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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 8179846" data-attributes="member: 83242">Well, my sons went to a STEM school, So yes they explained it to everyone and every child and parent was aware what it means.From talking to parents,  many chose the school because it was a STEM school and had prior knowledge of the term. I can't speak to others experience, only my own.EDIT for [USER=6906155]@Paul Farquhar[/USER]: some parents also chose it because it was also an early college, accelerated, mastery based middle / high school as well.  In an effort to abide by your guidelines I will explain those terms:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Early college: You can take college classes as a high school (HS) student.  This is common now, but my sons school is still a bit unique.  In theory a student can take call their required high school credits by the end of their 2nd year of high school and then take the majority of the remainder of their classes at the local University (most HS students take the classes at their high school), My sons' HS is actually on the University campus, so they took the classes with college students in the same class rooms with the same professors. My youngest is graduating from HS with 2 yrs worth of college credits from a major state University. That was a draw for some people (college credits), but not so much for us. The ability to take high-level math / college courses was the benefit for us.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mastery: The master system is such that you must pass a class, an HS or MS (Middle School) class, with an "A," before you receive credit for the class. If you don't on the first try to remediate your work until it is an "A," or take the class again.  This requirement prevented some students from achieve the full potential of the early college as it took them longer than 2 years to complete the HS course work.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Accelerated: Each MS and HS class is taught at an accelerated pace. You get a years worth of chemistry (or whatever) in half a year.  This was the basis of finishing HS course work in 2 years vs 4 and allowing students to maximize the college coursework.</li> </ol>I hope my explanation of this jargon was satisfactory.EDIT 2: I just realized middle school and high school mean different things to different people. So in this context:Elementary School: Sometimes called Primary School / Education. Grades 1-5 or 6.  Starting from around age 5 and ending around age 10-12Middle School: Sometimes, with High School, called Secondary School / Education. grades 6-8 or grades 7 & 8. This varies in the US. ending are about age 13-14.High School: Sometimes, with Middle School, called Secondary School / Educationgrades 9-12. end at about the age 17-18.</blockquote>

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