) has two teachers!

Thank you OP! What is co-teaching?

Thanks for posting. We're excited to attend!

Update! Open house start times have moved to 5, and will run until 6:30. Totally fine if you can’t get there until 5:30, though.

Families will go through rotations to experience the co-teaching model, the schoolwide enrichment model, and social-emotional learning. There will also be a panel with current students, plus a bake sale by the PTO. Please bring your kids!

Thanks for posting!

Now that the first two open house dates are announced, I wanted to share them here:

Wednesday, December 14
Wednesday, January 26

Both are in-person, both start at 5:30. Kids are welcome to join. We are also working on setting up shadow days, perhaps one for each feeder (Takoma, Whittier, Brightwood, LaSalle-Backus) and one for OOB/new to the feeder system. Stay tuned!

I'm also happy to answer questions here--parent of a 6th grader, and friends with parents of 8th graders and members of the founding class (now freshmen).