Anonymous
Post 12/02/2010 22:07     Subject: Middle Schools
Anonymous wrote:Latin does not have the best scores. Look at Deal's scores for 2009-2010 compared to Latin's.


new poster here. I looked at them a few months ago -- they appeared completely on par.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 22:55     Subject: Middle Schools
Anonymous wrote:Is the principal still heating kids?


Hope so! It's getting cold out there - winter's coming.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 22:48     Subject: Middle Schools
Hart middle school is my top choice. Billy is the man.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 22:47     Subject: Middle Schools
Is the principal still heating kids?
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 21:54     Subject: Middle Schools
Anonymous wrote:And they have a class devoted to chanting. My DC's friend who attended KIPP for one year didn't like the chanting part. YMMV.


I don't know, the Jews, Native Americans, Buddhists, Catholics, auctioneers, protestors and Gregorian Monks all chant. If it is good enough for them, it's good enough for me.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 20:34     Subject: Middle Schools
What is the capacity of these nine middle schools, and how many kids are left in the cold? How many kids in DC attend middle school? Just a hunch, but I bet the data is pretty depressing.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 18:33     Subject: Re:Middle Schools
Top Public Middle Schools in DC (no particular order)
(1) Stuart Hobson
(2) Hardy
(3) Deal
(4) Cap City
(5) Two Rivers
(6) Latin
(7) Jefferson (?)
(8) Sousa (?)
(9) KIPP
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 18:19     Subject: Middle Schools
And they have a class devoted to chanting. My DC's friend who attended KIPP for one year didn't like the chanting part. YMMV.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 18:07     Subject: Middle Schools
That twice a month Saturday school at KIPP sure looks attractive.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 17:44     Subject: Middle Schools
KIPP Key serves grades 4 to 8, acceptance by lottery

http://www.kippdc.org/key/

There are a number of KIPP schools on several campuses starting at Pre-K3 and expanding through HS (currently through 10th)

http://www.kippdc.org/enroll/enroll-today/
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 17:39     Subject: Middle Schools
Anonymous wrote:KIPP Key has the best math scores of any public middle school.


Does KIPP admit students in 6th grade? How woudl KIPP work as a middle school?
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 17:36     Subject: Middle Schools
KIPP Key has the best math scores of any public middle school.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 16:31     Subject: Middle Schools
Jefferson has a really good Principal now - Ms. Pride.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 12:15     Subject: Middle Schools
An interesting article from 5 years ago about a principal that was brought in to turn Jefferson around.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR2005071000885.html


Does anyone know how long he lasted? (Turns out he was a New Leaders for New Schools grad. If you read deeper into the article you can see Ballou got a New Leaders principal too in '05. She didn't last either...)
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2010 10:46     Subject: Middle Schools
Top Public Middle Schools in DC (no particular order)
(1) Stuart Hobson
(2) Hardy
(3) Deal
(4) Cap City
(5) Two Rivers
(6) Latin
(7) Jefferson (?)
(8) Sousa (?)