Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ Basketball program has strict requirements—practice is mandatory six days a week, including Saturdays. On weekdays, students stay back after school and typically don’t get home until around 7 p.m., while Saturday practices run from 12 to 2 p.m. Participation declines in junior and senior years, especially as students confront the academic realities reflected in their sophomore transcripts. Except for very few that manage to maintain decent grades through careful course selections, the rest that continue often do so knowing their grades have already dropped significantly, making the impact of continuing sports less consequential academically.

Would love, love, love to know how you know this. Most student athletes can handle sports + intense academics. They get there by doing their sport at a fairly intense level starting in, at the latest, middle school and usually mid-late elementary school and learning time management along the way. I call BS.

How do I know? From firsthand experience. We’re an athletic family and were led to believe that participating in TJ sports could be balanced with academics without negative impact. Maybe smart students can manage both, but that wasn't the case for us. Our student, who was decent with grades in middle school, faced a harsh reality — needing to take an academic break mid-season to recover, which they never did. There simply weren’t enough evening hours to finish homework and prepare for quizzes after returning from practice around 7 p.m. each night.

Not PP who asked you but I fully agree it depends on the kid. I posted earlier that lots of kids at TJ do sports. That’s been my DC’s experience with most friends - virtually all her friends seem to be in various things after school (not just 8th period clubs). But how viable it is yes will depend on: 1) kid’s course load, 2) commute and if they can get work done on a long commute (eg, study in car), and 3) how long a kid normally needs to study to maintain grades (which is tied to #1 some too).

All said though, it seems more common than not for kids to do a sport, EC band, or other time consuming EC vs kids that just clock in their school hours and don’t devote a lot of time to the TJ EC offerings.

Any familiarity with golf, and the time commitment?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ Basketball program has strict requirements—practice is mandatory six days a week, including Saturdays. On weekdays, students stay back after school and typically don’t get home until around 7 p.m., while Saturday practices run from 12 to 2 p.m. Participation declines in junior and senior years, especially as students confront the academic realities reflected in their sophomore transcripts. Except for very few that manage to maintain decent grades through careful course selections, the rest that continue often do so knowing their grades have already dropped significantly, making the impact of continuing sports less consequential academically.

Would love, love, love to know how you know this. Most student athletes can handle sports + intense academics. They get there by doing their sport at a fairly intense level starting in, at the latest, middle school and usually mid-late elementary school and learning time management along the way. I call BS.

How do I know? From firsthand experience. We’re an athletic family and were led to believe that participating in TJ sports could be balanced with academics without negative impact. Maybe smart students can manage both, but that wasn't the case for us. Our student, who was decent with grades in middle school, faced a harsh reality — needing to take an academic break mid-season to recover, which they never did. There simply weren’t enough evening hours to finish homework and prepare for quizzes after returning from practice around 7 p.m. each night.

And you can prove "participation declines in junior and senior year?"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ Basketball program has strict requirements—practice is mandatory six days a week, including Saturdays. On weekdays, students stay back after school and typically don’t get home until around 7 p.m., while Saturday practices run from 12 to 2 p.m. Participation declines in junior and senior years, especially as students confront the academic realities reflected in their sophomore transcripts. Except for very few that manage to maintain decent grades through careful course selections, the rest that continue often do so knowing their grades have already dropped significantly, making the impact of continuing sports less consequential academically.

Would love, love, love to know how you know this. Most student athletes can handle sports + intense academics. They get there by doing their sport at a fairly intense level starting in, at the latest, middle school and usually mid-late elementary school and learning time management along the way. I call BS.

How do I know? From firsthand experience. We’re an athletic family and were led to believe that participating in TJ sports could be balanced with academics without negative impact. Maybe smart students can manage both, but that wasn't the case for us. Our student, who was decent with grades in middle school, faced a harsh reality — needing to take an academic break mid-season to recover, which they never did. There simply weren’t enough evening hours to finish homework and prepare for quizzes after returning from practice around 7 p.m. each night.

Anonymous wrote:TJ Basketball program has strict requirements—practice is mandatory six days a week, including Saturdays. On weekdays, students stay back after school and typically don’t get home until around 7 p.m., while Saturday practices run from 12 to 2 p.m. Participation declines in junior and senior years, especially as students confront the academic realities reflected in their sophomore transcripts. Except for very few that manage to maintain decent grades through careful course selections, the rest that continue often do so knowing their grades have already dropped significantly, making the impact of continuing sports less consequential academically.

Would love, love, love to know how you know this. Most student athletes can handle sports + intense academics. They get there by doing their sport at a fairly intense level starting in, at the latest, middle school and usually mid-late elementary school and learning time management along the way. I call BS.

Anonymous wrote:12 hours a week commitment. I wonder how kids would manage time either at TJ or even base school. Thoughts?

12 hours per week for an activity is nothing. I'm surprised it isn't more. Plenty of kids can manage academics and their activity.

TJ Basketball program has strict requirements—practice is mandatory six days a week, including Saturdays. On weekdays, students stay back after school and typically don’t get home until around 7 p.m., while Saturday practices run from 12 to 2 p.m. Participation declines in junior and senior years, especially as students confront the academic realities reflected in their sophomore transcripts. Except for very few that manage to maintain decent grades through careful course selections, the rest that continue often do so knowing their grades have already dropped significantly, making the impact of continuing sports less consequential academically.

Most freshmen try out sports in their first year, but many don’t continue the following year as academic demands increase. Only students who are strong academically can realistically manage the two to three hours a day that sports require during the season.

TJ has all the sports.

It is competitive in several individual sports and won district in volleyball last season.

The boys team was pretty good last year.

My kid was a 3 sport athlete at TJ. And the basketball program had summer practices. It's a great way to get to meet people before school, esp upperclassmen.

Also sports really made time management a thing for my kid - we told him if grades weren't kept up, no sports. That was motivation enough to not waste time.

Anonymous wrote:12 hours a week commitment. I wonder how kids would manage time either at TJ or even base school. Thoughts?

Lots of kids at TJ do sports. 12 hours a week during the season is an entirely manageable amount of time.

12 hours a week commitment. I wonder how kids would manage time either at TJ or even base school. Thoughts?

Yes they do.

https://tts-livesite.rschooltoday.com/sites/tjsports.org/files/files/Private_User/HRMurphy/Welcome%20Class%20of%202029%20from%20TJ%20Activities%20Office.pdf

I did not find basketball in TJ sports website. May be it opens only for winter. Does any know if there is basketball in TJ sports?