Anonymous
05/23/2023 12:23
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is a very robust DCIA sports program for elementary schools who choose to participate. Spirts are a really big deal among the ward 3 schools. The tryouts for teams tend to be pretty competitive and sports are a big part of school pride. I know most sws parents have been conditioned not to understand this. These are the same parents who have been conditioned to fear standardized testing. You do you, sws!! Equity and art and California math all the way!!! Signed, a parent who got out early after a couple years before her kids were too harmed by the culture of low expectations at sws.
I agree sports are important.
However, enough with continued comments about SWS parents being conditioned to fear standardized testing. I see similar posts about SWS and homework. Maybe that was true in the past, but it is not currently. I have an upper elementary school kid who has been subjected to a variety of tests. Iready diagnostic, reading inventory, PARCC (which DC needs fo drop - a multi day assessment is a waste of teaching time when there are other, better, faster ones). Kid gets monthly quizzes on topics.
Kid also gets homework every night including math problems, other types of practice problems, had a research project, writing responses etc. I also know of kids who were under performing on math testing and got interventions to catch them up.
Complain about affinity groups, but stop with the misinformation or outdated information.
True about standardized tests. The kids do take standardized tests. But I disagree about homework. We have a kid in an upper grade who hasn't had homework since PARCC. Before that it was only one sheet per week.
I will add, all of the kids I know who go on to middle school from SWS do fine, great even. There is some catching up the first year (esp in math), but they do know how to think, which goes far in this world.
I don't say this to start a fight, merely as an observation of fact. SWS kids are predominantly UMC kids with educated parents. They could attend Lord of the Flies Elementary School and still be ok in MS. Their ability to succeed in MS is not a function of SWS.
I’m the PP and I agree with you. Overall we had a really good experience. Our kids were loved and happy and liked school. I also understand that parents of kids who aren’t meeting grade level goals might think differently.
Anonymous
05/23/2023 10:45
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is a very robust DCIA sports program for elementary schools who choose to participate. Spirts are a really big deal among the ward 3 schools. The tryouts for teams tend to be pretty competitive and sports are a big part of school pride. I know most sws parents have been conditioned not to understand this. These are the same parents who have been conditioned to fear standardized testing. You do you, sws!! Equity and art and California math all the way!!! Signed, a parent who got out early after a couple years before her kids were too harmed by the culture of low expectations at sws.
I agree sports are important.
However, enough with continued comments about SWS parents being conditioned to fear standardized testing. I see similar posts about SWS and homework. Maybe that was true in the past, but it is not currently. I have an upper elementary school kid who has been subjected to a variety of tests. Iready diagnostic, reading inventory, PARCC (which DC needs fo drop - a multi day assessment is a waste of teaching time when there are other, better, faster ones). Kid gets monthly quizzes on topics.
Kid also gets homework every night including math problems, other types of practice problems, had a research project, writing responses etc. I also know of kids who were under performing on math testing and got interventions to catch them up.
Complain about affinity groups, but stop with the misinformation or outdated information.
True about standardized tests. The kids do take standardized tests. But I disagree about homework. We have a kid in an upper grade who hasn't had homework since PARCC. Before that it was only one sheet per week.
I will add, all of the kids I know who go on to middle school from SWS do fine, great even. There is some catching up the first year (esp in math), but they do know how to think, which goes far in this world.
I don't say this to start a fight, merely as an observation of fact. SWS kids are predominantly UMC kids with educated parents. They could attend Lord of the Flies Elementary School and still be ok in MS. Their ability to succeed in MS is not a function of SWS.
Anonymous
05/23/2023 08:25
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is a very robust DCIA sports program for elementary schools who choose to participate. Spirts are a really big deal among the ward 3 schools. The tryouts for teams tend to be pretty competitive and sports are a big part of school pride. I know most sws parents have been conditioned not to understand this. These are the same parents who have been conditioned to fear standardized testing. You do you, sws!! Equity and art and California math all the way!!! Signed, a parent who got out early after a couple years before her kids were too harmed by the culture of low expectations at sws.
I agree sports are important.
However, enough with continued comments about SWS parents being conditioned to fear standardized testing. I see similar posts about SWS and homework. Maybe that was true in the past, but it is not currently. I have an upper elementary school kid who has been subjected to a variety of tests. Iready diagnostic, reading inventory, PARCC (which DC needs fo drop - a multi day assessment is a waste of teaching time when there are other, better, faster ones). Kid gets monthly quizzes on topics.
Kid also gets homework every night including math problems, other types of practice problems, had a research project, writing responses etc. I also know of kids who were under performing on math testing and got interventions to catch them up.
Complain about affinity groups, but stop with the misinformation or outdated information.
True about standardized tests. The kids do take standardized tests. But I disagree about homework. We have a kid in an upper grade who hasn't had homework since PARCC. Before that it was only one sheet per week.
They just finished PARCC last week. My kid got homework Monday and is back to two page math worksheet, Iready, reading, and a very short writing assignment (like a paragraph or two) each week Interestingly, a parent of a kid at at Two Rivers mentioned something about their kids not getting any homework after PARCC for the remainder of the year. FWIW I didn't get homework in elementary school as a child and only one standardized test in fourth/fifth so my kid gets a lot more than anything I experienced.
Anonymous
05/23/2023 08:02
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is a very robust DCIA sports program for elementary schools who choose to participate. Spirts are a really big deal among the ward 3 schools. The tryouts for teams tend to be pretty competitive and sports are a big part of school pride. I know most sws parents have been conditioned not to understand this. These are the same parents who have been conditioned to fear standardized testing. You do you, sws!! Equity and art and California math all the way!!! Signed, a parent who got out early after a couple years before her kids were too harmed by the culture of low expectations at sws.
I agree sports are important.
However, enough with continued comments about SWS parents being conditioned to fear standardized testing. I see similar posts about SWS and homework. Maybe that was true in the past, but it is not currently. I have an upper elementary school kid who has been subjected to a variety of tests. Iready diagnostic, reading inventory, PARCC (which DC needs fo drop - a multi day assessment is a waste of teaching time when there are other, better, faster ones). Kid gets monthly quizzes on topics.
Kid also gets homework every night including math problems, other types of practice problems, had a research project, writing responses etc. I also know of kids who were under performing on math testing and got interventions to catch them up.
Complain about affinity groups, but stop with the misinformation or outdated information.
True about standardized tests. The kids do take standardized tests. But I disagree about homework. We have a kid in an upper grade who hasn't had homework since PARCC. Before that it was only one sheet per week.
I will add, all of the kids I know who go on to middle school from SWS do fine, great even. There is some catching up the first year (esp in math), but they do know how to think, which goes far in this world.
Anonymous
05/23/2023 08:01
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is a very robust DCIA sports program for elementary schools who choose to participate. Spirts are a really big deal among the ward 3 schools. The tryouts for teams tend to be pretty competitive and sports are a big part of school pride. I know most sws parents have been conditioned not to understand this. These are the same parents who have been conditioned to fear standardized testing. You do you, sws!! Equity and art and California math all the way!!! Signed, a parent who got out early after a couple years before her kids were too harmed by the culture of low expectations at sws.
I agree sports are important.
However, enough with continued comments about SWS parents being conditioned to fear standardized testing. I see similar posts about SWS and homework. Maybe that was true in the past, but it is not currently. I have an upper elementary school kid who has been subjected to a variety of tests. Iready diagnostic, reading inventory, PARCC (which DC needs fo drop - a multi day assessment is a waste of teaching time when there are other, better, faster ones). Kid gets monthly quizzes on topics.
Kid also gets homework every night including math problems, other types of practice problems, had a research project, writing responses etc. I also know of kids who were under performing on math testing and got interventions to catch them up.
Complain about affinity groups, but stop with the misinformation or outdated information.
True about standardized tests. The kids do take standardized tests. But I disagree about homework. We have a kid in an upper grade who hasn't had homework since PARCC. Before that it was only one sheet per week.
Anonymous
05/23/2023 06:36
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:There is a very robust DCIA sports program for elementary schools who choose to participate. Spirts are a really big deal among the ward 3 schools. The tryouts for teams tend to be pretty competitive and sports are a big part of school pride. I know most sws parents have been conditioned not to understand this. These are the same parents who have been conditioned to fear standardized testing. You do you, sws!! Equity and art and California math all the way!!! Signed, a parent who got out early after a couple years before her kids were too harmed by the culture of low expectations at sws.
I agree sports are important.
However, enough with continued comments about SWS parents being conditioned to fear standardized testing. I see similar posts about SWS and homework. Maybe that was true in the past, but it is not currently. I have an upper elementary school kid who has been subjected to a variety of tests. Iready diagnostic, reading inventory, PARCC (which DC needs fo drop - a multi day assessment is a waste of teaching time when there are other, better, faster ones). Kid gets monthly quizzes on topics.
Kid also gets homework every night including math problems, other types of practice problems, had a research project, writing responses etc. I also know of kids who were under performing on math testing and got interventions to catch them up.
Complain about affinity groups, but stop with the misinformation or outdated information.
Anonymous
05/22/2023 22:12
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
There is a very robust DCIA sports program for elementary schools who choose to participate. Spirts are a really big deal among the ward 3 schools. The tryouts for teams tend to be pretty competitive and sports are a big part of school pride. I know most sws parents have been conditioned not to understand this. These are the same parents who have been conditioned to fear standardized testing. You do you, sws!! Equity and art and California math all the way!!! Signed, a parent who got out early after a couple years before her kids were too harmed by the culture of low expectations at sws.
Anonymous
05/22/2023 19:32
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
On the Hill around SWS at least, lots of schools have DCPS basketball teams. I think Watkins made the city semifinals for boys and girls, and L-T also made the playoffs for both. Miner and Tyler both made the playoffs for boys. I think ultimately Janney beat Oyster for girls and Lafayette beat Murch for boys in the DCPS ES basketball championships this year.
Anonymous
05/22/2023 19:26
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:What kind of sports do you envision 3-10 year olds doing? Just wondering. Who would they play against? Do other elementary schools have sports teams?
Our ES has girls and boys basketball teams and a boys soccer team that play in DCPS leagues, plus some afterschool sports clubs for different age groups (cross country (3-5), basketball (all ages), flag football (3-5), soccer (all ages), multisports (PK-2), etc).
Anonymous
05/22/2023 19:21
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
What kind of sports do you envision 3-10 year olds doing? Just wondering. Who would they play against? Do other elementary schools have sports teams?
Anonymous
05/22/2023 19:09
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lawsuit.
What!? Has anyone at SWS actually sued over this?
current parent - still getting emails about these groups - ignore and delete counting the days until my DS is out of there. this woke mob spending money and resources on this to fix a non issue -
Signed NON-WOKE MOM to a "kid of color".
FWIW my kid is frequently the only non-white kid on his baseball teams, tennis lessons, ect - guess what NOBODY cares.
I am pretty sure some SWS folks involved in this madness read this blog - so maybe they will spend the resources next year on field trips - sports teams, which have been very lacking.
+ a billion
It's a few staff members and the principal that are pushing this BS. I am going to be pissed if DCPS implements budget cuts and SWS is still prioritizing this nonsense next year.
I completed the questionnaire about budget priorities and ranked kindred at the bottom.
Anonymous
05/22/2023 17:51
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Sports, ha. That is funny. I’m imagining the other team’s reaction when the sws coach says that they don’t want to keep score because losing isn’t joyful.
Anonymous
05/22/2023 11:02
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lawsuit.
What!? Has anyone at SWS actually sued over this?
current parent - still getting emails about these groups - ignore and delete counting the days until my DS is out of there. this woke mob spending money and resources on this to fix a non issue -
Signed NON-WOKE MOM to a "kid of color".
FWIW my kid is frequently the only non-white kid on his baseball teams, tennis lessons, ect - guess what NOBODY cares.
I am pretty sure some SWS folks involved in this madness read this blog - so maybe they will spend the resources next year on field trips - sports teams, which have been very lacking.
+ a billion
It's a few staff members and the principal that are pushing this BS. I am going to be pissed if DCPS implements budget cuts and SWS is still prioritizing this nonsense next year.
Anonymous
05/22/2023 10:43
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lawsuit.
What!? Has anyone at SWS actually sued over this?
current parent - still getting emails about these groups - ignore and delete counting the days until my DS is out of there. this woke mob spending money and resources on this to fix a non issue -
Signed NON-WOKE MOM to a "kid of color".
FWIW my kid is frequently the only non-white kid on his baseball teams, tennis lessons, ect - guess what NOBODY cares.
I am pretty sure some SWS folks involved in this madness read this blog - so maybe they will spend the resources next year on field trips - sports teams, which have been very lacking.
Anonymous
05/21/2023 07:59
Subject: SWS has jumped the shark
Anonymous wrote:Lawsuit.
What!? Has anyone at SWS actually sued over this?