Anonymous
Post 02/19/2025 16:48     Subject: Science Olympiad
Anonymous wrote:Are there any middles schools schools registered to science Olympiad? My kid would love this but when I looked on line it looks like only private schools are signed up.

It’s a really great opportunity for kids who love science. I was wondering if there was a reason DCPS doesn’t seem to bother with it


BASIS does send kids to Science Olympiad (and I'm they sometimes win the regional competition!)
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2025 16:13     Subject: Science Olympiad
Anonymous wrote:My kids did Science Olympiad at their MCPS schools. It's a great program that takes a lot of adult support—both teachers and parent volunteers—to coach all 23 events. By high school, the kids could coach themselves, but the middle schoolers needed a lot of guidance and teaching.


My kids' MCPS schools never did science olympiad. You need parents that want to lead this.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2025 16:09     Subject: Re:Science Olympiad
Let’s be real here. The majority of kids in DCPS middle schools in this town are not even on grade level in basic reading and math. Forget science.

Plus a ton of parent involvement which lower SES families are not capable of doing

Anonymous
Post 02/19/2025 15:05     Subject: Science Olympiad
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kids did Science Olympiad at their MCPS schools. It's a great program that takes a lot of adult support—both teachers and parent volunteers—to coach all 23 events. By high school, the kids could coach themselves, but the middle schoolers needed a lot of guidance and teaching.


Sir, this is a Wendy's


Let me rephrase: One reason any school (or school system) might choose not to do Science Olympiad is that it requires a large time commitment of adults outside of class time. This may or may not be the reason DCPS "doesn’t seem to bother with it" while private schools do.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2025 15:02     Subject: Science Olympiad
Anonymous wrote:My kids did Science Olympiad at their MCPS schools. It's a great program that takes a lot of adult support—both teachers and parent volunteers—to coach all 23 events. By high school, the kids could coach themselves, but the middle schoolers needed a lot of guidance and teaching.


Sir, this is a Wendy's
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2025 14:58     Subject: Science Olympiad
My kids did Science Olympiad at their MCPS schools. It's a great program that takes a lot of adult support—both teachers and parent volunteers—to coach all 23 events. By high school, the kids could coach themselves, but the middle schoolers needed a lot of guidance and teaching.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2025 14:54     Subject: Science Olympiad
Are there any middles schools schools registered to science Olympiad? My kid would love this but when I looked on line it looks like only private schools are signed up.

It’s a really great opportunity for kids who love science. I was wondering if there was a reason DCPS doesn’t seem to bother with it