Liz also makes good points. There's nothing wrong with independent
schooling.
The music staffing at PAS, however, is incredible! Its orchestra is
breathtakingly daring. Mrs. Robin Muse rules!
Lea and Wilson get $500 per pupil from Penn. Vivianne Nachmias' devotion
and efforts are also legendary.
Central is a grueling commute. Furthermore, I have trouble with the
notion that any school like Masterman or Central, whcih filter out the
bottom 90%, totally meets the needs for college-prep education. Many
kids whose grades are around the 88th percentile, or even the 68th,
should still be thinking of college. They need a HS that'll help them
get there.
-- Tony West
Wilma makes some great points.
There should be QUALITY Public Education available for all children.
Art and Music and Foreign Language opportunities should be part of a
quality education.
At the High School level, Shop, Home Ec, Business and Culinary and
other Trade Skills should be an option.
Those who want extras, such as additional religious and moral
training, should pay for that, but should not be excluded from reentry
to Public High Schools or post K-12 opportunities that are designated
for "Public School" grads (especially when the Public School 'grads"
are culled from places like Masterman HS, which has tougher entry
statistics than Harvard University).
I have heard that the $1,000 / child PENN sends to the PENN Assisted
Sadie Alexander K-8 is used to pump up the Standardized Test scores
and none of those dollars support Art or Music Staffing. If this is
true, local parents should continue to explore the fine alternatives
available in UC.
I was very happy with the education that my children received at St.
Francis de Sales (a K-8 on 47th). This co-ed school has so many
minorities that its ultimate major seems to be "peaceful cooperation
across lines of class, color and culture). 3/4s of the kids at are
non-Catholic, and it seems like half of the kids are recent immigrants
or 1st generation Americans. There are opportunities to practice
diplomacy with every interaction and the School has first rate Art,
Music and Dance programs and award winning Sports Teams. The cost is
reasonable and the truly poor can find lots of Scholarship assistance.
Another fine school is the Spruce Hill Christian School on 42nd and
Baltimore. I was at a recent event that was packed with SHCA kids and
I was awed at their grace and good manners. Since my K-8 days are
behind me, I did not pause to check out their Test Scores, but for
those outside the Sadie Alexander Catchment and not adverse to
exposure to Christian Values this should be a "must visit" school.
Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with the Jubilee school
(42nd & Chester) or the Quaker style cooperative School at 47th and
Baltimore?
I have seen some wonderful inroads being made at Lea (public K-8 at
48th & Spruce). I think those I saw were private, volunteer efforts
by Dr. Vivian Nachmias and several compassionate ladies from the
Garden Court CA. Vivian is amazing and reminds me that even small
contributions can accumulate and lead to large results.
Lea and Wilson (K-5?, at 46th and Woodland) definitely need more
public support and private contributions
My son is a Junior at West Catholic High School, and is again part of
a Catholic minority. The school has a lot to offer, and is close
enough that he can participate in a variety of after school activities
(Track and Soccer, Chess and School Musicals) and still get home to
dinner. A Public School like Central has test based admission and the
commute could be as much as an hour, each way, for some local kids.
Statistically, very, very few make it into Masterman HS.
I wish we were a country that placed Food, Clothing, Shelter,
Education and the Arts above "Defense" and "Offense". Meanwhile I
encourage all to volunteer what the can, and to make informed VOTES in
every public election. For those who can afford it, schools both
Public and Private (and the students therein) benefit from designated
money contribution.
Best!
Liz
---------- Forwarded Message -- from Wilma DeSota --------
... there should NEVER be a prerequisite that poor children should
have to wait to garner any benefits from "middle-class" Whites
re-discovering Public Schools, that have received infusion from
corporations, universities or other institutions and re-entering the
School System.
The system CAN and SHOULD be funded equally ...
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