Does APS teach geography?

[Anonymous]

We didn’t learn it in school when I was growing up (in a different Virginia county). I wonder whether they teach it now.

[Anonymous]

Yes, 8th grade

[Anonymous]

Some in Virginia history in fourth, too.

[Anonymous]

Yes, in 8th grade, World Geography is a year long class that everyone must take.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t learn it in school when I was growing up (in a different Virginia county). I wonder whether they teach it now.

Depends - is there an app for it?

[Anonymous]

My son’s favorite teacher K-12 was his 8th grade Geo teacher in APS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t learn it in school when I was growing up (in a different Virginia county). I wonder whether they teach it now.

Depends - is there an app for it?

They actually make a geography notebook! They started off last week by drawing the world map from memory, very humorous depictions I’d bet!

[Anonymous]

Yes, starting in K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son’s favorite teacher K-12 was his 8th grade Geo teacher in APS

Mr M at WMS?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t learn it in school when I was growing up (in a different Virginia county). I wonder whether they teach it now.

Depends - is there an app for it?

So you don’t have a kid in APS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t learn it in school when I was growing up (in a different Virginia county). I wonder whether they teach it now.

Depends - is there an app for it?

So you don’t have a kid in APS?

I do. I may not if they can't curtail the over-reliance on apps for teaching core content.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t learn it in school when I was growing up (in a different Virginia county). I wonder whether they teach it now.

Depends - is there an app for it?

So you don’t have a kid in APS?

I do. I may not if they can't curtail the over-reliance on apps for teaching core content.

At back to school night for eighth grade last night, it was evident the majority of geography is not on an app. At the risk of “bothering” people who are offended by using paper/killing trees, they do everything in a paper notebook, pasting pages into it. There are of course supplemental videos, but it’s not as if there’s a geography app they’re learning using for the majority of class. It was honestly refreshing to see that.