Anonymous
01/23/2026 13:36
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:These are the dance classses offered at Einstein:
Dance Courses
Dance As Physical Education (PE Credit)
Dance As A Fine Art
Dance 2
Dance 3
Choreography
IB Dance I & II
Junior Dance Company (Dance 3)**
Dance Company**
Teaching Assistant/Internship in Dance
**Audition only ensemble
For course descriptions and recommended course sequence - Click HERE
Extracurricular
National Honor Society for Dance Arts
Choreography Club (Spring Semester)
Titanes Salseros ( Latin Competitive Dance Team
AEHS TItan Poms - Competitive Jazz, Hip Hop and Pom Team
More info can be found at AEHSVAPA dot org
And Einstein Poms is D3 this year.
Division 3? They really need to bring back the former coach. Dropping from Division 1 to Division 3 is a serious decline. Given Einstein’s resources and deep alumni support, this is unacceptable—they should have hired someone capable of stepping into such big shoes.
They don’t have huge resources. And, it depends more on the kids than coach.
Nope. A good coach can make or break any team.
It helps but it’s not everything.
For a sport like Poms, it is. Einstein was D1 in 2023, and the new coach has knocked them down to D3 in the span of 3 years—and you want to blame the kids? Shame on you.
Shame on you. A coach can only do so much. Sometimes it’s the kids, sometimes it’s the coach, sometimes it’s a mix. In three years it’s three different groups of kids.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 12:48
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:These are the dance classses offered at Einstein:
Dance Courses
Dance As Physical Education (PE Credit)
Dance As A Fine Art
Dance 2
Dance 3
Choreography
IB Dance I & II
Junior Dance Company (Dance 3)**
Dance Company**
Teaching Assistant/Internship in Dance
**Audition only ensemble
For course descriptions and recommended course sequence - Click HERE
Extracurricular
National Honor Society for Dance Arts
Choreography Club (Spring Semester)
Titanes Salseros ( Latin Competitive Dance Team
AEHS TItan Poms - Competitive Jazz, Hip Hop and Pom Team
More info can be found at AEHSVAPA dot org
And Einstein Poms is D3 this year.
Division 3? They really need to bring back the former coach. Dropping from Division 1 to Division 3 is a serious decline. Given Einstein’s resources and deep alumni support, this is unacceptable—they should have hired someone capable of stepping into such big shoes.
They don’t have huge resources. And, it depends more on the kids than coach.
Nope. A good coach can make or break any team.
It helps but it’s not everything.
For a sport like Poms, it is. Einstein was D1 in 2023, and the new coach has knocked them down to D3 in the span of 3 years—and you want to blame the kids? Shame on you.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 11:15
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which school follows copyright laws to record and sell recordings of the performances?
I don’t think any sell the recordings. Never seen that.
Then why did I get an email with a link to purchase the Winter Dance and Instrumental Concert video for $15?
I also don’t think any of these schools secure copyright permission to charge admission to performances.
I think you're wrong here. Based on what I've been told by people who work in the Arts at MCPS, I think permission is secured.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 11:02
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which school follows copyright laws to record and sell recordings of the performances?
I don’t think any sell the recordings. Never seen that.
Then why did I get an email with a link to purchase the Winter Dance and Instrumental Concert video for $15?
I also don’t think any of these schools secure copyright permission to charge admission to performances.
It’s a fundraiser. If you don’t want to pay email the teacher and they can waive it.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 10:22
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:These are the dance classses offered at Einstein:
Dance Courses
Dance As Physical Education (PE Credit)
Dance As A Fine Art
Dance 2
Dance 3
Choreography
IB Dance I & II
Junior Dance Company (Dance 3)**
Dance Company**
Teaching Assistant/Internship in Dance
**Audition only ensemble
For course descriptions and recommended course sequence - Click HERE
Extracurricular
National Honor Society for Dance Arts
Choreography Club (Spring Semester)
Titanes Salseros ( Latin Competitive Dance Team
AEHS TItan Poms - Competitive Jazz, Hip Hop and Pom Team
More info can be found at AEHSVAPA dot org
And Einstein Poms is D3 this year.
Division 3? They really need to bring back the former coach. Dropping from Division 1 to Division 3 is a serious decline. Given Einstein’s resources and deep alumni support, this is unacceptable—they should have hired someone capable of stepping into such big shoes.
They don’t have huge resources. And, it depends more on the kids than coach.
Nope. A good coach can make or break any team.
It helps but it’s not everything.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 10:21
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is this a thing? Parent of a 5th grader who loves to dance and dances outside of school- I had no idea dance is taught in ANY MCPS schools.
It's taught in many MCPS schools starting in MS. My DD spent half her day in dance classes by senior year. If you want to see examples, see if MCPS is doing a dance showcase this year. Usually it's in February at Blake HS. MS and HS are invited to participate. Not all choose to do so, but a lot do.
I would not count on dance or other specialized electives in MS sticking around once the state math minutes mandate kicks in in fall 2027, since students will likely not be able to take 2 electives anymore.
MCPS can do away w advisory and provide more math time that way. Now I realize that requires central office to use their brains, so what should be a completely obvious choice probably wont even be considered.
The math classes themselves have to be 60 minutes, and unless the kids are all taking math the same period (which obviously is not doable logistically) that means that you need to have 60-minute math periods throughout the day, which you can't fix just by dropping advisory. It really only works with a 6 period schedule.
Or the do block schedules so you have more classes.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 10:21
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is this a thing? Parent of a 5th grader who loves to dance and dances outside of school- I had no idea dance is taught in ANY MCPS schools.
It's taught in many MCPS schools starting in MS. My DD spent half her day in dance classes by senior year. If you want to see examples, see if MCPS is doing a dance showcase this year. Usually it's in February at Blake HS. MS and HS are invited to participate. Not all choose to do so, but a lot do.
I would not count on dance or other specialized electives in MS sticking around once the state math minutes mandate kicks in in fall 2027, since students will likely not be able to take 2 electives anymore.
You can but you will have to do summer school for health, tech and maybe other things. Depending on how you had it planned you could only do two electives now based off that. More time for math is not a bad thing but they need to fix the curriculum.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 08:39
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is this a thing? Parent of a 5th grader who loves to dance and dances outside of school- I had no idea dance is taught in ANY MCPS schools.
It's taught in many MCPS schools starting in MS. My DD spent half her day in dance classes by senior year. If you want to see examples, see if MCPS is doing a dance showcase this year. Usually it's in February at Blake HS. MS and HS are invited to participate. Not all choose to do so, but a lot do.
I would not count on dance or other specialized electives in MS sticking around once the state math minutes mandate kicks in in fall 2027, since students will likely not be able to take 2 electives anymore.
MCPS can do away w advisory and provide more math time that way. Now I realize that requires central office to use their brains, so what should be a completely obvious choice probably wont even be considered.
The math classes themselves have to be 60 minutes, and unless the kids are all taking math the same period (which obviously is not doable logistically) that means that you need to have 60-minute math periods throughout the day, which you can't fix just by dropping advisory. It really only works with a 6 period schedule.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 06:32
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:These are the dance classses offered at Einstein:
Dance Courses
Dance As Physical Education (PE Credit)
Dance As A Fine Art
Dance 2
Dance 3
Choreography
IB Dance I & II
Junior Dance Company (Dance 3)**
Dance Company**
Teaching Assistant/Internship in Dance
**Audition only ensemble
For course descriptions and recommended course sequence - Click HERE
Extracurricular
National Honor Society for Dance Arts
Choreography Club (Spring Semester)
Titanes Salseros ( Latin Competitive Dance Team
AEHS TItan Poms - Competitive Jazz, Hip Hop and Pom Team
More info can be found at AEHSVAPA dot org
And Einstein Poms is D3 this year.
Division 3? They really need to bring back the former coach. Dropping from Division 1 to Division 3 is a serious decline. Given Einstein’s resources and deep alumni support, this is unacceptable—they should have hired someone capable of stepping into such big shoes.
They don’t have huge resources. And, it depends more on the kids than coach.
Nope. A good coach can make or break any team.
Anonymous
01/23/2026 06:21
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is this a thing? Parent of a 5th grader who loves to dance and dances outside of school- I had no idea dance is taught in ANY MCPS schools.
It's taught in many MCPS schools starting in MS. My DD spent half her day in dance classes by senior year. If you want to see examples, see if MCPS is doing a dance showcase this year. Usually it's in February at Blake HS. MS and HS are invited to participate. Not all choose to do so, but a lot do.
I would not count on dance or other specialized electives in MS sticking around once the state math minutes mandate kicks in in fall 2027, since students will likely not be able to take 2 electives anymore.
MCPS can do away w advisory and provide more math time that way. Now I realize that requires central office to use their brains, so what should be a completely obvious choice probably wont even be considered.
Anonymous
01/22/2026 21:54
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is this a thing? Parent of a 5th grader who loves to dance and dances outside of school- I had no idea dance is taught in ANY MCPS schools.
It's taught in many MCPS schools starting in MS. My DD spent half her day in dance classes by senior year. If you want to see examples, see if MCPS is doing a dance showcase this year. Usually it's in February at Blake HS. MS and HS are invited to participate. Not all choose to do so, but a lot do.
I would not count on dance or other specialized electives in MS sticking around once the state math minutes mandate kicks in in fall 2027, since students will likely not be able to take 2 electives anymore.
Anonymous
01/22/2026 21:42
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:These are the dance classses offered at Einstein:
Dance Courses
Dance As Physical Education (PE Credit)
Dance As A Fine Art
Dance 2
Dance 3
Choreography
IB Dance I & II
Junior Dance Company (Dance 3)**
Dance Company**
Teaching Assistant/Internship in Dance
**Audition only ensemble
For course descriptions and recommended course sequence - Click HERE
Extracurricular
National Honor Society for Dance Arts
Choreography Club (Spring Semester)
Titanes Salseros ( Latin Competitive Dance Team
AEHS TItan Poms - Competitive Jazz, Hip Hop and Pom Team
More info can be found at AEHSVAPA dot org
And Einstein Poms is D3 this year.
Division 3? They really need to bring back the former coach. Dropping from Division 1 to Division 3 is a serious decline. Given Einstein’s resources and deep alumni support, this is unacceptable—they should have hired someone capable of stepping into such big shoes.
They don’t have huge resources. And, it depends more on the kids than coach.
Anonymous
01/22/2026 20:57
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Einstein hands down. The program is AMAZING. I didn't even know Northwood had dance if that tells you anything.
1+ I’m sure Northwood has a fine program but Einstein has been a big help for my child development in dance.
Anonymous
01/22/2026 09:29
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:These are the dance classses offered at Einstein:
Dance Courses
Dance As Physical Education (PE Credit)
Dance As A Fine Art
Dance 2
Dance 3
Choreography
IB Dance I & II
Junior Dance Company (Dance 3)**
Dance Company**
Teaching Assistant/Internship in Dance
**Audition only ensemble
For course descriptions and recommended course sequence - Click HERE
Extracurricular
National Honor Society for Dance Arts
Choreography Club (Spring Semester)
Titanes Salseros ( Latin Competitive Dance Team
AEHS TItan Poms - Competitive Jazz, Hip Hop and Pom Team
More info can be found at AEHSVAPA dot org
And Einstein Poms is D3 this year.
Division 3? They really need to bring back the former coach. Dropping from Division 1 to Division 3 is a serious decline. Given Einstein’s resources and deep alumni support, this is unacceptable—they should have hired someone capable of stepping into such big shoes.
Anonymous
01/22/2026 07:46
Subject: Einstein or Northwood (For Dance)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which school follows copyright laws to record and sell recordings of the performances?
I don’t think any sell the recordings. Never seen that.
Then why did I get an email with a link to purchase the Winter Dance and Instrumental Concert video for $15?
I also don’t think any of these schools secure copyright permission to charge admission to performances.