Are the honors classes in 6th grade real

[Anonymous]

Is there really a difference?

[Anonymous]

No honors classes in 6th grade.

[Anonymous]

No such thing as honors in 6th grade.

[Anonymous]

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/cabinjohnms/departments/gifted/

Social studies: *Historical Inquiry", a segregated cohort, with no honors content.

English: Advanced English, universal, no honors content.

Math: segregated cohort, accelerated prealgebra or skip to non honors Algebra 1.

Science: no advanced/enrichment option

World Language: Level 1 elective, non honors, but early start on that track (early for USA, late for test of world)

[Anonymous]

There is an enriched social studies class (HIGH)-- some middle schools also have an on-level social studies course and others put all students in the enriched class.

There are a couple compressed math classes that move faster than Math 6 and kids generally have to be at least somewhat advanced in math to be placed in those.

And then taking Spanish 1 or French 1 in one year rather than spreading it out over two years is generally considered advanced, and some schools limit it to only certain students (ie those with MAP-R scores above a certain level.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is an enriched social studies class (HIGH)-- some middle schools also have an on-level social studies course and others put all students in the enriched class.

There are a couple compressed math classes that move faster than Math 6 and kids generally have to be at least somewhat advanced in math to be placed in those.

And then taking Spanish 1 or French 1 in one year rather than spreading it out over two years is generally considered advanced, and some schools limit it to only certain students (ie those with MAP-R scores above a certain level.)

Correct-These are all rigorous.

[Anonymous]

If your school offers a cohorted HIGH class, you should be getting some additional assignments and projects. My kid read 2 extra books and did model UN in 6th. But that's pretty minimal. They could create a more challenging course.

English and science are not cohorted outside the magnets.

My kid found math (AIM, now called pre-algebra) and French 1A/B to be the only somewhat challenging courses.

[Anonymous]

Honors classes are just a way to weed out the undesirable students, so the good students can actually have a learning environment for 45 min.

[Anonymous]

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