HCS Information Exchange

Dear Parent/Guardian:

Hi,

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Can anyone please recommend a violin teacher for a beginner in fairfax/vienna/mclean area?

Any one can recommend a good SAT writing class in the
chantilly/fairfax area?

Thanks a lot.

The attached file is provided by a HCS parent. It talks about the amount of pressure highschool students in US are facing. As a parent of a high school junior at TJ, I can't agree with it more.

The following information is by courtesy of XIAO Wei, a HCS parent.

AMC stands for American Mathematics Contest. Below are some of my key points about the AMC contests, which are very confusing for students and parents alike. You can find more details at AMC's website.

1. AMC offers the following contests:

top 1%
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| top 5% |
AMC 8 -> AMC 10 -> AMC 12 ----------------------> AIME -> USAMO ->MOSP -> IMO

Hi, our family just relocated to McLean. My 13 years old daughter wants to resume her private violin lesson ASAP. She is at an advanced level. Can anyone recommend a good violin teacher here?

There has been a lot of discussions about the fairness of Fairfax's grading system. Fairgrade is an organization that tries to make the grading system more fair. Recently, there is some new development of the process, and Fairgrade made a statement regarding FCPS Superintendent's recommendations (see below). I created this forum for those of us who like to share opinions with the community.

The following is the Fairgrade's statement.
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