What are online and summer options for TJ kids?

[Anonymous]

I am trying to figure out how TJ kids fit in all the awesome electives.

It seems as though with

4 English
4 Math
4 Science
4 Social Studies
3 Foreign Language
2 PE
1 art
1 CS
1 Tech
1 Research
1 Finance

That kids just have 2 elective slots?

What are kids doing so that they can take more of the cool extra classes?

[Anonymous]

I would imagine that most students entering TJ will have knocked out 2 years of HS math and 1 year of HS foreign language while in middle school. That will open up 3 slots for electives.

I would guess that there are kids who can clear the foreign language hurdle by testing out of the language requirement because they are native speakers or were raised by native speakers in another language.

[Anonymous]

Finance and PE can be done during the summer, so you can open up those spaces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine that most students entering TJ will have knocked out 2 years of HS math and 1 year of HS foreign language while in middle school. That will open up 3 slots for electives.

I would guess that there are kids who can clear the foreign language hurdle by testing out of the language requirement because they are native speakers or were raised by native speakers in another language.

I can't imagine a kid who was ahead in math in middle school, and wants TJ, is going to find that stopping math after freshman or sophomore year looks good to colleges though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine that most students entering TJ will have knocked out 2 years of HS math and 1 year of HS foreign language while in middle school. That will open up 3 slots for electives.

I would guess that there are kids who can clear the foreign language hurdle by testing out of the language requirement because they are native speakers or were raised by native speakers in another language.

I can't imagine a kid who was ahead in math in middle school, and wants TJ, is going to find that stopping math after freshman or sophomore year looks good to colleges though.

I don’t know the TJ offerings but I would imagine that replacing a pure math class with a cool STEM class that uses the way advanced math that the kids have had will look just fine on a college application. I would think that the pay off to taking Calculus as a Freshman or Sophomore at TJ is using those classes for other advanced classes.

[Anonymous]

TJ puts kids in math classes based on their ability. So if they took algebra 2 in 8th grade, they will take freshman year Math 4 and Math 5 or Math 5 and Math 6, and continue with harder math classes later.