Which school would you recommend for a strong math student
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Anonymous
| AoPS academy: https://aopsacademy.org/ + any schools that can be convinced to accept AoPS academy/online grades (which are accredited) as math grades in lieu of in-school grades. Astra Nova does this but it's an online school and thus not for everyone. |
Anonymous
| Both StA and NCS offer math beyond Calculus BC. If there are not a lot of students qualified for an advanced class, then sometimes that one class will be co-ed with some students from StA and some students from NCS in the same classroom at the same time. A research physicist colleague was very happy with how NCS & StA handled advanced math beyond Calc BC. |
Anonymous
| Potomac also offers advanced math - beyond Calc BC. I do not personally understand how they decide which advanced courses, if any, to offer in a given year. |
Anonymous
| OP why not consider Blair? |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Thank you all for your suggestions. We like the idea of the private school for a well-rounded education but do want to keep him challenged in his strength area. Sounds like high school is when both Private and public offer more options. Don’t understand why not more options in middle school years. We are in MoCo, so MD, DC and N VA schools are all possible, and Blair will be a distant possibility too. |
Anonymous
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Just go to any private if you're set on that.
They will cobble together a few top math students for their higher level classes, robotics club, math contests, etc. |
Anonymous
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During Middle School, many schools (not all) will let qualified students take the year ahead of their normal year. Ask schools which you might be interested how they handle “differentiation” and listen to what they say.
Many top math students at any school, including Blair or TJ or private, are also supplementing outside school at AoPS, Kumon, Mathnasium, Or RSM, to make sure they get the top grades. That is just the competitive landscape in this area. |
Anonymous
| Congressional in VA let’s kids work ahead in math (ie 8th graders in pre-calc). |
Anonymous
OP is looking for middle school which Blair doesn’t have. |
Anonymous
| How is math at Field? |
Anonymous
TPMS |
Anonymous
They happily and really let my child accelerate a year (algebra I in 7th), but the class themselves are not as in depth/rigorous as, say, gds (where my other kid goes). |
Anonymous
I disagree...being good at Math, at the high school level, means a lot. Some students just have the knack for solving math problems quickly and easily. Others do not...then there are the 'good at math' but not genius at it. I wasn't a math kid. I admire students these days who have much harder work than I had in high school. Here's to the math kids! |
Anonymous
I meant it isn't novel for these schools to encounter strong Math students. |