Anonymous
Post 06/28/2013 11:39     Subject: Re:the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Anonymous wrote:Two Rivers?? How are they relevant? The feeder schools for the DCI are established and in demand. The parents are involved and aren't going to sit idly by while their kids are "bored". They are engaged in the schools.


Where's the GT program at any DCPC ES school? LAMB effectively has GT because Montessori allows for acceleration. None of the feeder schools offer GT math or English in the upper grades. They try to substitute immersion in the target language for GT which only works so well for the most academic kids. Families leave YY in particular over concerns about weak English instruction and subplar math instruction, even if they're OK with the Mandarin (which doesn't sound all that great to me, a native Mandarin speaker who often cringes when talking to YY kids who don't have a native-speaking adult at home).



We are very happy at YuYing. DS has an IQ of 150+ and has SN with an IEP. No complaints at all about English, Math, or Mandarin instruction and we are very happy with their SN supports/services. We seriously doubt most schools, public or private, can support DC in math instruction so we use Hopkins CTY for that. I also don't know any families that left over the quality of instruction. The ones I know who left did due to job relocation or b/c they did not live in DC and got caught.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2013 07:17     Subject: Re:the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Two Rivers?? How are they relevant? The feeder schools for the DCI are established and in demand. The parents are involved and aren't going to sit idly by while their kids are "bored". They are engaged in the schools.


Where's the GT program at any DCPC ES school? LAMB effectively has GT because Montessori allows for acceleration. None of the feeder schools offer GT math or English in the upper grades. They try to substitute immersion in the target language for GT which only works so well for the most academic kids. Families leave YY in particular over concerns about weak English instruction and subplar math instruction, even if they're OK with the Mandarin (which doesn't sound all that great to me, a native Mandarin speaker who often cringes when talking to YY kids who don't have a native-speaking adult at home).





Anonymous
Post 06/28/2013 07:12     Subject: Re:the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:^Your naive optimism is almost endearing. But it's still naive optimism. We never even made it to 2nd grade at Two Rivers, expecting to bet there to 5th if not 8th. Our bright kid was bored out of his skull in both 1st and 2nd grades.





Where did your child go to for 2nd grade where he was also bored? Did you ever find a good place? If so, where?


We gave up on DCPC and DCPS and went to Capitol Hill Day, where he has been a little bored but not nearly as much as at Two Rivers. We're moving to Fairfax over the summer to start a gifted 3rd grade GT program. Our kid has an IQ of at least 145, working more than two years above grade level. We're not looking forward to living in VA particularly but don't feel that we have much choice in order to keep our federal jobs. We can't afford privates for two kids for many years (younger sibling starting K in the fall).



Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 22:50     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)

DCI is the joint middle high school for it's five member schools: DC Bilingual, Elsie Whitlow Stokes, Latin American Montessori Bilingual, Mundo Verde and Washington Yu Ying PCS

Wow, this is so depressing. We will have to go private a lot sooner if DCI can't figure out the difference between a possessive and a contraction. ;(
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 22:44     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Thank you for posting this excited to get involved.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 21:57     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Anonymous wrote:DS was accepted to a DCI feeder for Pre-k. Is there some type of list serve out there for parents interested in volunteering with whatever efforts are being initiated?


There is a newly created website, that I think has links to volunteer coordinators. https://sites.google.com/a/dcinternationalschool.org/public/
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 20:59     Subject: Re:the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Anonymous wrote:^Your naive optimism is almost endearing. But it's still naive optimism. We never even made it to 2nd grade at Two Rivers, expecting to bet there to 5th if not 8th. Our bright kid was bored out of his skull in both 1st and 2nd grades.


Two Rivers?? How are they relevant? The feeder schools for the DCI are established and in demand. The parents are involved and aren't going to sit idly by while their kids are "bored". They are engaged in the schools.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 16:11     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
DS was accepted to a DCI feeder for Pre-k. Is there some type of list serve out there for parents interested in volunteering with whatever efforts are being initiated?
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 15:28     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two Rivers is not an immersion school. DC is above grade level in English but there's enough to challenge him since they have to learn everything in two languages.

Agree with this. We'll see how DCI shakes out, but it is great to know that we at least have an available path, which is way more than many families.


+1, language has been a great thing for my above grade level DC. Wait and see (but and optimistic) on DCI.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 13:07     Subject: Re:the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Anonymous wrote:^Your naive optimism is almost endearing. But it's still naive optimism. We never even made it to 2nd grade at Two Rivers, expecting to bet there to 5th if not 8th. Our bright kid was bored out of his skull in both 1st and 2nd grades.





Where did your child go to for 2nd grade where he was also bored? Did you ever find a good place? If so, where?
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 12:32     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Anonymous wrote:Two Rivers is not an immersion school. DC is above grade level in English but there's enough to challenge him since they have to learn everything in two languages.

Agree with this. We'll see how DCI shakes out, but it is great to know that we at least have an available path, which is way more than many families.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 12:24     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
Two Rivers is not an immersion school. DC is above grade level in English but there's enough to challenge him since they have to learn everything in two languages.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 12:15     Subject: Re:the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
^Your naive optimism is almost endearing. But it's still naive optimism. We never even made it to 2nd grade at Two Rivers, expecting to bet there to 5th if not 8th. Our bright kid was bored out of his skull in both 1st and 2nd grades.



Anonymous
Post 06/26/2013 14:31     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
It's so great to know that I won't have to worry about scrambling to find a good education for my any of my children--my oldest got into K, so my younger two are golden! All the way through 12 grade!
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 04:30     Subject: the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)
interesting