High Schooler has to miss last 2 weeks of school... is that possible?

[Anonymous]

I certainly hope that you don't expect me, the teacher, to put in extra work for your oh-so-special daughter. I will bill you personally for the overtime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I certainly hope that you don't expect me, the teacher, to put in extra work for your oh-so-special daughter. I will bill you personally for the overtime.

Fortunately most teachers are not like this. Most want the best for their students.

[Anonymous]

We asked about my child missing the last week of MS last year for an academic summer camp that was in an area of the country where school is out in May. They BLESSED it. I was shocked. In the end we didn't do it (kid preferred another one) but I was surprised.

Ask.

[Anonymous]

What internship accepts a 15 year old and is so prestigious to necessitate missing 2 weeks of school? This sounds ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are not the ones to ask. Reach out to the school, explain the situation, and say that DD (and you guys) will do whatever necessary to make it work. This could involve taking some exams early and turning papers or other projects in advance.

The may also put other restrictions around absences. If you ask for special dispensation for this and they work with you, and then you also decide she "needs" to miss an extra 4 days of school for your spring vacation, they are not going to be happy and might withdraw the deal. They might make a special exception, but if you behave as though the rules suddenly don't apply to you and abuse it, they will not be pleased.

If she is a student in good standing and no behavioral issues, and the internship has educational value, they'll probably work with you. I have known families that pulled kids from school for trips down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, to participate in a professional-level opportunity in an extra-curricular (a ridiculously skilled HS musician who was invited to perform with a pretty well regarded orchestra), and for work opportunities that had a lot of academic value (in one case, I know the student was asked to turn in a project that reflected what he learned during that opportunity, but that was a longer absence than two weeks).

And you also have to make it administratively easy on them. They have to report absences to the school district. Provide any documentation they ask for, respond promptly to everything, jump through all their hoops. If you drag your feet, they can always just say "no, she can't advance a grade unless she's there during these weeks." And then you're screwed.

No one repeats a year of school over the last two weeks. Their goal is to get everyone through any which way they can. I am sure it will be worked out. There may be some annoyed teachers but almost no one repeats a year.

I thought you were automatically held back if you miss too much school.

Boomer those days are long gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I certainly hope that you don't expect me, the teacher, to put in extra work for your oh-so-special daughter. I will bill you personally for the overtime.

OP go to the school. Never ask a question on a forum for psychiatric patients.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know the answer but my Junior is applying for something for the last week of school—she’s in all AP classes and she says they will do absolutely nothing other than watchh movies that last week and lots of the kids don’t go. Even in a regular week there are lots of kids missing lots of days—they know when the teachers will be absent or will have a “just work silently in class” day and they use those for their orthodontry appointments or prepping for other classes. If she actually gets the thin she’s applying for I’ll make her ask her teachers I guess. I think most of the AP teachers plan fun course related extras those last couple of weeks because they know the kids are super burned out by the AP testing schedule all through May. It’s why the HS parents always want an earlier start date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I certainly hope that you don't expect me, the teacher, to put in extra work for your oh-so-special daughter. I will bill you personally for the overtime.

. No you will just wave the last assignments. Everyone is happy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She’ll miss finals. It’s really not ok. Sounds like it’s an internship geared for college not HS students.

What are finals? Never heard of finals before..

The exams at the end of the year that are worth a large portion of a high school
student’s grade.

Except MCPS got rid of them. If HS students can travel abroad for three weeks during the holidays we, your daughter can do her internship.

They have them, they just don’t call them finals. Usually called a semester test at kid’s schoo and heavily weighted. Double the number of points than a regular test and in the 90% area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What internship accepts a 15 year old and is so prestigious to necessitate missing 2 weeks of school? This sounds ridiculous.

Is this some Peter Thiel thing trying to get kids to drop out of school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are not the ones to ask. Reach out to the school, explain the situation, and say that DD (and you guys) will do whatever necessary to make it work. This could involve taking some exams early and turning papers or other projects in advance.

The may also put other restrictions around absences. If you ask for special dispensation for this and they work with you, and then you also decide she "needs" to miss an extra 4 days of school for your spring vacation, they are not going to be happy and might withdraw the deal. They might make a special exception, but if you behave as though the rules suddenly don't apply to you and abuse it, they will not be pleased.

If she is a student in good standing and no behavioral issues, and the internship has educational value, they'll probably work with you. I have known families that pulled kids from school for trips down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, to participate in a professional-level opportunity in an extra-curricular (a ridiculously skilled HS musician who was invited to perform with a pretty well regarded orchestra), and for work opportunities that had a lot of academic value (in one case, I know the student was asked to turn in a project that reflected what he learned during that opportunity, but that was a longer absence than two weeks).

And you also have to make it administratively easy on them. They have to report absences to the school district. Provide any documentation they ask for, respond promptly to everything, jump through all their hoops. If you drag your feet, they can always just say "no, she can't advance a grade unless she's there during these weeks." And then you're screwed.

No one repeats a year of school over the last two weeks. Their goal is to get everyone through any which way they can. I am sure it will be worked out. There may be some annoyed teachers but almost no one repeats a year.

I thought you were automatically held back if you miss too much school.

There is no such thing as being held back in HS. Attendance may affect your grades and if it’s really bad you might not get credit in all classes. But with HS, it’s all about getting enough credits to graduate not attendance.

OP, you really need to work with your counselor and maybe your principal. It might be possible. I’d approach them at the beginning of second semester to see what they will do for you but planning probably can’t happen until start of fourth quarter.

If you don’t have enough credits by the end of freshman year, MCOS still considers you a 9th grader. You could be a ninth grader still by the end of your second year. I have taught students who only became 10th graders in the middle of their third year in HS.

[Anonymous]

No special treatment from our teachers either. Our principal supports us in this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What internship accepts a 15 year old and is so prestigious to necessitate missing 2 weeks of school? This sounds ridiculous.

WOW...the jealousy on this forum is unbelievable!