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From YouTube: Parents Corner - September - 2017
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Kate Roos, The New Host Starting in October, Introduces an Encore Presentation about Magnet Programs
A
B
So
I'm
the
magnet
program
teacher
specialist
that
means
that
I
work
on
recruitment
with
students
looking
at
them
from
grades,
we
recruit
in
grades,
5,
&
8
for
them
to
enter
into
the
magnet
programs
in
grade
6,
&
9
a
lot
of
recruitment.
We
do
encouragement,
we
talk
with
parents,
application
process
and
then,
finally,
after
everything
goes
to
a
lottery,
we
then
notify
the
parents
and
then
I
deal
with
the
parents
and
the
students
getting
them
in
and
thinking
about,
the
new.
A
B
So
a
magnet
program
is
a
specialized
programming
course
of
study.
That
means
that
maybe
at
a
school,
that's
not
the
same
as
the
child's
home
school.
So
it's
a
way
it's
part
of
the
programs
of
choice
and
so
way
for
the
students
to
make
decisions
about
their
future,
studying
a
different
curriculum
different
from
their
own.
So
that's
what,
in
general,
what
a
magnet
program
is
here,
and
so
we
solicit
applications
for
students
in
the
follow
their
5th
and
8th
grade
for
entry
integrates
6
&
9.
The
International
Baccalaureate
program
has
a
special
part
of
it.
B
B
B
B
Pba
right
so
the
stem
and
biomedical.
So
let's
take
it
in
high
school.
There
are
four
programs
in
middle
school.
There
are
three
the
four
programs
of
the
biomedical
stem
program.
So
it's
a
stem
program
just
with
a
biomedical
twist
or
bent
the
other
stem
programs,
and
those
are
three
different
high
schools.
The
biomedical
program
is
at
Glen
Burnie
high
school.
The
STEM
program
in
the
northern
part
of
the
county
is
North,
County,
High
School
and
then
it's
South
River
for
the
southern
part
of
the
county.
B
Those
are
the
three
stem
schools
for
high
school
for
the
middle
school.
It
divided
equally,
so
it's
central
middle
school
and
then
it's
at
Ulm
in
middle
South
and
then
Lindale
Middle
School
for
the
northern
part
of
the
county.
So
that's
stem
going
now
to
the
International
Baccalaureate.
There
are
three
at
the
high
school
and
three
of
the
middle
school.
The
three
high
schools
are
Annapolis
High
School
in
the
southern
part
of
the
county,
along
with
Annapolis
middle
school
for
the
middle
school
counterpart,
and
then
we
have
in
the
middle
part
of
the
county.
B
It's
Old
Mill
middle
north
and
Old
Mill
high
school
and
in
the
northwest
part
of
the
county.
It's
McArthur
middle
school
and
meet
high
school,
so
that's
International,
Baccalaureate
and
then
the
performing
visual
arts,
our
middle
school
and
high
school
at
the
northern
part
of
the
county.
It's
Brooklyn,
Park
southern
part,
it's
Bates
and
then
the
high
school
is
split.
It
depends
on
what
field
you're
going
into
if
it's
music
related
its
broad
neck,
high
school
non
music
goes
to
Annapolis
high
school.
B
B
This
is
the
parent
of
me
coming
out.
I
think
I
would
look
at
what
kind
of
child
I
have
with
the
child,
has
interests
in
and
has
a
commitment
to.
So
it's
it's
a
commitment,
we're
asking
the
child
and
a
magnet
program
to
commit
to
all
three
years
of
middle
school
and
all
four
of
high
school.
So
that
that's
you
know,
that's
sort
of
you
have
to
know
your
child
first
know
the
interests.
If
you
don't
know
what
you
want
to
do,
that's
the
chance
you
can
apply
to
more
than
one
magnet
program.
B
Then
you
have
a
more
discernment
process.
So
this
is
what
the
process
looks
like
in
the
fall
of
the
school
year.
We
invite
us,
we
we
come
to
the
schools
and
the
counselors
talk
to
the
students
about
hey
here's,
a
magnet
program
for
you
we'd,
like
you
to
think
about
it
right
and
so
in
october/november
the
students
apply,
and
then
we
go
through
a
discernment
process.
We
evaluate,
if
they're
eligible
for
PVA,
for
performing
visual
arts.
They
go
through
an
audition
process.
B
Otherwise,
it
may
or
may
not
require
an
interview
for
the
non
PVA
and
then
they
apply
and
then
everything
goes
to
a
lottery.
It's
we
are
in
and
Rhoda
County
Public
Schools
were
unique.
We
use
a
non
weighted
lottery,
so
that
means
at
once
everyone
is
once
a
child
is
eligible.
He
goes
into
the
pool,
so
all
children
are
eligible,
go
into
the
same
pool
and
there's
nothing
marked
in
any
way.
It's
a
randomized
and
unweighted
lottery,
and
then
we
notify
the
parents
in
the
spring.
B
So
it's
a
it's
a
year-long
process
and
the
discernment
process
could
even
start
as
early
as
so
as
I
said
before
we
we
accept
applications
in
fifth
and
eighth
grade.
It
starts
in
4th
and
7th
and
in
the
spring
of
every
4th
and
7th
grade,
we
ask
the
students
to
come
to
a
location,
to
learn
about,
what's
going
to
be
coming
up
in
the
fall,
so
they
have
a
couple
of
months
ahead
of
time.
The
difference
is
that
they
change
grades.
You
know
so.
B
Fourth,
graders
and
seventh
graders
become
rising
5th
and
8th
graders
and
then
the
fall.
The
process
starts
again
so
that
that
and
the
reason
is
we
wanted
to
provide
opportunities.
It's
part
of
the
programs
of
choice.
You
have
a
choice
to
go
to
your
home
school,
which
is
fine
or
choose
one
of
these
other
options.
For
you
sure.
A
And
if
you
do
choose
to
go
to
a
magnet
school
and
row
your
children,
or
do
you
still
get
a
well-rounded
education
things
like
if
you
would
go
into
the
STEM
program,
you
still
are
exposed
to
culture
and
the
arts
and
physical
education
and
all
of
that,
but
but
in
just
a
more
focus
on
the
stem
classes.
Is
that
how
it
works?
Sure.
B
So
you
have
to
graduate
from
a
you
know:
we
have
to
prepare
you
in
middle
school
for
graduation
from
high
school,
so
you
have
to
graduate
from
a
comprehensive
high
school
at
some
point
right.
This
is
just
a
specialized
curriculum
of
courses
of
study,
so
you
get
some
things
that
are
different,
but
you
have
to
get
everything
to
meet
graduation
requirements.
So
you
still
get
it
there's
still
opportunities
to
take
advanced
placement
courses.
You
can
still
participate
in
after-school
activities.
I
mean
that
is
so.
B
Individually,
absolutely
so
it's
you
know,
you
get
you
get
some
intensive
training
in
there
purchase
and
ease
also
for
the
students
that
don't
participate
in
a
magnet
program.
Almost
every
school
has
some
sort
of
co-curricular
activities.
That's
the
term
we
use
for
after-school
activities,
that's
a
way
for
students
to
get
involved
if
they
didn't
want
to
be
coming
solved
in
a
magnet
program.
So
that's
another
way
for
them
to
see
what's
out
there.
So
there
are
lots
of
rich
art
activities
in
the
county.
B
So
if
you're
looking
at
an
International,
Baccalaureate
Education,
it's
looking
at
your
place
in
the
universe,
so,
let's
just
take
it
locally.
First,
a
student
is
saying:
okay,
how
do
I
connect
all
the
dots
among
all
my
courses
that
I
have
now
that's
one
of
the
ways
what
impact
am
I
going
to
have
on
society
locally
and
then
globally?
How
am
I
going
to
become
a
citizen
of
the
unit
of
the
of
the
world
in
the
future?
So,
if
you're,
looking
at
it
from
my
standpoint,
this
is
a
parent
standpoint.
B
Now
I
get
to
understand
about
different
cultures,
I
make
connections
among
all
my
courses
and
among
peoples
that
were
how
are
we
alike?
How
are
we
different
and
it's
having
into
inquiry?
How
are
we
thinking
so,
if
you're,
if
you're
interested
in
developing
a
child,
is
critical,
thinking
and
sort
of
you
know
delving
into
how
do
I,
what
do
I
think
about
how
do
I
think
what
is
it?
What
is
it
that
I'm
going
to
do
for
the
universe
in
my
future?
That's
an
International
Baccalaureate
education
also.
B
Also,
looking
at
more
foreign
language
for
the
students,
more
social
studies,
that's
the
kind
of
thing
we're
looking
for
in
all
magnets
and
also
increasing
the
increasing
the
ability
for
the
students
to
connect
everything
together.
So
it's
this,
isn't
a
college
major
we're
still.
You
know
they're
still
in
middle
school
and
going
into
high
school.
We
want
to
get
them
well-rounded
anyway,
but
this
is
an
opportunity
for
them.
This
is
an
opportunity
that
exists
now
that
didn't
a
few
years
ago.
B
A
B
So
let
me
talk
to
this
past
year.
Parcc
scores
were
not
released
yet
and
we
didn't
have
a
baseline
for
PARCC
scores.
We
couldn't
use
them,
that's
the
standardized
testing
they
use
in
Maryland
this
year
we
used
grades
and
so
a
couple
different
pathways.
So,
let's
just
say
a
student
is
a
great
student.
That's
good!
We
know,
we've
seen
the
grades,
not
a
problem
if
a
student
had
a
rough
year
and
we
look
at
4th
and
7th
grade
grades
for
them
that
a
rough
year,
so
something
could
have
happened.
B
We
don't
know
what
that
is.
We
you
know
that
meets
a
minimum
requirement.
After
all,
they
have
to
graduate
from
a
high
school.
We
want
them
to
graduate.
You
know
with
a
with
a
good
GPA
and
you
know,
help
them
grow
their
own
talents
and
skill
sets,
and
then
we,
you
know
we
look
at
them.
So
the
students,
for
example,
that
have
you
know,
let's
just
say,
between
a
2
5
and
a
3,
oh
and
the
scale
of
a
4.0
we'd
like
them
to
you
know
we
may
interview
them.
We
mask
for
recommendations.
B
We're
asking
them
to.
You
know
tell
us
what
happened
you
know.
What's
your
commitment
to
academics,
what's
your
commitment
to
the
magnet
program
so
that
we
use
grades
a
lot
right
now,
so
whatever
marks
I
got
in
the
year
before
that's
important,
so
the
one
piece
of
us
I
could
ever
get
the
parents's.
Please
support
your
children
and
that
they
do
well
and.
B
And
we
want
to
develop
their
interest
in
skills
and
get
to
know
your
child,
and
what
are
you
interested
in?
What
would
you
like
to
do
and
what
are
the
possibilities
that
you
have
open
to
you
right
for
high
school
there's
also
the
cat
center,
so
the
centers
of
Applied,
Technology,
north
and
south?
That's
another
part
of
the
puzzle.
They
could
go
as
a
clearer
exploration
and
grade
9
and
then
in
grade
10.
They
decide
they're
different
they're
different
pathways
or
what
they
want
to
study.
That's
another
part
of
the
programs
of
choice.
A
B
So
in
the
last
five
years
the
magnet
programs
are
more
diverse
in
the
county.
So
what
we
do
is
we
look
at
the
Maryland
report
card
and
that's
the
the
reporting
device
that
the
state
holds.
I
enter
on
the
county
reports
to
the
state,
and
then
we
look
at
the
sort
of
the
demographics
of
the
county.
So
we
look
at
for
poverty
and
for
the
other
demographics
right-
and
we
are
more
diverse
than
the
magnet
programs
in
the
county
is
so
it's
it's
holding
it's
great.
A
A
B
B
Parents
move
I'm
gonna,
you
know,
is
you
know,
Anne
Arundel
County
is
home
to
a
lot
of
military
families,
so
military
families
cannot
choose
when
they
go
and
where
they
go.
So
that's
that's
the
biggest
exit
we
have
out
of
it.
They
can
do
it
we'd
like
them
not
to,
though
we'd
like
to
support
them.
There
are
supports
available
for
students
that
may
find
some
academic
course
is
more
difficult,
but
we
have
supports
for
them,
but
we
thought
we'd
like
for
them
to
make
the
commitment
that
this
is
the
they
found
their
home.
Their
frontline.
A
B
B
So
the
Transportation
Office
does
a
great
job.
We
have
eighty
thousand
students
in
Anne
Arundel
County.
They
have
to
map
out
where
everyone's
going
to
where
everybody
lives
and
sort
of
work,
what
bus
stops
are
going
to
happen.
They
do
also
for
the
magnet
programs.
So
there
is
transportation,
provided
it's
usually
at
a
community
or
consolidated
bus.
Stop
that
may
not
be
the
normal
one
for
the
child,
like.
B
Something
like
that,
yeah
absolutely,
and
so
the
commitment
for
the
parents
is
to
get
the
child
to
the
tune
from
the
bus.
Stop.
Okay
and
that's
it.
So
it
depends
on
where
you
live
in.
In
August
of
every
year,
the
Transportation
Office
finally
looks
at
all
the
children
who
have
accepted
seats
right
and
then
they
look
at
the
addresses
and
then
they
pinpoint
where
the
best
bus
stops
for
the
entire
county.
So.
B
To
be
able
to
get
them
absolutely
in
the
notes,
it's
a
big
job
for
everybody,
so
the
parents,
big
job,
is
raising
the
children
right
incentive
to
us
and
thank
you,
the
transportation
up
as
though
is
80,000
children
I
mean
so
it's
like
one
big,
happy
family.
They
have
to
get
them
all
to
and
from
school
it's
an
amazing
job.
They
do
the
transportations
provided
and
just
you
know
it's
just
it's
a
massive
job,
as
you
might
understand,
understand
sure.
A
B
B
So
and
then
even
you
know,
suggested
the
parents
preparing
4th
and
7th
grade
like
how
am
I
going
to
support
you
to
do
well
this
year.
What
are
the
options?
Ask
the
counselors
in
the
school
they're
very
involved.
I
mean
the
counselors
are
my
best
colleagues,
because
they're
the
ones
that
have
the
constant
contact
with
the
children
in
the
schools,
and
you
know,
let's
just
say
it,
every
5,
5th
and
8th
grade
there's
5.
Now
there
are
5000
students
at
each
of
those
grades.
B
That's
a
lot
of
children
to
with
whom
to
have
contact
so
they're
the
best
bets,
but
I'd
started.
You
know,
even
you
know,
third
and
fourth
grade
looking
at
it.
Fourth
grade
is
definitely
supporting
it.
Fifth
grade
absolutely
getting
involved
same
thing
for
seventh
and
eighth,
you
know
so
it's
it's.
It's
a
multi-year
process
right,
and
so
it
has
great
rewards
and
benefits
for
the
children.
Yeah.