Mcps High School summer school

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Anonymous wrote:Being told that Health B will not be offered this summer.

At all?

I assume so. Didn’t get a lot of details besides the fact that the kid could take it whatever year they want (9-12) but that curriculum is geared towards older students (no info provide to support this who information whats really in the curriculum). And responded to question about, summer that their would not be Health B this summer.

Since health is a graduation requirement when kids can take it should be uniform across the county and they owe students and parents at least some basic understanding of why they want to gear Health A to 9-10th and Health B to 11-12th. Heck if they want to do this, then let kids balance it with a PE/Health 9th and the same in 11th or 12th. At least then one could say they go together, increase health and exercise for students, and provide a balance for students schedules at critical points.

They way its up in the air with no real info right now is ridiculous.

Where did you hear this? Who was the person responding to your question?

The Counselor and Health teacher. I did get more info from MCCPTA from their talk with the cluster director:

Health B was rolled out in every high school this fall. Class of 2025 (current sophomores) should be given priority access to the course because they had no access to it until this year when it was released. There will NOT be an online Health B course available for summer school until summer 2024 because MSDE and UMD are building the condensed online Health B course and that's when they say it will be ready. However, MCPS local schools CAN (but they don't have to if they don't want to) choose to offer an in-person Health B summer school course in summer 2023 but each school would have to independently create a condensed version of the curriculum.

So instead of spending the summer befor senior year preparing college essays, working an internship they will be stuck with taking HealthB. They really need to waive this as a requirement for 2025 grads. This is really impacting those who have already taken their required semester long electives and now have to find another semester class to take along with Health B. So instead of AP economics, my kid will be taking health and ceramics. That will look good on her college applications.

Honest question…why didn’t you child wait until junior or senior year to take A And B health together as one long year course?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Being told that Health B will not be offered this summer.

At all?

I assume so. Didn’t get a lot of details besides the fact that the kid could take it whatever year they want (9-12) but that curriculum is geared towards older students (no info provide to support this who information whats really in the curriculum). And responded to question about, summer that their would not be Health B this summer.

Since health is a graduation requirement when kids can take it should be uniform across the county and they owe students and parents at least some basic understanding of why they want to gear Health A to 9-10th and Health B to 11-12th. Heck if they want to do this, then let kids balance it with a PE/Health 9th and the same in 11th or 12th. At least then one could say they go together, increase health and exercise for students, and provide a balance for students schedules at critical points.

They way its up in the air with no real info right now is ridiculous.

Where did you hear this? Who was the person responding to your question?

The Counselor and Health teacher. I did get more info from MCCPTA from their talk with the cluster director:

Health B was rolled out in every high school this fall. Class of 2025 (current sophomores) should be given priority access to the course because they had no access to it until this year when it was released. There will NOT be an online Health B course available for summer school until summer 2024 because MSDE and UMD are building the condensed online Health B course and that's when they say it will be ready. However, MCPS local schools CAN (but they don't have to if they don't want to) choose to offer an in-person Health B summer school course in summer 2023 but each school would have to independently create a condensed version of the curriculum.

So instead of spending the summer befor senior year preparing college essays, working an internship they will be stuck with taking HealthB. They really need to waive this as a requirement for 2025 grads. This is really impacting those who have already taken their required semester long electives and now have to find another semester class to take along with Health B. So instead of AP economics, my kid will be taking health and ceramics. That will look good on her college applications.

Also, let’s try to stay positive….there are plenty of one semester course to take, like sociology or law or women studies or journalism that can complement the health class b your child will be taking, it doesn’t have to be ceramics.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being told that Health B will not be offered this summer.

At all?

I assume so. Didn’t get a lot of details besides the fact that the kid could take it whatever year they want (9-12) but that curriculum is geared towards older students (no info provide to support this who information whats really in the curriculum). And responded to question about, summer that their would not be Health B this summer.

Since health is a graduation requirement when kids can take it should be uniform across the county and they owe students and parents at least some basic understanding of why they want to gear Health A to 9-10th and Health B to 11-12th. Heck if they want to do this, then let kids balance it with a PE/Health 9th and the same in 11th or 12th. At least then one could say they go together, increase health and exercise for students, and provide a balance for students schedules at critical points.

They way its up in the air with no real info right now is ridiculous.

Where did you hear this? Who was the person responding to your question?

The Counselor and Health teacher. I did get more info from MCCPTA from their talk with the cluster director:

Health B was rolled out in every high school this fall. Class of 2025 (current sophomores) should be given priority access to the course because they had no access to it until this year when it was released. There will NOT be an online Health B course available for summer school until summer 2024 because MSDE and UMD are building the condensed online Health B course and that's when they say it will be ready. However, MCPS local schools CAN (but they don't have to if they don't want to) choose to offer an in-person Health B summer school course in summer 2023 but each school would have to independently create a condensed version of the curriculum.

So instead of spending the summer befor senior year preparing college essays, working an internship they will be stuck with taking HealthB. They really need to waive this as a requirement for 2025 grads. This is really impacting those who have already taken their required semester long electives and now have to find another semester class to take along with Health B. So instead of AP economics, my kid will be taking health and ceramics. That will look good on her college applications.

Also, let’s try to stay positive….there are plenty of one semester course to take, like sociology or law or women studies or journalism that can complement the health class b your child will be taking, it doesn’t have to be ceramics.

Also, there’s nothing wrong with taking an art class. Unclench a little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being told that Health B will not be offered this summer.

At all?

I assume so. Didn’t get a lot of details besides the fact that the kid could take it whatever year they want (9-12) but that curriculum is geared towards older students (no info provide to support this who information whats really in the curriculum). And responded to question about, summer that their would not be Health B this summer.

Since health is a graduation requirement when kids can take it should be uniform across the county and they owe students and parents at least some basic understanding of why they want to gear Health A to 9-10th and Health B to 11-12th. Heck if they want to do this, then let kids balance it with a PE/Health 9th and the same in 11th or 12th. At least then one could say they go together, increase health and exercise for students, and provide a balance for students schedules at critical points.

They way its up in the air with no real info right now is ridiculous.

Where did you hear this? Who was the person responding to your question?

The Counselor and Health teacher. I did get more info from MCCPTA from their talk with the cluster director:

Health B was rolled out in every high school this fall. Class of 2025 (current sophomores) should be given priority access to the course because they had no access to it until this year when it was released. There will NOT be an online Health B course available for summer school until summer 2024 because MSDE and UMD are building the condensed online Health B course and that's when they say it will be ready. However, MCPS local schools CAN (but they don't have to if they don't want to) choose to offer an in-person Health B summer school course in summer 2023 but each school would have to independently create a condensed version of the curriculum.

So instead of spending the summer befor senior year preparing college essays, working an internship they will be stuck with taking HealthB. They really need to waive this as a requirement for 2025 grads. This is really impacting those who have already taken their required semester long electives and now have to find another semester class to take along with Health B. So instead of AP economics, my kid will be taking health and ceramics. That will look good on her college applications.

Also, let’s try to stay positive….there are plenty of one semester course to take, like sociology or law or women studies or journalism that can complement the health class b your child will be taking, it doesn’t have to be ceramics.

Also, there’s nothing wrong with taking an art class. Unclench a little.

NP here. I think the irony is the pp mean to say relax to the original poster by offering other options like women studies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being told that Health B will not be offered this summer.

At all?

I assume so. Didn’t get a lot of details besides the fact that the kid could take it whatever year they want (9-12) but that curriculum is geared towards older students (no info provide to support this who information whats really in the curriculum). And responded to question about, summer that their would not be Health B this summer.

Since health is a graduation requirement when kids can take it should be uniform across the county and they owe students and parents at least some basic understanding of why they want to gear Health A to 9-10th and Health B to 11-12th. Heck if they want to do this, then let kids balance it with a PE/Health 9th and the same in 11th or 12th. At least then one could say they go together, increase health and exercise for students, and provide a balance for students schedules at critical points.

They way its up in the air with no real info right now is ridiculous.

Where did you hear this? Who was the person responding to your question?

The Counselor and Health teacher. I did get more info from MCCPTA from their talk with the cluster director:

Health B was rolled out in every high school this fall. Class of 2025 (current sophomores) should be given priority access to the course because they had no access to it until this year when it was released. There will NOT be an online Health B course available for summer school until summer 2024 because MSDE and UMD are building the condensed online Health B course and that's when they say it will be ready. However, MCPS local schools CAN (but they don't have to if they don't want to) choose to offer an in-person Health B summer school course in summer 2023 but each school would have to independently create a condensed version of the curriculum.

So instead of spending the summer befor senior year preparing college essays, working an internship they will be stuck with taking HealthB. They really need to waive this as a requirement for 2025 grads. This is really impacting those who have already taken their required semester long electives and now have to find another semester class to take along with Health B. So instead of AP economics, my kid will be taking health and ceramics. That will look good on her college applications.

Honest question…why didn’t you child wait until junior or senior year to take A And B health together as one long year course?

Different poster. My daughter wanted to take some other classes only offered in junior/senior years and was advised to get her electives out of the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being told that Health B will not be offered this summer.

At all?

I assume so. Didn’t get a lot of details besides the fact that the kid could take it whatever year they want (9-12) but that curriculum is geared towards older students (no info provide to support this who information whats really in the curriculum). And responded to question about, summer that their would not be Health B this summer.

Since health is a graduation requirement when kids can take it should be uniform across the county and they owe students and parents at least some basic understanding of why they want to gear Health A to 9-10th and Health B to 11-12th. Heck if they want to do this, then let kids balance it with a PE/Health 9th and the same in 11th or 12th. At least then one could say they go together, increase health and exercise for students, and provide a balance for students schedules at critical points.

They way its up in the air with no real info right now is ridiculous.

Where did you hear this? Who was the person responding to your question?

The Counselor and Health teacher. I did get more info from MCCPTA from their talk with the cluster director:

Health B was rolled out in every high school this fall. Class of 2025 (current sophomores) should be given priority access to the course because they had no access to it until this year when it was released. There will NOT be an online Health B course available for summer school until summer 2024 because MSDE and UMD are building the condensed online Health B course and that's when they say it will be ready. However, MCPS local schools CAN (but they don't have to if they don't want to) choose to offer an in-person Health B summer school course in summer 2023 but each school would have to independently create a condensed version of the curriculum.

So instead of spending the summer befor senior year preparing college essays, working an internship they will be stuck with taking HealthB. They really need to waive this as a requirement for 2025 grads. This is really impacting those who have already taken their required semester long electives and now have to find another semester class to take along with Health B. So instead of AP economics, my kid will be taking health and ceramics. That will look good on her college applications.

Also, let’s try to stay positive….there are plenty of one semester course to take, like sociology or law or women studies or journalism that can complement the health class b your child will be taking, it doesn’t have to be ceramics.

not seeing these options in the course catalog and sociology is a year long. It looks like course offerings are not consistent across schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being told that Health B will not be offered this summer.

At all?

I assume so. Didn’t get a lot of details besides the fact that the kid could take it whatever year they want (9-12) but that curriculum is geared towards older students (no info provide to support this who information whats really in the curriculum). And responded to question about, summer that their would not be Health B this summer.

Since health is a graduation requirement when kids can take it should be uniform across the county and they owe students and parents at least some basic understanding of why they want to gear Health A to 9-10th and Health B to 11-12th. Heck if they want to do this, then let kids balance it with a PE/Health 9th and the same in 11th or 12th. At least then one could say they go together, increase health and exercise for students, and provide a balance for students schedules at critical points.

They way its up in the air with no real info right now is ridiculous.

Where did you hear this? Who was the person responding to your question?

The Counselor and Health teacher. I did get more info from MCCPTA from their talk with the cluster director:

Health B was rolled out in every high school this fall. Class of 2025 (current sophomores) should be given priority access to the course because they had no access to it until this year when it was released. There will NOT be an online Health B course available for summer school until summer 2024 because MSDE and UMD are building the condensed online Health B course and that's when they say it will be ready. However, MCPS local schools CAN (but they don't have to if they don't want to) choose to offer an in-person Health B summer school course in summer 2023 but each school would have to independently create a condensed version of the curriculum.

So instead of spending the summer befor senior year preparing college essays, working an internship they will be stuck with taking HealthB. They really need to waive this as a requirement for 2025 grads. This is really impacting those who have already taken their required semester long electives and now have to find another semester class to take along with Health B. So instead of AP economics, my kid will be taking health and ceramics. That will look good on her college applications.

Also, let’s try to stay positive….there are plenty of one semester course to take, like sociology or law or women studies or journalism that can complement the health class b your child will be taking, it doesn’t have to be ceramics.

Also, there’s nothing wrong with taking an art class. Unclench a little.

There is if you hate art and already took a semester of it. If I unclench I will fart.

[Anonymous]

I sent an email to the MD dept of education to express my thoughts and get some concrete info on what is happening with Health B. Haven’t heard back.

[Anonymous]

From the MCCPTA Facebook group:

“ MCPS will NOT offer an ONLINE Health B course this summer because UMGC and MSDE are responsible for creating the compacted ONLINE summer school course and they say it won't be ready until summer 2024. As for an online version of the Health B course that could be offered during the regular school year--that too, is on MSDE and UMGC.
Any high school in MCPS can CHOOSE to offer an IN-PERSON Health B summer school course but they will be responsible for condensing the existing semester long Health B content themselves. I'm sure MCPS' Health education unit will support schools that choose to offer Health B as an in-person summer school course but, ultimately, the responsibility falls on individual schools. If any school community wants a Health B IN-PERSON summer school course this summer, I strongly recommend you start lobbying for it with your principal and Area Director.
In the meantime, MCCPTA continues to advocate that class of 2025 students be given priority access to semester long Health B and any future summer Health B offerings (whether they be in-person or online) and any future semester long virtual Health B offerings.

From Audra Dove, MCCPTA VP of Educational Issues
[e-mail]”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the MCCPTA Facebook group:

“ MCPS will NOT offer an ONLINE Health B course this summer because UMGC and MSDE are responsible for creating the compacted ONLINE summer school course and they say it won't be ready until summer 2024. As for an online version of the Health B course that could be offered during the regular school year--that too, is on MSDE and UMGC.
Any high school in MCPS can CHOOSE to offer an IN-PERSON Health B summer school course but they will be responsible for condensing the existing semester long Health B content themselves. I'm sure MCPS' Health education unit will support schools that choose to offer Health B as an in-person summer school course but, ultimately, the responsibility falls on individual schools. If any school community wants a Health B IN-PERSON summer school course this summer, I strongly recommend you start lobbying for it with your principal and Area Director.
In the meantime, MCCPTA continues to advocate that class of 2025 students be given priority access to semester long Health B and any future summer Health B offerings (whether they be in-person or online) and any future semester long virtual Health B offerings.

From Audra Dove, MCCPTA VP of Educational Issues
[e-mail]”

I just came back to update my thread because I saw this on the summer school website and then I saw your post.

“Honors Health Education B will not be offered in CHSSP for summer 2023.”

[Anonymous]

Anyone know how they handle labs in the summer science classes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how they handle labs in the summer science classes?

My understanding is that there are no labs for the central summer school science classes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From the MCCPTA Facebook group:

“ MCPS will NOT offer an ONLINE Health B course this summer because UMGC and MSDE are responsible for creating the compacted ONLINE summer school course and they say it won't be ready until summer 2024. As for an online version of the Health B course that could be offered during the regular school year--that too, is on MSDE and UMGC.
Any high school in MCPS can CHOOSE to offer an IN-PERSON Health B summer school course but they will be responsible for condensing the existing semester long Health B content themselves. I'm sure MCPS' Health education unit will support schools that choose to offer Health B as an in-person summer school course but, ultimately, the responsibility falls on individual schools. If any school community wants a Health B IN-PERSON summer school course this summer, I strongly recommend you start lobbying for it with your principal and Area Director.
In the meantime, MCCPTA continues to advocate that class of 2025 students be given priority access to semester long Health B and any future summer Health B offerings (whether they be in-person or online) and any future semester long virtual Health B offerings.

From Audra Dove, MCCPTA VP of Educational Issues
[e-mail]”

I just came back to update my thread because I saw this on the summer school website and then I saw your post.

“Honors Health Education B will not be offered in CHSSP for summer 2023.”

This Health B situation is beyond frustrating. MCPS seems to be happy to blame the State for the problem, while really slow rolling implementation. Our HS did not offer Health B at all this year, leaving the class of '25 with only Jr/Sr year to complete the requirement, which is ridiculous. It would be one thing if Colleges respected the course, but they don't; they want APs.