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My rising 6th grader has been offered spots at Pritzker’s RGC and Oscar Mayer.
On paper, Oscar Mayer’s reading and math proficiency scores are much higher than Pritzker’s but that’s not an apples to apples comparison because Pritzker’s reported scores are for their RGC and neighborhood combined. I am trying to determine Pritzker RGC’s score in isolation.
Can anyone provide an insight into either or both of these schools? How many end up going to to ACs or SEHS?
Based on whatever you know, which of these would you choose?
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My daughter goes to Pritzker RGC but only in K so can’t specifically answer for upper grades. There is an Open House tomorrow at 10AM if you are interested.
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hi @Himama, would it be okay for me to connect with you? My son got accepted into Pritzker RGC entering first grade. We are going to open house tomorrow, but I think we will most likely accept the offer 🙂 I would like to get to know students/parents in the current K class, since my son will be the newbie, I’m hoping to help him adjust as much as I can. My email is [email protected] Thank you!
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Sharing my thoughts as I moved my 6th grader to an RGC last year. However, I don’t have first hand experience with Pritzker RGC, but a different one. If the goal to move your child out of the current school is for them to be more challenged and learn at higher level, you might want to consider RGC as they automatically go with 1-2 years ahead in the program. You might have checked their curriculum online already… With Mayer – you’d need to find out if and how they differentiate ( if they do, will they determine that in the beginning of the school year and place your child accordingly or will that happen at later time ? ) Something to consider… good luck!
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I’ll offer my two cents as a RGC parent. They won’t automatically start teaching your child at a grade or two level ahead. There is differentiation based on assessments taken at the beginning of the year. So they’ll pick up where your other school left off. Sometimes there might be opportunities to move along faster? But other times, teachers keep the groups of leveled reading/math kind of stagnate. I have seen only mild movement within the groups in my years at school. When there is movement, often it’s due to a big investment their parents took to tutor in summer or evenings. Look at the growth scores, often SEES schools don’t exactly demonstrate growth at the rate magnets and other schools do. I would also take into account what your child is mostly motivated to do. Are they super academically motivated? Do they like extra-curriculars? Do you need transportation? How badly? Would they enjoy peers who are very accelerated? I’m told Mayer will challenge kids and offer acceleration. I don’t know what type of SEHS prep exactly they try and do, but students have left the school for SEHS.
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Interesting, they must differ then based on the school. My child was not given any diagnostic tests when he joined in 6th grade and went with RGC program with the whole class, i.e. 7th grade math in 6th RGC class, etc… again, definitely something to investigate at specific school.
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@CPSMom 2 and @Two cents – did you feel your kiddos had to catch up when entering an RGC at a later grade?
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My son was taking 6th grade math in 5th grade in previous school, so that helped him to fit right in. I checked the curriculum before I moved him to ensure he’s not behind or missing much. Having said that, yes on few occasions he mentioned that there were things he didn’t get ( not just math ) and teachers said they cover them last year. His friends and teachers explained the missing pieces 🙂 and he was fine.
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Thanks! I have a 2nd grader at our neighborhood school and a K at an Options program. I was wondering if I keep testing her or just leave it be. And if I did and she does get in, would she be so far behind and would I be setting her up to fail?
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You could likely just ask the sixth grade options teacher how they do assessments? What they’ll be doing upon entry? We’ve never transferred at a later grade, just going off of experience
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Thank you for these thoughts everyone! Good things to consider! Two cents, can you let me know if what you experienced was at Pritzker in particular?
Thanks!
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Nope. It was not.
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