Any reason not to wait until senior year to take health?

[Anonymous]

Kid will still have 6+ APs prior to senior year. Seems like it might be nice to have an easier class when senioritis is kicking in.

[Anonymous]

I think its best to get graduation requirements over with. We are doing it summer. That way they can take classes they want/enjoy senior year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid will still have 6+ APs prior to senior year. Seems like it might be nice to have an easier class when senioritis is kicking in.

It's a good plan, especially if child cannot take it during the summer due to other commitments. It's an easy but boring class, so I hope your child has a fun teacher and friends in the class with them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid will still have 6+ APs prior to senior year. Seems like it might be nice to have an easier class when senioritis is kicking in.

That’s why they should get it done before senior year. Nothing worse than a required class that is super boring and you really don’t want to be there.

[Anonymous]

My rising 9th grader is taking Health A and B this summer, because we don't know what her summers are going to look like after that and we'd rather keep options open for 12th grade.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Plan was for my rising sophomore to take Health A this summer but with work commitments and the amount of summer work required for CAP it turned out not to be feasible. Don’t know what future summers hold.

[Anonymous]

We might be in same boat. Kid keeps saying they will take it in some future summer but I’m really not sure it will be practical. When o was in HS I ended up dropping calc and self studying for AP so I could finish out a brain dead required class that I hadn’t been able to make up during the summer.

[Anonymous]

It's a pretty insufferable class for most underclassmen and I think it would be even more tedious and insufferable for a senior to take. But it would be "easier" but that ease might be outweighed by the fact that your kid is near the finish line and might be tempted to skip class, blow off assignments or release their foot off the pedal and since this a graduation requirement, there's no room to recover in the senior year.

[Anonymous]

There is no requirement to take it over the summer. Fine to take it during the school year. It is free and now that it is a full year, it fits better than when it was a half year class. IMO there was more reason to take it in the summer then.

[Anonymous]

It will look terrible on a senior schedule, like the kid is a drop out.

Take it over the summer or online at home during the school year like every other high achieving wannabe.

[Anonymous]

Most counselors won't allow this.

[Anonymous]

My student took it in 12th. No issue.

Was not not a drop out. Counselor was fine.

DCUM responses = that one person's experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a pretty insufferable class for most underclassmen and I think it would be even more tedious and insufferable for a senior to take. But it would be "easier" but that ease might be outweighed by the fact that your kid is near the finish line and might be tempted to skip class, blow off assignments or release their foot off the pedal and since this a graduation requirement, there's no room to recover in the senior year.

There no NEED to recover in senior year. College apps done. Kid isn't going to fail the whole class while passing the others.

[Anonymous]

How will your child survive without knowing how to be healthy through all of high school?

[Anonymous]

My kids all took it online during summer, even with other commitments. Worked out well although one kid had to end up taking it at MC a second time because it was a requirement for MC2.