| This is disappointing as our high school told us that it would be offered. Based on this erroneous info, several rising juniors who have already taken health A have to squeeze a semester class into their already submitted schedules. There aren't many semester options to pair this class with if you already completed your electives. I don't understand why they can't get their act together and teach this worthless class over the summer. And calling it "honors" is a joke. |
| Would you recommend Health A over the summer for rising Freshmen? My kid is interested in knocking it out. |
| Agree 100% OP. Completely lame of MCPS. |
not op, but yes. Frees up schedule during the school year. Hopefully, MCPS will get their act together and offer Health B by the time your kid is a junior. |
| They have said this multiple times. One reason is they don’t have a curriculum yet. |
Yes. Do the online one, if your kid is OK with it. Most of the work is busy-work anyway, so there’s no point in sitting in a classroom half the summer. A few hours a week online, and they can cram the rest of the work in whenever they want. They could still keep a job or attend camps if they’re organized and self-directed. |
| Which is super frustrating for the class of 2025- of course my kid is part of it. |
Then they are behind. |
Actual MSDE is behind. |
+1 |
MSDE should change the requirement so '25 does not have to deal with this nonsense! |
+1 How the heck can they make it a requirement when they don't even have the curriculum. Seriously? |
And they can’t/won’t even say for certain when it will be available in summer school or virtually. My IB diploma-track sophomore is still in limbo, both schedule-wise and summer job-wise, with regard to their next two years. |
Mine too. The thought of squeezing this class in and then having to take another arts class to balance the year is infuriating. Health/ceramics or econA/econB. I even emailed msde a few months ago and they indicated it would be available in person this summer, but no guarantees for online option. |
Exactly. Mine was resigned to slogging through the in-person Health B this summer because we were told that would be available, and planned this year and the next two with that in mind. |