What are you supposed to take in 9th?
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Assume kid is in Geometry in 8th and Honors US History and Foreign language 2 and on the "honors" track or what not.
I'm guessing: Honors English Alg 2 FL 3 AP NSL Honors Biology. What else should the student take? Also, does she have to take Bio first - is there leeway to take physics first? Kid will play a sport and also does a time consuming activity (theatre). |
Anonymous
| Word to the wise- get tech over with in the summer before 9th and one semester of health done the summer before 10th. Those are hellish classes and it’s nice to get them out of your kid’s schedule. |
Anonymous
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In math, your child is well beyond what they're supposed to take.
Traditional on-level 9th grade classes is typically: - Alg 1 - Bio - US History - English 9 More advanced kids will take: - Geometry (instead of Alg 1 since that would've been completed in 8th) And the most advanced kids, like yours: - Alg 2 (this is typically taken in 10th for advanced kids or 11th for on-level kids) Also, some schools flip the order of NSL and US History. I think has to do with kids who take the AP versions of those courses, since AP NSL GOV is an easier starter AP class than AP US History, which is quite challenging. |
Anonymous
This can vary by school. You may want to ask others from your school how it's been done there. |
Anonymous
| A lot of kids take their PE credit in 9th. |
Anonymous
| Take PE. Don’t take physics until kid is at pre-Cal. If AP Physics wait for Calculus. |
Anonymous
I don’t even know one child who takes algebra in 9th grade in our schools. In the slowest track they take at 8th. Most take at 7th. A few takes at 6th. |
Anonymous
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As a PP said, a lot of kids take PE in their 9th grade year since that one can't usually be completed over the summer.
Conventional wisdom is that AP NSL is easier than APUSH, but APUSH builds on content that the kids will have learned in 8th, so some folks argue for getting it out of the way while that knowledge is still "fresh." For science, the vast majority of kids will just take Honors Biology. It's not great, super basic and unchallenging, but the transition to HS is a lot and having one easy class is a small blessing. |
Anonymous
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OP here. Yeah I am not trying to overwhelm her or anything. She just really didn't like life science in middle school, hated disections (literally threw up after class) and is horrible at memorizing anything - but math/programming come easily to her so I thought a non-calc based physics might be easier than bio (for her). But it sounds like there is an order to this in science... don't you need a year of tech and a year of health? What's easier? How's AP Comp Sci as a freshman?
I do think PE would make her happy. |
Anonymous
| Oh OP here - unfortunately we don't have the ability to take summer school the next 2 summers. We have to go back to see our families (out of the country) and that will cut into 4 weeks of the summer. Unless these things are virtual?? |
Anonymous
It's not a hard class and is good as an entry level AP course. |
Anonymous
AP Computer Science Principles, that is. |
Anonymous
| Fine arts credit is good to do too |
Anonymous
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Math
Science Social studies English World Language PE Fine art Tech and Health can be done during the summer or online during the school year via OPTG |
Anonymous
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PE
honors algebra 2 Honors English honors Bio Foreign language Ap us gov Elective Take health ed over summer. |