Anonymous
05/02/2024 19:18
Subject: Re:MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Any rumors on when MA will add more sports? This is all I see on the website:
Our Sports Offerings
Fall Sports
Varsity Girls Volleyball
Boys Cross Country
Girls Cross Country
JV Boys Soccer (club)
JV Girls Soccer (club)
Winter Sports
JV Boys Basketball
Coed Indoor Track
Spring Sports
Girls Tennis
Boys Tennis
Outdoor Track
Coed Golf
Any discussion if they will get a crew team? The proximity to the river and Fletcher’s Cove makes this a no-brainer.
A no brainer except how expensive a crew team is. Those boats cost a lot of money.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 17:55
Subject: Re:MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:
Any rumors on when MA will add more sports? This is all I see on the website:
Our Sports Offerings
Fall Sports
Varsity Girls Volleyball
Boys Cross Country
Girls Cross Country
JV Boys Soccer (club)
JV Girls Soccer (club)
Winter Sports
JV Boys Basketball
Coed Indoor Track
Spring Sports
Girls Tennis
Boys Tennis
Outdoor Track
Coed Golf
Any discussion if they will get a crew team? The proximity to the river and Fletcher’s Cove makes this a no-brainer.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 17:51
Subject: Re:MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Walls is no better for Spanish-speaking students. Not even sure if they're offering AP Spanish Lit next year. You really should consider DCI if you want to keep up robust language learning.
Walls will offer the class if enough students sign up for it. Just like any elective. But for robust language learning yes DCI of course is the best option.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 09:54
Subject: Re:MacArthur is the new Walls
Walls is no better for Spanish-speaking students. Not even sure if they're offering AP Spanish Lit next year. You really should consider DCI if you want to keep up robust language learning.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 09:29
Subject: Re:MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who Can Attend MacArthur
In-Boundary Students: MacArthur is the in-boundary neighborhood school for all students living in the Hardy Middle School boundary and is the destination high school for all students attending Hardy or one of Hardy’s feeder elementary schools. Students currently attending Hardy or those who live in-boundary will have a guaranteed right to attend MacArthur and can directly enroll beginning March 31, 2023. A My School DC application is not required. To find your in-boundary school, visit enrolldcps.dc.gov/node/41.
Other Ward 3 Students: MacArthur is interested in enrolling current students from Deal MS, Oyster-Adams EC, and Jackson-Reed HS (9th grade) to help alleviate overcrowding pressures at Jackson-Reed. Interested students will automatically receive a transfer preference through the lottery. For more information about the transfer preference, visit myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#faq-Transfer-preference.
District-Wide Students: All are welcome to apply! Students who do not attend Hardy MS or live outside of the MacArthur boundary can apply through the My School DC Lottery. Submit your high school application online at https://apply.myschooldc.dc.gov by February 1, 2023. For more information about applying to high school, visit myschooldc.org/how-apply/applying-high-school.
https://dcps.dc.gov/macarthur
If they want OA students they should offer more robust Spanish classes or an entire Spanish track.
I think that’s really unlikely. After OA, my son had to take Spanish 4 at Wilson (with no option to test out), then AP Spanish Lang, then AP Spanish Lit.
Spanish 4 and AP Lang were a total waste for a kid who did K-8 immersion.
Lit was a good class, and the teacher was wonderful and very tough on the immersion kids and native speakers in the class - she taught it as a literature class, not a language class.
JR has since back off the absurd requirement of a wasted year in Spanish 4, but that just means OA kids run out of classes after sophomore year rather than junior year.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 08:21
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
It's not so much positivity as it is a firm rejection of the often-times seemingly dominant undercurrent in DC of "no one can have what I can't have, so I will lie, cheat and steal to make sure it doesn't happen." It is such a sad, pathetic mentality that permeates many aspects of the culture here. (And I'm generally a fan of DC.)
Anonymous
05/02/2024 07:21
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:
I'm perplexed as to why some DCUM posters are trying to set up rivalries between the schools. There is enough competition and strife in life.
We are an IB family. Our kid is going to attend MacArthur next year as a 9th grader.
She attended the Open House. She liked that the school is small and that the vibe of the school seemed more welcoming than SWW or Banneker to her. She has the grades to qualify academically for those schools. She's graduating from a smaller charter school this year. We have been driving from Ward 3 to Ward 5 for MS for our kid because the public transportation options are pretty complicated.
We are grateful that there are many public educational options to chose from in DC. I agree that the commute may be challenging for OOB students. I hope that more regular bus service or a shuttle is able to be provided from Dupont and Foggy Bottom metro for the OOB students. Most Ward 3 parents will be able to carpool or their kids can bike, scooter or walk to the school.
Hope people are able to find the school that best suits their child- take care all.
I appreciate your positivity in this post. I think one thing to always keep in mind is that parents who have IB choices they consider acceptable have a backup plan. So when you do the lottery, you know if it doesn’t pan out you are okay with your HS. Many people don’t have that choice. Just food for thought.
Anonymous
05/01/2024 23:41
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
I'm perplexed as to why some DCUM posters are trying to set up rivalries between the schools. There is enough competition and strife in life.
We are an IB family. Our kid is going to attend MacArthur next year as a 9th grader.
She attended the Open House. She liked that the school is small and that the vibe of the school seemed more welcoming than SWW or Banneker to her. She has the grades to qualify academically for those schools. She's graduating from a smaller charter school this year. We have been driving from Ward 3 to Ward 5 for MS for our kid because the public transportation options are pretty complicated.
We are grateful that there are many public educational options to chose from in DC. I agree that the commute may be challenging for OOB students. I hope that more regular bus service or a shuttle is able to be provided from Dupont and Foggy Bottom metro for the OOB students. Most Ward 3 parents will be able to carpool or their kids can bike, scooter or walk to the school.
Hope people are able to find the school that best suits their child- take care all.
Anonymous
05/01/2024 18:18
Subject: Re:MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Who Can Attend MacArthur
In-Boundary Students: MacArthur is the in-boundary neighborhood school for all students living in the Hardy Middle School boundary and is the destination high school for all students attending Hardy or one of Hardy’s feeder elementary schools. Students currently attending Hardy or those who live in-boundary will have a guaranteed right to attend MacArthur and can directly enroll beginning March 31, 2023. A My School DC application is not required. To find your in-boundary school, visit enrolldcps.dc.gov/node/41.
Other Ward 3 Students: MacArthur is interested in enrolling current students from Deal MS, Oyster-Adams EC, and Jackson-Reed HS (9th grade) to help alleviate overcrowding pressures at Jackson-Reed. Interested students will automatically receive a transfer preference through the lottery. For more information about the transfer preference, visit myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#faq-Transfer-preference.
District-Wide Students: All are welcome to apply! Students who do not attend Hardy MS or live outside of the MacArthur boundary can apply through the My School DC Lottery. Submit your high school application online at https://apply.myschooldc.dc.gov by February 1, 2023. For more information about applying to high school, visit myschooldc.org/how-apply/applying-high-school.
https://dcps.dc.gov/macarthur
If they want OA students they should offer more robust Spanish classes or an entire Spanish track.
Anonymous
05/01/2024 17:04
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are in NE but getting closer on the waitlist. How do people from across the city get there? I would definitely need my kid to take public transportation.
Where in NE. The D6 goes from Stadium/Armory pretty much straight to MacArthur (with a stop at Union Station and in Chinatown if your kid is coming from Brookland or elsewhere in NE). But it takes an hour from RFK, probably still about that if you take metro to grab it closer to downtown.
A lot of kids take it though. Even kids from NW take it after school to get to Georgetown or connect to metro or a bus heading uptown.
NP but that is a hike. No wonder tardiness is so bad in DC.
There’s always an IB school one can “walk” to if tardiness is a concern.
Why is ‘walk’ in quotation marks? Anyway tardiness is obviously not a concern to the kids consistently tardy. But it is a concern or should be a concern to DCPS.
Anonymous
05/01/2024 13:03
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
Just stumbled across this thread. I don't know much about MacArthur, but I sincerely hope it does become another good option for DCPS high schools.
As to whether it will ever be the "new Walls", that's not a realistic goal. As a well established, academically selective high school, Walls gets far more applicants than they can accommodate every year. They only need to take high performing students with aspirations to attend college so they have a big head start on the usual measured things that are pointed as indicators of a successful high school. Things like standardized test scores, % of kids that go on to college, etc.
As to whether it will ever be the "new Walls", that's not a realistic goal. As a well established, academically selective high school, Walls gets far more applicants than they can accommodate every year. They only need to take high performing students with aspirations to attend college so they have a big head start on the usual measured things that are pointed as indicators of a successful high school. Things like standardized test scores, % of kids that go on to college, etc.
Anonymous
05/01/2024 03:59
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All it takes to build a top school is to fill it with children of parents who value education and who are expected to arrive prepared to learn each day. The rest will take care of itself. Seriously.
Seriously, no. If you think the affluence level of the parents magically creates a wonderful pedagogy and calm, organized school … you’re extremely naive. My kid has been enrolled in one of the “best” DCPS schools (full of affluent parents) and is currently enrolled in a DCPS you would run screaming from. The current school is MILES better than the “good” school.
State the schools and why it’s better?
Anonymous
05/01/2024 03:22
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are in NE but getting closer on the waitlist. How do people from across the city get there? I would definitely need my kid to take public transportation.
Where in NE. The D6 goes from Stadium/Armory pretty much straight to MacArthur (with a stop at Union Station and in Chinatown if your kid is coming from Brookland or elsewhere in NE). But it takes an hour from RFK, probably still about that if you take metro to grab it closer to downtown.
A lot of kids take it though. Even kids from NW take it after school to get to Georgetown or connect to metro or a bus heading uptown.
NP but that is a hike. No wonder tardiness is so bad in DC.
There’s always an IB school one can “walk” to if tardiness is a concern.
Anonymous
04/30/2024 18:42
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All it takes to build a top school is to fill it with children of parents who value education and who are expected to arrive prepared to learn each day. The rest will take care of itself. Seriously.
Seriously, no. If you think the affluence level of the parents magically creates a wonderful pedagogy and calm, organized school … you’re extremely naive. My kid has been enrolled in one of the “best” DCPS schools (full of affluent parents) and is currently enrolled in a DCPS you would run screaming from. The current school is MILES better than the “good” school.
Sounds like Ward 6, not Ward 3.
y’all aren’t super happy about Janney and were apoplectic about Hardy last year …
You see that referencing Hardy last year helps prove the point about MHS becoming a top school, right? Last year, Hardy did not function as it should. The parents saw this, and took strong, decisive, and ultimately effective steps to correct the situation. Necessary and worthy steps. Hardy still has distance to cover to reach its full potential, but the difference between this year and last year is palpable.
For better or worse, being a school leader in Ward 3 puts you under a microscope. If things go astray, the parents will know and the parents will jump into action. (This is actually something that the principal at MHS understood immediately and deeply. A conversation happened with the then-incoming principal about the challenges of being a principal in Ward 3. He listened and understood the potential pitfalls. He then reflected briefly and said, while he's sure there will be challenges and frustrations that he cannot foresee, he's also excited to have a parent body so vested in their children's education. He'd never had that and was looking forward to having people willing and, in some cases, able to move mountains pushing and pulling in the same direction he was. That sober maturity is going to help make MHS stellar.)
Lol. I mean I hope the school thrives, but you are FULL of yourself. You remind me of the PK3 PTA moms so sure they could run the school.
Anonymous
04/30/2024 18:41
Subject: MacArthur is the new Walls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All it takes to build a top school is to fill it with children of parents who value education and who are expected to arrive prepared to learn each day. The rest will take care of itself. Seriously.
Seriously, no. If you think the affluence level of the parents magically creates a wonderful pedagogy and calm, organized school … you’re extremely naive. My kid has been enrolled in one of the “best” DCPS schools (full of affluent parents) and is currently enrolled in a DCPS you would run screaming from. The current school is MILES better than the “good” school.
Sounds like Ward 6, not Ward 3.
y’all aren’t super happy about Janney and were apoplectic about Hardy last year …
You see that referencing Hardy last year helps prove the point about MHS becoming a top school, right? Last year, Hardy did not function as it should. The parents saw this, and took strong, decisive, and ultimately effective steps to correct the situation. Necessary and worthy steps. Hardy still has distance to cover to reach its full potential, but the difference between this year and last year is palpable.
For better or worse, being a school leader in Ward 3 puts you under a microscope. If things go astray, the parents will know and the parents will jump into action. (This is actually something that the principal at MHS understood immediately and deeply. A conversation happened with the then-incoming principal about the challenges of being a principal in Ward 3. He listened and understood the potential pitfalls. He then reflected briefly and said, while he's sure there will be challenges and frustrations that he cannot foresee, he's also excited to have a parent body so vested in their children's education. He'd never had that and was looking forward to having people willing and, in some cases, able to move mountains pushing and pulling in the same direction he was. That sober maturity is going to help make MHS stellar.)
He did not say that.
Seriously! I doubt the man said that.