Please share experience with central summer high school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My student took health (easy but time consuming) and honors Precalculus (very challenging since it’s already a hard class, made harder by being compressed and accelerated in the summer). Yes, mandatory attendance for the synchronous meetings.

Was your child retaking Honors Precalculus over the summer or for the first time?

Sorry, this was my child and I’m just seeing these questions now. DC had been in accelerated math in elementary, then attended a private school with no math acceleration for MS but is talented in math and was bored silly in 9th grade Honors Geometry and in Honors Algebra 1 in 10th. Earned an A in summer Honors Precalc and now is finishing up Calc AB as a junior.

[Anonymous]

(AP Calc AB, that is.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The math classes are a lot of work even if you already know/understand the math, and they go very fast. If you don't keep up with the daily assignments, you will be hopelessly in the hole within a few days.

May I ask which Math class? My son has to repeat algebra 1, and Math is not his strong suit at all. I'm worried about an online class moving quickly and him not asking questions as he should and getting too far behind...

I'm the PP you're responding to. They use (or at least used, in the past few years) a canned online curriculum for the math classes. Edmentum? I don't know if that's the curriculum or just the platform. So potentially, if your son doesn't get it in class, he has a second chance when he goes through the assignment, and/or you go through the assignment with him. But the assignments really have to be done that day, every day. He shouldn't put them off thinking he'll catch up later. He won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My student took health (easy but time consuming) and honors Precalculus (very challenging since it’s already a hard class, made harder by being compressed and accelerated in the summer). Yes, mandatory attendance for the synchronous meetings.

Was your child retaking Honors Precalculus over the summer or for the first time?

Sorry, this was my child and I’m just seeing these questions now. DC had been in accelerated math in elementary, then attended a private school with no math acceleration for MS but is talented in math and was bored silly in 9th grade Honors Geometry and in Honors Algebra 1 in 10th. Earned an A in summer Honors Precalc and now is finishing up Calc AB as a junior.

Impressive your child took it for the first time over the summer and earned an A. Was this online through the central office?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My student took health (easy but time consuming) and honors Precalculus (very challenging since it’s already a hard class, made harder by being compressed and accelerated in the summer). Yes, mandatory attendance for the synchronous meetings.

Was your child retaking Honors Precalculus over the summer or for the first time?

Sorry, this was my child and I’m just seeing these questions now. DC had been in accelerated math in elementary, then attended a private school with no math acceleration for MS but is talented in math and was bored silly in 9th grade Honors Geometry and in Honors Algebra 1 in 10th. Earned an A in summer Honors Precalc and now is finishing up Calc AB as a junior.

Impressive your child took it for the first time over the summer and earned an A. Was this online through the central office?

Yes, and it was really tough. Very challenging to do without a cohort of classmates to study alongside. It’s the hardest I’ve ever seen DC work for school, and they shed some tears of relief at the end. But it was totally self driven and they’re still glad they did it. Will probably major in math in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My student took health (easy but time consuming) and honors Precalculus (very challenging since it’s already a hard class, made harder by being compressed and accelerated in the summer). Yes, mandatory attendance for the synchronous meetings.

Was your child retaking Honors Precalculus over the summer or for the first time?

Sorry, this was my child and I’m just seeing these questions now. DC had been in accelerated math in elementary, then attended a private school with no math acceleration for MS but is talented in math and was bored silly in 9th grade Honors Geometry and in Honors Algebra 1 in 10th. Earned an A in summer Honors Precalc and now is finishing up Calc AB as a junior.

Impressive your child took it for the first time over the summer and earned an A. Was this online through the central office?

Yes, and it was really tough. Very challenging to do without a cohort of classmates to study alongside. It’s the hardest I’ve ever seen DC work for school, and they shed some tears of relief at the end. But it was totally self driven and they’re still glad they did it. Will probably major in math in college.

How was the teacher(s)?

[Anonymous]

DC took Health A in Summer. Agree with the other posters that it’s not difficult material but a lot of assignments to complete in a short time. Like 4 or 5 a day. There are still quizzes required in the class.

Taking Math or Science classes in summer school is difficult just because of the sheer amount of material that must be covered, understood and retained. By the time you finish taking notes on one topic the teacher is moving onto another. If these subjects are not strengths and passions or if the kid has not already had a good preview or review of the material do not do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are there finals for the health class? What kind of assignment do they have?

No final exam. Lots of small worksheets, short-response essays (a paragraph or two), a little research project to find resources online and put together a short presentation. Stuff like that. Nothing individually difficult, but a LOT of small assignments, typically 3-5 to do in between each online session.

My son took Health last summer and while he clearly had a terrible teacher, the workload was relatively hefty for what you'd expect. And yes there was a final exam. Interesting that they wouldn't have a uniform curriculum and final exam!