Summer precalculus
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Anonymous
| Is anyone aware of a school that offers a summer precalculus class which would be acceptable to MCPS for credit? My sophomore in a large MCPS high school is bored to tears in Honors Algebra 2, and her teacher suggested switching to an Algebra 2/precalculus class that moves more quickly, but it's just a bit too late in the year to switch now because there would be so much work to make up in order to catch up with others who've been in that class since September. She is hoping to take precalc during the summer in order to take AP calc next fall. She is a very mathy kid, and one parent has high-level math and science skills and can help with homework. Thank you. |
Anonymous
| Maybe Sidwell or an online course that is college credit approved? |
Anonymous
| Algebra 2 and precal are the same thing right? |
Anonymous
No they’re not the same thing. |
Anonymous
| Sidwell and St. Albans both offer summer pre-calc. |
Anonymous
| Another good option is the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. My daughter took geometry with them this summer and received full credit for the course. It was a very comprehensive class---about 10 exams, midterm, final, 3 projects, etc. |
Anonymous
| I would try and catch up now to the alg2/precalc class and switch classes now. You have thanksgiving and Christmas break to study. That would be easier than summer. |
Anonymous
| Edmund Burke has a pretty robust offering of summer courses. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thank you for all of these suggestions! Much appreciated. |
Anonymous
+1. See if you can convince them to give her their most recent test right after New Year? And if she does well they can let her join? It means she has to give up her Thanksgiving and Christmas break, but better that than giving up summer… |
Anonymous
| What MCPS class is this? |
Anonymous
| Georgetown Prep offers summer Pre-Calculus. |
Anonymous
|
MCPS offers summer classes for credit.
We have done several landon summer classes and they have been good but really fast paced. We use them for prep. I don't think you can learn everything in six weeks. |
Anonymous
+1. You are only 1 qtr into school and could more easily make up the difference between the Honors Alg2 and Alg2/PreCal classes than assuming Summer Pre-Cal is going to be a breeze and completely prepare for Calculus. |
Anonymous
| Precalc was a very difficult class at our school. I think it might be a hard one to compact. |