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What a sad story. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/kevin-693420-zhou-boy.html This is the second news I heard that kids are hit by cars. My kid's classmate was hit by a car a few weeks ago while riding skateboard to school. But he was much more lucky. He got bruised collarbone and broken...

Gang is the pronunciation of his Chinese first name. It is nothing to do with  ?gangs?. Gang Chen is one of the leaders of anti-cemetery.  That is a reason why he wanted to be a mayor candidate. His daughter is the same age as my older one. Therefore I have chance to talk to him once in an...

Out of curiosity, can you give out more examples why the competition is too much? Or Stonegate is much more competitive than our schools in south Irvine? Our school usually requires <30 min daily homework and extra reading time. At back to school night, the teachers usually hint that they can...

Scores of some high schools' 11th grade: Oxford Academy  English 97 Math 96 Troy high: 89 78 Whitney high: 98 98 (WOW) Uni High: 74 68 Northwood High: 86 78 Woodbridge: 79 66 Irvine: 68 56

There is entrance examination for Oxford Academy. Usually high schools with special admissions will outperform others in API.

Finally got the textbook for enhanced math 1. It is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Integrated Mathematics Volume1. Not the pearson one.

At Culverdale, there are ELD 1 classes. That is why Culverdale has lower API. Check greatschool, you can see how many ELD students.

Check Pearson common core integrated math series. At the Q&A of math pathway conference, one teacher said they were reviewing this series. But it was not finalized. My kid is also going to take math 1. We will know next week.

For electronic piano, go to costco. For non-electronic one, you can try keyboard concepts. If you can wait and know how to select, you can wait for pianos retired from UCI or IVC (though used, the condition usually is still very good).

My kids did not take any tests before since all my friends told me not to have any languages other than English in the record. As I heard, during the test, a Chinese native speaking lady will be sent out. She will speak simple Chinese and English to your kids and kids are expected to answer in...

This is from her daughter (a uni student). It should be correct. The number 6 can be found from UNI website now.

Someone just told me that Uni has 6 Harvard admission this year. 4 are Asians. Other 2 are unknown.

Those are gossip between orchestra parents after seeing so many star students in Irvine. Consultants will not get paid by gossip. They make money by "decorating" kids.

Yes, they will organize everything for you. So  parents can start anytime even as early as 6th grade. But some activities will charge extra. 20 years ago my (white) classmate told me he spent 4.5K for this kind of service. It is real inflation.

Though my kids are 6th and 4th grade now, I joined a lot of seminars already. The typical price range for consulting service is about 20K ~ 25K if starting from 8th grade summer, around 12K if starting from 10th grade summer. Yes, it is very expensive.

Lives is 1-2 seconds away. Last Friday, I tried to make left turn to sand canyon near woodbury. Since I was talking to my kids, I slowly moved a few seconds after the left turn light contrary to my usual way. And I did see the cars stop at sand canyon. When I just passed the divider, a coupe...

That matches what I heard. Take Spanish as second language. Take sports outside golf, tennis ans swimming. Choose music instruments for marching band (probably too many kids already). Do not emphasize on careers as doctors or engineers.  

Oak Creek started around 1998. Why would WHS lose excellence? I have friends and coworkers with kids going to different high schools. One family have two boys going to woodbridge and then Ivy league. One family has their daughter forced to transfer from Uni to creekside. Also Uni will suggest...

Let me re-write again. From Albert's sentence, "I don't know when Cheryl's birthday is, but I know that Bernard does not know too." 1. Since 18 and 19 appear once, these two days should be eliminated or Bernard will know. Now the list is: May 15, May16 June17 July14, July16 August14, August15...

Let me guess. The answer should be Aug 17. From Albert's 1st sentence, 1. Cheryl's birthday should not be 18, 19. If so, Bernard knows Cheryl's birthday at once. 2. Cheryl's birthday should not be in June. If so, Albert himself knows at once. 3. From Bernard's sentence, Bernard knows at once...