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Anonymous wrote:1) My DC and the rest of the kids from YY get PE in Chinese.

2) My DC got some levels moved because the teacher recommendations did not match his performance on the assessments and in class. I was told that they gave all the kids assessments in math and moved them up if they scored above a certain level.

Well, my 6th grader gets PE in English. On further inquiry, it appears there are only 2 Yu Ying kids in that PE class. Weird!

Anonymous wrote:1) My DC and the rest of the kids from YY get PE in Chinese.

2) My DC got some levels moved because the teacher recommendations did not match his performance on the assessments and in class. I was told that they gave all the kids assessments in math and moved them up if they scored above a certain level.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, dear, but they voice them to the school, not DCUM. And they also don't call people "assholes".

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Anonymous wrote:yes. the school does its own assessments at the beginning of the year for math, english, and language, so there are changes to the kids' schedules who need placement changes (6th graders and new students mostly). this is also why you're seeing less homework right now.
once classes are stabilized it starts coming on. my 7th grader (who was there last year) has had about 1 hour of homework per night plus reading, and homework over the weekend thus far this year.

Why on earth wouldn't they do this over the summer? Seems nearly a month of school has been lost.

Because they don't know who is coming for sure, don't have staff to administer assessments over the summer (it's not a year-around school), and learning is not lost. It also gives teachers a chance to get to know kids and prevent improper recommendations from feeders or kids who don't test well but can actually do the work. God, you're high test!

Anonymous wrote:Yes, dear, but they voice them to the school, not DCUM. And they also don't call people "assholes".

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes. the school does its own assessments at the beginning of the year for math, english, and language, so there are changes to the kids' schedules who need placement changes (6th graders and new students mostly). this is also why you're seeing less homework right now.
once classes are stabilized it starts coming on. my 7th grader (who was there last year) has had about 1 hour of homework per night plus reading, and homework over the weekend thus far this year.

I don't know about this--my DD was placed in a lower math class, is totally disappointed at how easy it is, says teacher is always shocked at how far ahead she is, yet there's been no word about moving up.

Yes, dear, we're sure your precious snowflake is gifted. And DCUM is such a good place to vent your spleen and do something about this instead of talking to the school

What? I didn't say she is gifted. In fact, she is not--she is just in a math class that's too easy for her. You are an asshole.

And you are whiner and shit-stirrer, dear.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes. the school does its own assessments at the beginning of the year for math, english, and language, so there are changes to the kids' schedules who need placement changes (6th graders and new students mostly). this is also why you're seeing less homework right now.
once classes are stabilized it starts coming on. my 7th grader (who was there last year) has had about 1 hour of homework per night plus reading, and homework over the weekend thus far this year.

I don't know about this--my DD was placed in a lower math class, is totally disappointed at how easy it is, says teacher is always shocked at how far ahead she is, yet there's been no word about moving up.

Yes, dear, we're sure your precious snowflake is gifted. And DCUM is such a good place to vent your spleen and do something about this instead of talking to the school

What? I didn't say she is gifted. In fact, she is not--she is just in a math class that's too easy for her. You are an asshole.

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Anonymous wrote:How much of the immersion language does the students get on a typical day if they are coming from a feeder?

2-3 classes in 6th grade. 3 seems to be when a specials teacher is fluent in their language (e.g. the PE teacher conducts class in Mandarin for the children who came from YY; drama is in Spanish for the kids who came from a spanish immersion feeder.)

FWIW my DC says PE is conducted in English since kids from all feeder schools take it together.

Your DC is wrong. The upper level Chinese kids take PE in Chinese. Spanish does theater in Spanish and French does drama/art in French.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes. the school does its own assessments at the beginning of the year for math, english, and language, so there are changes to the kids' schedules who need placement changes (6th graders and new students mostly). this is also why you're seeing less homework right now.
once classes are stabilized it starts coming on. my 7th grader (who was there last year) has had about 1 hour of homework per night plus reading, and homework over the weekend thus far this year.

I don't know about this--my DD was placed in a lower math class, is totally disappointed at how easy it is, says teacher is always shocked at how far ahead she is, yet there's been no word about moving up.

Yes, dear, we're sure your precious snowflake is gifted. And DCUM is such a good place to vent your spleen and do something about this instead of talking to the school