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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 4, 2015 23:00:28 GMT
So I don't want to brag on Facebook.. but I am so excited for my daughter... I thought you all would let me brag. She is in 6th grade and has always been in a hippy dippy private school.. no testing. This year she is at a brand new charter school, and having to do more traditional education.. testing etc. She got the top score of all students in her grade on her English End of Grade Exam (State exam) over 100 students in her year... no one else scored as high as she did. She was so nervous about the test... I knew she was good at ELA but the results were a surprise to both of us... We were texting and I said I am so proud of you. She said I am to. Then I said I knew you would do good but not that good! She said I know me to. Then I had to say... TOO not To. She said I NO That! She can sing, act, dance, do English and laugh at her self!
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Post by leannec on Jun 4, 2015 23:11:33 GMT
Congratulations to her
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Post by DEX on Jun 4, 2015 23:14:51 GMT
Cute. Brag away.
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Post by gramasue on Jun 4, 2015 23:16:41 GMT
Congratulations to your daughter!
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Post by susans sister on Jun 4, 2015 23:17:04 GMT
Wow, she sounds like a smart girl who has a wonderful Mother.
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Post by scrapaddie on Jun 4, 2015 23:17:14 GMT
Just curious. What is a hippiy dippy private school? Is that good or bad? My DD went to a private school for grades seven through 12. She found the workload much greater and more challenging than she had had an public school. And, in our state, kids in private schools also have to take state exams She was in the first class that had to do it and have even had some of the courses because of the changing schools. Passed it with ease!
Oh yes, I forgot to say, congratulations.
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Post by nepean on Jun 4, 2015 23:20:44 GMT
Congrats!!!! you should be able to brag!
Vent: I am so tired of sports parents being able to brag and it being ok, but if we ever attempt to brag on our academic kids, then, oh no that is not ok. Makes me mad.
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on Jun 4, 2015 23:21:25 GMT
wow! That is awesome!! Kudos to your daughter!!
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Post by PLurker on Jun 4, 2015 23:24:44 GMT
Yay to your girl. And can I say "i luv her sassy text, u no?".
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Post by janeliz on Jun 4, 2015 23:24:55 GMT
That's exciting! Very cool.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 4, 2015 23:25:43 GMT
Just curious. What is a hippiy dippy private school? Is that good or bad? My DD went to a private school for grades seven through 12. She found the workload much greater and more challenging than she had had an public school. And, in our state, kids in private schools also have to take state exams She was in the first class that had to do it and have even had some of the courses because of the changing schools. Passed it with ease! Oh yes, I forgot to say, congratulations. The school she went to did not place a great emphasis on academics.. which is why I called it hippy dippy.. they did yoga every day and centering, opening and closing circle. It was a great place for her to be for a few years, but as she was heading to middle & high school I felt she needed more academics. They did not believe in having kids memorize anything.. so spelling, and math facts were not taught. So I really had no idea how she would do on a standardized test. I know she is a voracious reader and a great writer. So I thought she would do well, but not get the highest score in the whole grade. We don't have her math score, I know she won't be anywhere near the top of her grade level there. Her class in 5th grade did not get half way through the curriculum last year. She has a non verbal learning disability which makes math tough. This was a big success for her and she is so proud of herself which is the most important thing! It was not harder than where she is at this year. Not a lot easier either, just very different.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 4, 2015 23:26:09 GMT
Wow, she sounds like a smart girl who has a wonderful Mother. Thank you SS!
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Post by anonrefugee on Jun 4, 2015 23:27:11 GMT
Good going!!!
I'm another who's over kid brags on FB. I'm sure my long distance friends think my kids are wallpaper paste.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 4, 2015 23:27:19 GMT
Congrats!!!! you should be able to brag! Vent: I am so tired of sports parents being able to brag and it being ok, but if we ever attempt to brag on our academic kids, then, oh no that is not ok. Makes me mad. I know, I figure I brag on my daughter's singing.. mainly cause I am in awe as I can't sing a note. So I figure that's enough bragging!
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Post by J u l e e on Jun 4, 2015 23:28:32 GMT
Just curious. What is a hippiy dippy private school? That is fantastic. And I love your texting exchange! Not the OP and our hippy dippy private schools may not be the same at all, but she mentioned no testing. My daughter's school (a Montessori school) does not have testing or give grades until the 7th grade. They master material at their own level and are not compared by scores, etc. So not having ever been evaluated by testing scores, and scoring the highest of anyone else, is pretty cool - conventional opinion being that not being tested or scored may produce students who wouldn't achieve well when finally moving to an environment where testing was the norm. ETA - I could have just waited a bit for the OP. Typing while she was answering on her own!
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Post by scrapaddie on Jun 4, 2015 23:30:09 GMT
Just curious. What is a hippiy dippy private school? Is that good or bad? My DD went to a private school for grades seven through 12. She found the workload much greater and more challenging than she had had an public school. And, in our state, kids in private schools also have to take state exams She was in the first class that had to do it and have even had some of the courses because of the changing schools. Passed it with ease! Oh yes, I forgot to say, congratulations. The school she went to did not place a great emphasis on academics.. which is why I called it hippy dippy.. they did yoga every day and centering, opening and closing circle. It was a great place for her to be for a few years, but as she was heading to middle & high school I felt she needed more academics. They did not believe in having kids memorize anything.. so spelling, and math facts were not taught. So I really had no idea how she would do on a standardized test. I know she is a voracious reader and a great writer. So I thought she would do well, but not get the highest score in the whole grade. We don't have her math score, I know she won't be anywhere near the top of her grade level there. Her class in 5th grade did not get half way through the curriculum last year. She has a non verbal learning disability which makes math tough. This was a big success for her and she is so proud of herself which is the most important thing! It was not harder than where she is at this year. Not a lot easier either, just very different. That is a very strange school. Very hippiy dippy. As a schoolteacher, that would not fly with me. I'm glad your daughter is doing well in spite of that. We do have some schools in our area that sounds very similar. I do not agree with their philosophies.
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Post by caro on Jun 4, 2015 23:31:04 GMT
That's very exciting!! Congrats to her.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 4, 2015 23:41:33 GMT
The school she went to did not place a great emphasis on academics.. which is why I called it hippy dippy.. they did yoga every day and centering, opening and closing circle. It was a great place for her to be for a few years, but as she was heading to middle & high school I felt she needed more academics. They did not believe in having kids memorize anything.. so spelling, and math facts were not taught. So I really had no idea how she would do on a standardized test. I know she is a voracious reader and a great writer. So I thought she would do well, but not get the highest score in the whole grade. We don't have her math score, I know she won't be anywhere near the top of her grade level there. Her class in 5th grade did not get half way through the curriculum last year. She has a non verbal learning disability which makes math tough. This was a big success for her and she is so proud of herself which is the most important thing! It was not harder than where she is at this year. Not a lot easier either, just very different. That is a very strange school. Very hippiy dippy. As a schoolteacher, that would not fly with me. I'm glad your daughter is doing well in spite of that. We do have some schools in our area that sounds very similar. I do not agree with their philosophies. Its called the Rainbow Mountain school.. !!! It was the right place for her to be after moving countries and her Dad and I have a contentious divorce.... but it was time for her to move on!
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 4, 2015 23:44:01 GMT
Just curious. What is a hippiy dippy private school? That is fantastic. And I love your texting exchange! Not the OP and our hippy dippy private schools may not be the same at all, but she mentioned no testing. My daughter's school (a Montessori school) does not have testing or give grades until the 7th grade. They master material at their own level and are not compared by scores, etc. So not having ever been evaluated by testing scores, and scoring the highest of anyone else, is pretty cool - conventional opinion being that not being tested or scored may produce students who wouldn't achieve well when finally moving to an environment where testing was the norm. ETA - I could have just waited a bit for the OP. Typing while she was answering on her own! Her school was sort of a hybrid of Montessori, Waldorf, and Ashoka Changemaker school.
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Post by scrapaddie on Jun 4, 2015 23:48:19 GMT
That is a very strange school. Very hippiy dippy. As a schoolteacher, that would not fly with me. I'm glad your daughter is doing well in spite of that. We do have some schools in our area that sounds very similar. I do not agree with their philosophies. Its called the Rainbow Mountain school.. !!! It was the right place for her to be after moving countries and her Dad and I have a contentious divorce.... but it was time for her to move on! I am glad it worked for her. I'm kind of one of those rules people. I have to follow the rules. So schools like some of my friends i had their kids in (Montessori schools) just was not me . Heck! Bothered me that for the first three years of public school, there were no grades. Just satisfactory or needs improvement.
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Post by GiantsFan on Jun 4, 2015 23:53:38 GMT
Brag away.....
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jun 4, 2015 23:59:41 GMT
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jun 5, 2015 0:01:31 GMT
I'm another who's over kid brags on FB. I'm sure my long distance friends think my kids are wallpaper paste. Right? I always say people must think mine are trolls under a bridge, lol.
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Post by gotranch on Jun 5, 2015 0:27:55 GMT
Congratulations to your daughter! Love it when our kiddos do great. Just to be a devil's advocate... Maybe that hippy dippy school is just what she needed to get centered to achieve as well as she did.
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Post by keknj on Jun 5, 2015 0:31:57 GMT
Congratulations to your DD. That is totally awesome.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 5, 2015 0:38:57 GMT
Congratulations to your daughter! Love it when our kiddos do great. Just to be a devil's advocate... Maybe that hippy dippy school is just what she needed to get centered to achieve as well as she did. It was absolutely where she needed to be when she was there. But is was also time to move on! There are many things that she learned there that she would not have learned at a non hippy dippy school!!
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Jun 5, 2015 0:56:38 GMT
I can tell how excited and proud you are and rightfully so. Congratulations!
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Post by alittleintrepid on Jun 5, 2015 1:30:11 GMT
Great job ktdoesntscrap's daughter!
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 5, 2015 3:46:26 GMT
I said I am so proud of you. She said I am to. Then I said I knew you would do good but not that good! She said I know me to. Then I had to say... TOO not To. She said I NO That! Haha, that's funny! Congratulations to your DD, that's quite an achievment.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 5, 2015 5:48:49 GMT
Amazing accomplishment for her!
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