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refresh »[-]Someone talk me down...walked by ps 166 today and just about cried. I know the construction is temporary, but it's so horrible looking, feeling and smelling. Three men were hanging out under the overpass in front of the front door smoking. The smoke got all trapped under the scaffold and it stunk. Seems so dingy and I can tell DS is scared.[
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]please go elsewhere. can't you just move to the burbs? why would you go public in the city with this attitude and so many fears.
[ Reply | Options ]Don't know what you're saying. It's summer and school's closed. Construction workers sometimes smoke. These things are separate. PS166 is a lovely school. Is it because it's 166 and not say, Anderson, that you're nervous. Because FYI, Anderson is located across a troubled public high school.
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[-]Which jodi picoult book should I take on vacation with me? Vanishing acts, the tenth circle or keepign faith? TIA.
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[-]Question for private school moms (or ever better, from moms that have had kids in both private and public). IYO, what should I be doing to "supplement" next year, or what am I missing by going public, not private that I can fill in the gap? No flames or snarky responses, please. I'm just trying to do as much as I can to broaden my DD or whatever (if it matters, she's going to PS9G&T class for K next year). Thanks.
13 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]You might want to add some creative after school activities, like art or dance class.
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public school K is typically far more academic than private school K. So - I don't see where you would need to suppliment at all on academic front. Publics seem to lack in physical activity - so a class or two in something she likes would be fine. In both K's its much more about the social -
[ Reply | Options ]Public school mom here. You don't need to "supplement" her academics in any formal sense. You should simply expose her to things she might be interested in, over the course of her childhood--art classes, music lessons, sports, drama, whatever she likes. Not because she's in public school, but because that's what is good for kids. Also, kindergartners usually find kindergarten exhausting at first--I wouldn't sign up for any afterschool activities for the fall.
[ Reply | Options ]I have children at both public and private. In K-1 your DC is OK, but after 2nd grade the public DC starts lacking: Science, Geography, History, and Foreign Language.
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Someone talk me down...walked by ps 166 today and just about cried. I know the construction is temporary, but it's so horrible looking, feeling and smelling. Three men were hanging out under the overpass in front of the front door smoking. The smoke got all trapped under the scaffold and it stunk. Seems so dingy and I can tell DS is scared.
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PS9 is very academic, particularly the teacher who will likely teach the one class next year. It is also fairly enriched. I would say when dc was in K, they went on about 15+ field trips over the year, including museums, plays, concerts, dance, etc. The one thing I felt I needed to supplement was physical activity, especially in the winter months. the kids in the program learn a lot, and have a very good social experience, but the recess time can be cut with inclimate weather. there is a very good afterschool program, and plenty of options in the nabe. they also get spanish, chess, art/music 2x/week, etc. gym only 1x per week, recess 2x/day
[ Reply | Options ]PS 9 uses Everyday Math which sucks. At the K level, it may not matter much. But if she likes math, I'd so some simple addition and subtraction with her and makes sure she's starting to learn math facts, i.e., 4+3= 7; 6+2 = 8. If she doesn't like it, don't push it. You will need to supplement math starting in first grade. You will need to supplement grammar starting in 4th. You'd be well advised to supplement writing starting in 4th because the test prep ruins their writing. PS 9, like most publics these days in NYC, does not teach history or geography and the science is very simple. But for K, I don't think you need to be concerned or supplementing.
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[-]Do you know how many 1st graders have been accepted to Anderson? What was their score? Are they all siblings?
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OP: My DC got 99 but didn't get in by lottery. I want to try next year again. I just want to know how many spots are available usually(I know it is different, year by year). Thanks.
[ Reply | Options ]I don't know how many spots there were, but I can tell you that there were 3 new grade 1 students at orientation.
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it will likely vary from year to year depending on the number of sibs and if anyone leaves. figure 6-7 spots, and likely all 99s, except maybe sibs. doubt people are chatting about scores. you can always keep trying, I guess.
[ Reply | Options ]Do they take kids every year? Is it depends upon the openings? Or do they increase the class size?
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[-]There's a group of parents at PS199 who "investigates" suspicious addresses. They actually visit people. If fraud is found (i.e., address given is not primary residence) they call the Principal. Desperate times, call for desperate measures.
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[-]Did your dc cry a lot at home because prek had ended? Dc couldn't see friends/teachers anymore? Dc cried and said dc wants the old days to come back and doesn't want to go to Kindergarten anymore because of not seeing friends. I'm sad.
3 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]don't link (or de-link) end of preK and start of K. you don't want her rejecting K because of sad feelings about preK
[ Reply | Options ]yes my ds is sad - he is in camp now and so far seems to like it, but keeps asking when he will be going back to preschool. i feel bad for him. i guess it is hard for them to understand they won't be back. i think in his mind he doesn't get it. even though i told him after camp is k
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[-]How much do the kids and parents interact among Anderson/PS 9 G&T/ PS 9? Are the three gruops really as segregated as I hear?
21 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Anderson mom here. Anderson has separate classes, lunch & recess from PS9 so they don't really interact in school, but they are all together in afterschool. I interact with plenty of PS9 parents because there are many many families who have kids in both schools.
[ Reply | Options ]NP: I'm a new Anderson mom. Can you tell me what time the kindergarteners have lunch? Do they eat with the 1st graders? Also, how are the K teachers? What are they like? Warm/fuzzy, strict/formal? And if there was 1 thing you could change about the school, what would it be? Thanks!
[ Reply | Options ]Welcome! I am sure you will be very happy. I don't know what time the K'ers eat or if it's with the 1st graders. The K teachers are not the same ones as when my kids were in K, but I think they tend more toward warm fuzzy than strict formal. There are a couple of things I would change about the school (don't love Everyday Math) but mostly I love it.
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Can I say something. My child attends a different school, and I don't interact with any of the parents except the ones in my dc's class?? Why and when would I?
[ Reply | Options ]I certainly interact with parents from other grades in another school. There are all kinds of reasons and ways to meet parents. My child is in private school and perhaps this is more common in private. I've been surprised when I talked with friends who have kids in public schools and they don't know kids in their child's grade.
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Anderson is a different school that happens to be housed in the same building as PS 9.
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[-]So, according to UB Anderson, NEST, and PS9 moms are a bunch of nutties. How about LL moms? For being the best D2 G&T school it is rather quiet in UB land.
20 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]ps9 and LL have very nice families. I know many of them personally. the anderson moms are the most aggressive women on the planet. don't know about nest
[ Reply | Options ]I don't know too many Anderson moms... but they seem competitive and mean to one another, from what I've seen and heard. I hope for better for next year.
[ Reply | Options ]I know lots of Anderson moms and they're great - nice. low-key, fun people. But I would say that of moms I know in lots of schools (I'm lucky to know/be friends with nice people.) I've also met (but don't actually KNOW) moms at lots of schools, especially PS 9 where my dd is that are nuts, defensive, bitter people.
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LL admission criteria - 90 for sibs. Large school. People usually rank Anderson and NEST as top 2 for people who are interested in LL. PS9 only offered one class this year and after sibs, very few spots for non-sibs. So it was harder to get into PS9 as a non sib.
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[-]Poll: Who gets tutoring for their DCs? Why? What grade is DC in?
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I'm asking about both. It seems to me like a lot of people in DS's preschool are hiring tutors. I don't know why and am not comfortable askin. I was wondering why people would tutor such young children.
[ Reply | Options ]you know the answer. People hire tutors for preschool children as test prep for the admissions tests and onsites. If you are looking for a names - you won't get them here. You won't get them from contemporaries - you will need to find a good friend or coworker with older children who will tell you.
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