Why Does Good Counsel Place Algebra?
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Anonymous
| I know kids at St. Andrews, Holy Cross, GDS, etc. and the spread for placement is all over the place. So what is the deal with Good Counsel? Is it just easier because the classes are big? |
Anonymous
| My title should have said why does OLGCHS place all incoming freshman in Algebra. |
Anonymous
| Does it offer any option to test out of Algebra? The Catholic high schools where DS was accepted have this option, so that’s surprising. |
Anonymous
| Algebra I? That would be a deal-breaker for us; my kid had that in 7th. That seems strange that there’s no differentiation at all. |
Anonymous
| They don't. They only do that for students in the Ryken program, but you can adjust that after the summer class. |
Anonymous
They offer placement testing and use HSPT scores. Kids do test out, though not many. |
Anonymous
| Correct, there was a math placement test in March for accepted students. What’s interesting is everyone does placement tests at different times. For example, OLGCHS had theirs in March and SJC is this Saturday. I assume students currently in algebra still have material to learn. Why not wait until summer? |
Anonymous
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Vacations and other conflicts. No one waits until summer to do placement tests.
March seems a bit early. When my kids went to GC they tested in April. One placed into geometry and the other into algebra II. Geometry kid's class was mostly freshmen. Algebra II kid definitely had multiple freshmen. |
Anonymous
| My son was close to placing in Geometry. They had him take summer school and retake the placement test. He passed and was placed in Geometry the fall of his freshman year. |
Anonymous
| Two children attended GC. One placed into honors geometry based on HSPT and didn’t have to take placement test. One took placement test and placed into honors algebra 1. Students can place into pre calc straight from geometry at GC. The honors geometry class includes a fair amount of algebra 2 |
Anonymous
| What is the highest math class Good Counsel offers? |
Anonymous
Algebra II |
Anonymous
They don't offer pre calculus or calculus? |
Anonymous
Of course they do. Also, Calculus BC and AP Statistics |
Anonymous
Literally the dumbest response ever. So my DS who's in Algebra 2 in 10 is done with math until he graduates? He'll be ecstatic |