HS health class over the summer

[Anonymous]

9th grade DC wants to take health over the summer. For those of you who have looked into this in the past, can you share what the options are? (Of course DC needs to take the full year rather than the semester required in the past...)

1. MCPS central summer school--when is information typically available?
2. Individual HS summer schools--can DC attend at any site?
3. Are there private options?

[Anonymous]

AFAIK your kid has to take the class through MCPS. My junior took health online last summer -- three weeks, super-easy and done. MWF, choice of either afternoon or evening class. If they're extending the requirement to a year-long class I imagine it would be a six-week summer program like the tech classes are.

The course was so simple and boring I can't imagine taking it in person during the school year. What a waste of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AFAIK your kid has to take the class through MCPS. My junior took health online last summer -- three weeks, super-easy and done. MWF, choice of either afternoon or evening class. If they're extending the requirement to a year-long class I imagine it would be a six-week summer program like the tech classes are.

The course was so simple and boring I can't imagine taking it in person during the school year. What a waste of time.

Thanks. Do you by chance know (approx) when the schedule was posted? And did it fill up?

[Anonymous]

Current Freshmen have the full year requirement, so it will be 6 weeks, not 3. That stinks for our kids...keeping an eye out for them to make the annoucement about summer school in the spring. My kid needs to finish her tech requirement (it was a ton of work last summer, but not hard. just huge volume of assignments with a pretty disorganized teacher)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Current Freshmen have the full year requirement, so it will be 6 weeks, not 3. That stinks for our kids...keeping an eye out for them to make the annoucement about summer school in the spring. My kid needs to finish her tech requirement (it was a ton of work last summer, but not hard. just huge volume of assignments with a pretty disorganized teacher)

This is such a stupid requirement, and MCPS has compounded it by requiring a semester of Phys Ed over and above what the state requires! Primal Scream!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I hate the ridiculous MCPS PE requirement. At the very least, they should let students opt out if they participate in an afterschool sport.

[Anonymous]

Does anybody remember when the schedule is posted? Would like to plan the summer.

[Anonymous]

My 10th grader took health online last summer - I think info was posted in March and registration opened in April. I registered the first day so not sure how quickly it filled. The online class was a waste of time - and it was taught by someone not in the MCPS system (I’m a teacher so I checked). Not even sure the teacher was certified or just a warm body. The teacher never even turned his camera on the entire 3 weeks.
My 12th grader took the class pre-Covid and in person. That was a stressful signup bc there was only one high school near our home offering the class and I recall it filled quickly. Her class was a lot of work and was taught by an MCPS teacher who actually taught the class during the year so it was the same curriculum, very compressed. It’s a good requirement to do over the summer, though 6 weeks is going to be a lot. Maybe take first semester this summer and second semester next summer?

[Anonymous]

My 9th grader at a test in magnet was told there would be no 6 week health class offered this summer. Hope they change their mind. It’s such a dumb requirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader took health online last summer - I think info was posted in March and registration opened in April. I registered the first day so not sure how quickly it filled. The online class was a waste of time - and it was taught by someone not in the MCPS system (I’m a teacher so I checked). Not even sure the teacher was certified or just a warm body. The teacher never even turned his camera on the entire 3 weeks.
My 12th grader took the class pre-Covid and in person. That was a stressful signup bc there was only one high school near our home offering the class and I recall it filled quickly. Her class was a lot of work and was taught by an MCPS teacher who actually taught the class during the year so it was the same curriculum, very compressed. It’s a good requirement to do over the summer, though 6 weeks is going to be a lot. Maybe take first semester this summer and second semester next summer?

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 9th grader at a test in magnet was told there would be no 6 week health class offered this summer. Hope they change their mind. It’s such a dumb requirement.

Interesting…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anybody remember when the schedule is posted? Would like to plan the summer.

There is typically at least one full week break before the first summer session starts. I don't remember if there is a week between sessions or not. The second session is usually last two weeks of July and first week of August.

Schools begin to advertise their own summer school offerings late April, early May. I know that RM offers a Summer School Hybrid for some classes which are partly online and partly in person. Central Office won't finalize what is happening for summer school until May - last summer had a lot of learning recovery offerings. It's unclear what will happen this summer. They won't finish hiring teachers and finalizing courses until early June, which is also when counselors will be enrolling students in summer classes.

For summer planning? Take your vacation the first week school is out or the last week before school starts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 9th grader at a test in magnet was told there would be no 6 week health class offered this summer. Hope they change their mind. It’s such a dumb requirement.

We heard the same. School specifically said Health A can be taken summer 2022, B the following summer. Agree it’s dumb!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 9th grader at a test in magnet was told there would be no 6 week health class offered this summer. Hope they change their mind. It’s such a dumb requirement.

We heard the same. School specifically said Health A can be taken summer 2022, B the following summer. Agree it’s dumb!

Oh if that’s the case my son will do that. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Can you take health A in school one semester as of then health b the next summer?