Anonymous wrote: I actually have experience via a summer camp with the Quest program at the link. I have no idea if that’s what DCPS is doing or if the name similarity is merely a coincidence, BUT that program was gamified math but NOT delivered via screens. It was set up more like some giant escape room if that makes sense.

my question is WHY does it even need to be gamified for high achieving kids? These are kids that like math, are good at math, and get math. There's no need for gamification at all. Now - if this is like "puzzle" competition math that's different, where you use logical thinking to get to a solution. But it's not chasing points and creating characters.

Looking at the list of schools that feed to the program my kid would attend, I’m skeptical they’ll have enough kids if the standards are actually high. Lots of the schools report 0-2 5s on CAPE and that’s a much lower standard. Maybe they could make a real cohort if every qualified kid attended, but at 20-25% uptake max? They’ll have like 5 kids?

I actually have experience via a summer camp with the Quest program at the link. I have no idea if that’s what DCPS is doing or if the name similarity is merely a coincidence, BUT that program was gamified math but NOT delivered via screens. It was set up more like some giant escape room if that makes sense.

If that is the case, and people won't sign up because it's EdTech, it would be great to write about your concerns and refusal and cc the principal of your school and whoever else up top that's making the decisions to spend the money on these tech programs. They need to start hearing from parents en masse.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, if it’s EdTech than I’m looking forward to writing a long email for why we decline the program. But we also would do a few weeks if it’s not computer based. (Look on elementary school forum EdTech thread)

Someone up thread posted this link and if this is it, then it’s screens and gaming.

https://www.98thpercentile.com/blog/how-math-quest-programs-inspire-a-love-for-mathematics

If this is what is it, absolutely not signing up.

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Anonymous wrote:So where are the locations of the camp? That will tell you alot.

They are the same as the normal summer school sites, probably co-located. https://dcpsstrong.com/es-summer-school/

Raymond, Noyes, John Lewis, CW Harris and Boone.

Kids are assigned to locations based on their current school. You can see the list of which schools feed to which summer school location in that link. So Raymond is the site for schools like Ross, Hyde Addison, Janney, Mann, Eaton, also lots of others in "lower NW" like Garrison, Seaton, Marie Reed...

Well there you go. Same schools as extended summer school and ESL support. Nothing WOTP.

Yea, not targeting UMC families

OK! we're UMC and will go if it's possible to opt in for 2 or 3 weeks. I would be more than happy for my child to spend that time with any other student who is able to work 3 grade levels up in math, regardless of their HHI status.

They are not going to be able to accommodate specific levels or needs. I suspect it’s going to be Edtech and computer based acceleration but who knows.

I'm going to bet it's neither EdTech nor acceleration (these kids wouldn't not benefit from further acceleration.) I also think they will have all of these advanced math students in a room together, so who cares if there are remedial summer school programs happening on the same campus?

Again, we are getting more information in an email this week. All questions will be answered soon. Our school also doesn't know any of the details yet. But our AP seemed to think it wouldnt be computer based.

Anonymous wrote:Well, if it’s EdTech than I’m looking forward to writing a long email for why we decline the program. But we also would do a few weeks if it’s not computer based. (Look on elementary school forum EdTech thread)

Someone up thread posted this link and if this is it, then it’s screens and gaming.

https://www.98thpercentile.com/blog/how-math-quest-programs-inspire-a-love-for-mathematics

Well, if it’s EdTech than I’m looking forward to writing a long email for why we decline the program. But we also would do a few weeks if it’s not computer based. (Look on elementary school forum EdTech thread)

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Anonymous wrote:So where are the locations of the camp? That will tell you alot.

They are the same as the normal summer school sites, probably co-located. https://dcpsstrong.com/es-summer-school/

Raymond, Noyes, John Lewis, CW Harris and Boone.

Kids are assigned to locations based on their current school. You can see the list of which schools feed to which summer school location in that link. So Raymond is the site for schools like Ross, Hyde Addison, Janney, Mann, Eaton, also lots of others in "lower NW" like Garrison, Seaton, Marie Reed...

Well there you go. Same schools as extended summer school and ESL support. Nothing WOTP.

Yea, not targeting UMC families

OK! we're UMC and will go if it's possible to opt in for 2 or 3 weeks. I would be more than happy for my child to spend that time with any other student who is able to work 3 grade levels up in math, regardless of their HHI status.

They are not going to be able to accommodate specific levels or needs. I suspect it’s going to be Edtech and computer based acceleration but who knows.

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Anonymous wrote:So where are the locations of the camp? That will tell you alot.

They are the same as the normal summer school sites, probably co-located. https://dcpsstrong.com/es-summer-school/

Raymond, Noyes, John Lewis, CW Harris and Boone.

Kids are assigned to locations based on their current school. You can see the list of which schools feed to which summer school location in that link. So Raymond is the site for schools like Ross, Hyde Addison, Janney, Mann, Eaton, also lots of others in "lower NW" like Garrison, Seaton, Marie Reed...

Well there you go. Same schools as extended summer school and ESL support. Nothing WOTP.

Yea, not targeting UMC families

OK! we're UMC and will go if it's possible to opt in for 2 or 3 weeks. I would be more than happy for my child to spend that time with any other student who is able to work 3 grade levels up in math, regardless of their HHI status.

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Anonymous wrote:So where are the locations of the camp? That will tell you alot.

They are the same as the normal summer school sites, probably co-located. https://dcpsstrong.com/es-summer-school/

Raymond, Noyes, John Lewis, CW Harris and Boone.

Kids are assigned to locations based on their current school. You can see the list of which schools feed to which summer school location in that link. So Raymond is the site for schools like Ross, Hyde Addison, Janney, Mann, Eaton, also lots of others in "lower NW" like Garrison, Seaton, Marie Reed...

Well there you go. Same schools as extended summer school and ESL support. Nothing WOTP.

Yea, not targeting UMC families

Anonymous wrote:So where are the locations of the camp? That will tell you alot.

They are the same as the normal summer school sites, probably co-located. https://dcpsstrong.com/es-summer-school/

Raymond, Noyes, John Lewis, CW Harris and Boone.

Kids are assigned to locations based on their current school. You can see the list of which schools feed to which summer school location in that link. So Raymond is the site for schools like Ross, Hyde Addison, Janney, Mann, Eaton, also lots of others in "lower NW" like Garrison, Seaton, Marie Reed...

So where are the locations of the camp? That will tell you alot.

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the kids who got this attend a WOTP school? Just curious.

Yes. I know multiple kids who got it at my WOTP school.

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the kids who got this attend a WOTP school? Just curious.

Not from WOTP buy yes from Ross