Anonymous
Post 01/13/2015 11:25     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:More involved parents?


Move involvement isn't necessarily a good thing.


Still "more involved" is better than "not involved".
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2015 11:24     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:More involved parents?


Move involvement isn't necessarily a good thing.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2015 11:12     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
More involved parents?
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2015 10:01     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:I wonder what a better parent is.

She comes from the cat family.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2015 09:42     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
I wonder what a better parent is.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2015 09:21     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Curriculum, peer group and parents. 3 factors that make magnets better than the regular schools (even W zoned ones).



So even the parents are better??? LOL


Actually, yes. Seriously.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 19:58     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:Curriculum, peer group and parents. 3 factors that make magnets better than the regular schools (even W zoned ones).



So even the parents are better??? LOL
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 18:56     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Curriculum, peer group and parents. 3 factors that make magnets better than the regular schools (even W zoned ones).

Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 18:08     Subject: Re:Middle School Magnet Test
I would see what is better depends on kid. It is not just curriculum. Have one currently in Takoma. Second one applied this year.
I know this school will not be good fit for my 3rd one (who is very smart too, but extremely social and needs many neighborhood friends to be happy).
I think lack of friends in close proximity and problematic after school activities (since you are additing 1.5 hours with ride back home) are the biggest issue with Takoma for W kids. My oldest one already said that his preference will be closer school for High School. Child is not having fun with lengthy bus rides for several years now.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 15:26     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Then why do so many people apply? The applicants aren't all coming from bad middle schools.

We have a kid in a magnet MS and we are zoned for a "W" school. Majority of kids are from Silver Spring. There are also quite a few kids from Rockville and Potomac but relatively few from Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington (the WJ and BCC parts of Kensington). We wondered whether it was necessary to send DS to a magnet MS as his home middle school is very good. What we've discovered is that the curriculum is much better (they go deeper, make connections across disciplines, go faster), the expectations are higher and the peer group is fantastic. He would have been fine in his "W" MS but he is so much better off at the magnet MS. It has been amazing. I'm not sure if most families from the "W" middle schools are aware of how much better the magnet MS schools are.


Another W school parent here, same experience. My first went to a W-district MS and my second to a magnet. No comparison, the magnet is hands-down better in every way.

Same here.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 14:39     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Then why do so many people apply? The applicants aren't all coming from bad middle schools.

We have a kid in a magnet MS and we are zoned for a "W" school. Majority of kids are from Silver Spring. There are also quite a few kids from Rockville and Potomac but relatively few from Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington (the WJ and BCC parts of Kensington). We wondered whether it was necessary to send DS to a magnet MS as his home middle school is very good. What we've discovered is that the curriculum is much better (they go deeper, make connections across disciplines, go faster), the expectations are higher and the peer group is fantastic. He would have been fine in his "W" MS but he is so much better off at the magnet MS. It has been amazing. I'm not sure if most families from the "W" middle schools are aware of how much better the magnet MS schools are.


Another W school parent here, same experience. My first went to a W-district MS and my second to a magnet. No comparison, the magnet is hands-down better in every way.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 14:38     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Then why do so many people apply? The applicants aren't all coming from bad middle schools.

We have a kid in a magnet MS and we are zoned for a "W" school. Majority of kids are from Silver Spring. There are also quite a few kids from Rockville and Potomac but relatively few from Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington (the WJ and BCC parts of Kensington). We wondered whether it was necessary to send DS to a magnet MS as his home middle school is very good. What we've discovered is that the curriculum is much better (they go deeper, make connections across disciplines, go faster), the expectations are higher and the peer group is fantastic. He would have been fine in his "W" MS but he is so much better off at the magnet MS. It has been amazing. I'm not sure if most families from the "W" middle schools are aware of how much better the magnet MS schools are. [/quote-

Another W school parent here, same experience. My first went to a W-district MS and my second to a magnet. No comparison, the magnet is hands-down better in every way.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 14:17     Subject: Re:Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:Together.
But kids are taken to classes/labs, and parents stay in gym with officials and get presentation. (Our experience with Takoma only. Have no idea about Eastern.)


As pp wrote, at Takoma, parents stay in the gym while kids have their own orientation in classrooms. At Eastern, parents and students together visit each 6th grade class, both magnet and nonmagnet,.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 14:11     Subject: Middle School Magnet Test
Anonymous wrote:Then why do so many people apply? The applicants aren't all coming from bad middle schools.

We have a kid in a magnet MS and we are zoned for a "W" school. Majority of kids are from Silver Spring. There are also quite a few kids from Rockville and Potomac but relatively few from Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington (the WJ and BCC parts of Kensington). We wondered whether it was necessary to send DS to a magnet MS as his home middle school is very good. What we've discovered is that the curriculum is much better (they go deeper, make connections across disciplines, go faster), the expectations are higher and the peer group is fantastic. He would have been fine in his "W" MS but he is so much better off at the magnet MS. It has been amazing. I'm not sure if most families from the "W" middle schools are aware of how much better the magnet MS schools are.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2015 13:22     Subject: Re:Middle School Magnet Test
Together.
But kids are taken to classes/labs, and parents stay in gym with officials and get presentation. (Our experience with Takoma only. Have no idea about Eastern.)