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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

That's mostly the DC Bi students right? Now that there's a feeder system and a strong cohort (YY & LAMB) the stronger students from Stokes are more likely to stay and MV hasn't entered yet.

That FARMS % will decrease (but Chinese will probably always be strongest).

This is such a despicable post. And no I do not think Chinese will always be strongest.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

You sound disconnected from reality. I'm not a WIS parent, but I know several WIS families. It's the best school in the DC Metro area for families interested in language immersion. Which private schools in this area graduate students with iB diplomas (including the bilingual IB diploma) with consistently higher scores? I'll wait. If you think WIS isn't anything to brag about, then DCI families should be downright ashamed. DCI will never produce students like WIS. Since it's free, so no one really expects much.

This is how little you know about WIS. It is not the best immersion school in the area at all. There are far better options, you just don't know of them because you have not done the research! Laughable. By the way if you do decide to look for better immersion schools they definitely exist- the German school, Rochabeau, that Spanish immersion school in Potomac, etc. Those are better options even if they don't offer the IB Diploma (they offer other things). As a bonus, they are way less litigious than WIS.

Anyway, WIS is a good school for sure, but it is not the best school nor the best immersion school in the DC area whatsoever. It's fine, but I do not think it is worth duplicating in DCI at all.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

I think you meant to say "public school." Considering what WIS offers, it actually appears to be the better deal.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

You sound disconnected from reality. I'm not a WIS parent, but I know several WIS families. It's the best school in the DC Metro area for families interested in language immersion. Which private schools in this area graduate students with iB diplomas (including the bilingual IB diploma) with consistently higher scores? I'll wait. If you think WIS isn't anything to brag about, then DCI families should be downright ashamed. DCI will never produce students like WIS. Since it's free, so no one really expects much.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

I've looked into WIS and it is nothing to brag about. There are better private schools in DC. DCI is its own thing and that's a positive in my book.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

If you could afford WIS, you wouldn't have to settle for the FREE knockoff. You would be able to enjoy the REAL thing. Difference #101 between WIS and DCI. However, DCI is better than nothing I suppose...

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

I think you meant to say FREE knockoff!

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

A WIS director on the board? Lol--DCI will need way more than that type of assistance. Actually, WIS students can create their own Chinese track (or Italian, Dutch, German etc., track via private, on site tuturial; as well as through electives). Due to the fact that WIS cherry-picks its student body (which is affluent and truly international), it only offers the IB diploma--not the vocational track certificates. I'm also willing to bet that WIS' IB scores will always leave DCI's scores in the dust. That's because it is a real private school--not a cheap knockoff.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you see how DCI already has outscored BASIS?

The cognitive benefits of a second language are perhaps proving themselves...

Or perhaps the fact that DCI is a self-selecting feeder school and BASIS is an open lottery school could be at play...

Every DCI feeder is now a Tier 1 school (yes, even DC Bilingual and Stokes).

And Sela!!! So proud of the new Hebrew-immersion public charter school!!! And not a parent -- it's too far from me, but I visited & was impressed with the beautifully painted facilities, the doctorate & welcoming school director, and all the teachers. I wish it was closer to me because I would definitely put my kids there!

Too early to celebrate whenever not calibrating PARCC scores. I'm curious why they didn't get a NA ranking.

Too soon, Sherlock.

I'm curious why you'd want to slam them for something beyond their control (such as being too young and not having the history - but that's probably not a problem you and your wrinkles imagined.)

OTOH, you might just be an anti-Semite and there's nothing that would satisfy you.

(not a Sela parent btw, I just don't like anti-Semites)

WTF?!! The statement is valid. Historically, DCPCSB never gave rankings without I believe 2-3 years of test years. Example, Bridges has never (and still has not) been ranked. Curiosity begs why a school without PARCC or growth rate can be ranked. Bridges doesn't have growth as they've only had one year of testing but they could have been ranked based on same criteria as Sela. Your anti-Semite comment is completely off base and uncalled for. If anyone would question a MV or YY ranking would you claim racism? You sound unhinged.

Hasn't Bridges been a SN pre-school for most of its history? Do they even have testing grades? Is that a realistic comparison?

Bridges currently goes through 4th grade, Sela 3rd.

Where the fuck does PP get off by calling anyone an anti-Semite?!!?? Not cool PP, not Cool.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

That's mostly the DC Bi students right? Now that there's a feeder system and a strong cohort (YY & LAMB) the stronger students from Stokes are more likely to stay and MV hasn't entered yet.

That FARMS % will decrease (but Chinese will probably always be strongest).

Not really. Stokes, MV, LAMB all have a significant % of FARMS and ELL (although DC Bilingual has the most).

Delano will be nice. Not much space around it for fields and so forth, and what they have will be shared with LAMB eventually. But they are off to a strong start.

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

That's mostly the DC Bi students right? Now that there's a feeder system and a strong cohort (YY & LAMB) the stronger students from Stokes are more likely to stay and MV hasn't entered yet.

That FARMS % will decrease (but Chinese will probably always be strongest).

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Anonymous wrote:Did you see how DCI already has outscored BASIS?

The cognitive benefits of a second language are perhaps proving themselves...

Or perhaps the fact that DCI is a self-selecting feeder school and BASIS is an open lottery school could be at play...

Every DCI feeder is now a Tier 1 school (yes, even DC Bilingual and Stokes).

And Sela!!! So proud of the new Hebrew-immersion public charter school!!! And not a parent -- it's too far from me, but I visited & was impressed with the beautifully painted facilities, the doctorate & welcoming school director, and all the teachers. I wish it was closer to me because I would definitely put my kids there!

Too early to celebrate whenever not calibrating PARCC scores. I'm curious why they didn't get a NA ranking.

Too soon, Sherlock.

I'm curious why you'd want to slam them for something beyond their control (such as being too young and not having the history - but that's probably not a problem you and your wrinkles imagined.)

OTOH, you might just be an anti-Semite and there's nothing that would satisfy you.

(not a Sela parent btw, I just don't like anti-Semites)

WTF?!! The statement is valid. Historically, DCPCSB never gave rankings without I believe 2-3 years of test years. Example, Bridges has never (and still has not) been ranked. Curiosity begs why a school without PARCC or growth rate can be ranked. Bridges doesn't have growth as they've only had one year of testing but they could have been ranked based on same criteria as Sela. Your anti-Semite comment is completely off base and uncalled for. If anyone would question a MV or YY ranking would you claim racism? You sound unhinged.

Hasn't Bridges been a SN pre-school for most of its history? Do they even have testing grades? Is that a realistic comparison?

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Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.

Delano Hall definitely looks like a private school, a WIS director is on the board of DCI, and there's no Chinese track at WIS. So, win, win, win!

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Anonymous wrote:Did you see how DCI already has outscored BASIS?

The cognitive benefits of a second language are perhaps proving themselves...

Or perhaps the fact that DCI is a self-selecting feeder school and BASIS is an open lottery school could be at play...

Every DCI feeder is now a Tier 1 school (yes, even DC Bilingual and Stokes).

And Sela!!! So proud of the new Hebrew-immersion public charter school!!! And not a parent -- it's too far from me, but I visited & was impressed with the beautifully painted facilities, the doctorate & welcoming school director, and all the teachers. I wish it was closer to me because I would definitely put my kids there!

Too early to celebrate whenever not calibrating PARCC scores. I'm curious why they didn't get a NA ranking.

Too soon, Sherlock.

I'm curious why you'd want to slam them for something beyond their control (such as being too young and not having the history - but that's probably not a problem you and your wrinkles imagined.)

OTOH, you might just be an anti-Semite and there's nothing that would satisfy you.

(not a Sela parent btw, I just don't like anti-Semites)

WTF?!! The statement is valid. Historically, DCPCSB never gave rankings without I believe 2-3 years of test years. Example, Bridges has never (and still has not) been ranked. Curiosity begs why a school without PARCC or growth rate can be ranked. Bridges doesn't have growth as they've only had one year of testing but they could have been ranked based on same criteria as Sela. Your anti-Semite comment is completely off base and uncalled for. If anyone would question a MV or YY ranking would you claim racism? You sound unhinged.

Anonymous wrote:And of course IB status, and on-track for the gorgeous facility at Walter Reed. (How did that happen, Delano Hall looks like a private school, but then these are the same minds that made Yu Ying happen).

Well done! Bravo!

THE international school for DC is arriving.

I'm not sure that Delano Hall looks like a private school. However, with a 56% FARMS rate, no one will mistake DCI for WIS.