Honors Alg 2 at Blair

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Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

Algebra II in 9th grade is the "advanced" track in MCPS. Not the MOST advanced track, but most kids don't have access to the MOST advanced track because it is school-specific. For your average kid in MCPS, the "advanced" track begins with Math 4/5 in 4th grade, and then Algebra in 7th, Algebra II in 9th, and Calculus in 11th.

Mcps does not offer every class at every school which is frustrating but it’s an advanced track, but not the most.

The most advanced track for 9th grade is magnet functions, but it's possible magnet kids who had attended a WPES got even more acceleration.

No, the most advanced since not all kids have that option is precal in 9th.

magnet functions covers precalc but is rigorous and proof based

Covers, but is not pre calculus and isn’t it a combo of algebra 2 and pre calculus.

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My kid is in Algebra II as a 9th grader at Blair and is finding it to be a joke. The teacher just gives them online modules to do every day, and when this teacher does try to teach they are unable to explain things in a way kids can understand (I’m using gender neutral pronouns to avoid any chance of identifying the teacher here). Also, this particular class I believe has a lot of sophomores and juniors in it. That’s one thing I wasn’t expecting with the move to HS - that core classes would be of mixed grades, so it by nature cannot be as intense as some kids are used to because it needs to accommodate the needs of kids that are on the fast track, regular track, and slow track. My kid is annoyed but content with the easy A. Hope my kid will be prepared for pre-calc!

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in Algebra II as a 9th grader at Blair and is finding it to be a joke. The teacher just gives them online modules to do every day, and when this teacher does try to teach they are unable to explain things in a way kids can understand (I’m using gender neutral pronouns to avoid any chance of identifying the teacher here). Also, this particular class I believe has a lot of sophomores and juniors in it. That’s one thing I wasn’t expecting with the move to HS - that core classes would be of mixed grades, so it by nature cannot be as intense as some kids are used to because it needs to accommodate the needs of kids that are on the fast track, regular track, and slow track. My kid is annoyed but content with the easy A. Hope my kid will be prepared for pre-calc!

They got a bad teacher as that’s not normal. It’s pretty well known there is one really bad math teacher there. If you can, get the, a tutor.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in Algebra II as a 9th grader at Blair and is finding it to be a joke. The teacher just gives them online modules to do every day, and when this teacher does try to teach they are unable to explain things in a way kids can understand (I’m using gender neutral pronouns to avoid any chance of identifying the teacher here). Also, this particular class I believe has a lot of sophomores and juniors in it. That’s one thing I wasn’t expecting with the move to HS - that core classes would be of mixed grades, so it by nature cannot be as intense as some kids are used to because it needs to accommodate the needs of kids that are on the fast track, regular track, and slow track. My kid is annoyed but content with the easy A. Hope my kid will be prepared for pre-calc!

But are they doing well on the assessments?

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Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

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Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

How does your comment contribute to the topic?

Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

No, our non-w school offered algebra in 6th and several do. So, that is the most advanced track. It’s been done for years. The schools have been listed in the past. The Blair class is a mixed algebra 2 and precalc class which sounds like a bad idea to combine two years into one.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

How does your comment contribute to the topic?

Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

No, our non-w school offered algebra in 6th and several do. So, that is the most advanced track. It’s been done for years. The schools have been listed in the past. The Blair class is a mixed algebra 2 and precalc class which sounds like a bad idea to combine two years into one.

No student at PBES or Pinecrest (back in the post 2.0 hgc days) was elevated, so TPMS magnet had very few taking Algebra in 6th. I know things were different pre 2.0. Maybe things have swung back, but for current HS kids (upperclassmen at least), this would have been the case.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

How does your comment contribute to the topic?

Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

No, our non-w school offered algebra in 6th and several do. So, that is the most advanced track. It’s been done for years. The schools have been listed in the past. The Blair class is a mixed algebra 2 and precalc class which sounds like a bad idea to combine two years into one.

Blair Magnet Functions is a 2 semester class recommended for students who took Alg 2 in middle school.
Blair Magnet Precalculus is a 3 semester class recommended for students who took through Geometry in middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

How does your comment contribute to the topic?

Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

No, our non-w school offered algebra in 6th and several do. So, that is the most advanced track. It’s been done for years. The schools have been listed in the past. The Blair class is a mixed algebra 2 and precalc class which sounds like a bad idea to combine two years into one.

No student at PBES or Pinecrest (back in the post 2.0 hgc days) was elevated, so TPMS magnet had very few taking Algebra in 6th. I know things were different pre 2.0. Maybe things have swung back, but for current HS kids (upperclassmen at least), this would have been the case.

Every year recently, there are always a few from the WPES schools who had AIM or higher at their ES and landed in Algebra or even Geometry in 6th. This would not be an option for kids who attended PBES no matter how high they score on standardized tests.

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> But are they doing well on the assessments?

My kid gets all the questions right so has a great grade but I’m worried the entire class may be behind in terms of content covered. My kid has a different teacher for the second semester, guess we’ll find out then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

How does your comment contribute to the topic?

Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

No, our non-w school offered algebra in 6th and several do. So, that is the most advanced track. It’s been done for years. The schools have been listed in the past. The Blair class is a mixed algebra 2 and precalc class which sounds like a bad idea to combine two years into one.

No student at PBES or Pinecrest (back in the post 2.0 hgc days) was elevated, so TPMS magnet had very few taking Algebra in 6th. I know things were different pre 2.0. Maybe things have swung back, but for current HS kids (upperclassmen at least), this would have been the case.

Every year recently, there are always a few from the WPES schools who had AIM or higher at their ES and landed in Algebra or even Geometry in 6th. This would not be an option for kids who attended PBES no matter how high they score on standardized tests.

You realize that there are more schools than TPMS and all schools have smart kids who didn't make it into the TPMS lottery or for families who choose not to send their kid there, like us. You keep commenting that kids didn't have the opportunity, but they did at multiple schools. PBES is not the only ES. Our ES only had compacted math and it was a joke. Our MS offered Algebra in 6th, so that's what our child choose. Nothing has changed. Get out of your bubble.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

How does your comment contribute to the topic?

Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

No, our non-w school offered algebra in 6th and several do. So, that is the most advanced track. It’s been done for years. The schools have been listed in the past. The Blair class is a mixed algebra 2 and precalc class which sounds like a bad idea to combine two years into one.

Blair Magnet Functions is a 2 semester class recommended for students who took Alg 2 in middle school.
Blair Magnet Precalculus is a 3 semester class recommended for students who took through Geometry in middle school.

How is it different than pre-calculus and why is it an advantage over precalculus in 9th? Kids taking precalculus in 9th are already super accelerated and many HS don't have anything past calculus except statistics.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

Algebra II in 9th grade is the "advanced" track in MCPS. Not the MOST advanced track, but most kids don't have access to the MOST advanced track because it is school-specific. For your average kid in MCPS, the "advanced" track begins with Math 4/5 in 4th grade, and then Algebra in 7th, Algebra II in 9th, and Calculus in 11th.

Mcps does not offer every class at every school which is frustrating but it’s an advanced track, but not the most.

The most advanced track for 9th grade is magnet functions, but it's possible magnet kids who had attended a WPES got even more acceleration.

No, the most advanced since not all kids have that option is precal in 9th.

magnet functions covers precalc but is rigorous and proof based

Covers, but is not pre calculus and isn’t it a combo of algebra 2 and pre calculus.

Yes, it includes pre-calc and goes into more depth. The course following this is Analysis 1, which is a harder version of calc BC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

How does your comment contribute to the topic?

Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

No, our non-w school offered algebra in 6th and several do. So, that is the most advanced track. It’s been done for years. The schools have been listed in the past. The Blair class is a mixed algebra 2 and precalc class which sounds like a bad idea to combine two years into one.

No student at PBES or Pinecrest (back in the post 2.0 hgc days) was elevated, so TPMS magnet had very few taking Algebra in 6th. I know things were different pre 2.0. Maybe things have swung back, but for current HS kids (upperclassmen at least), this would have been the case.

All the kids at TPMS these days in Algebra or higher in 6th come from WPES. Not saying it's impossible to get around this but would require serious parental pressure to make it happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the normal track, not advanced.

How does your comment contribute to the topic?

Child should be in pre-cal this year if super advanced and they aren't offering AP pre-cal at many schools this year so there is no comparison.

DP. No, MCPS's most advanced (naturally) track is Alg II in 9th or equivalent class (Pre Calc I at Blair/Wheaton or Functions at Blair). The only kids that did precalc in 9th (alg II/equivalent in 8th) either moved in on that level, or did summer classes, or bumped up for lack of iffetings in ES or did enrichment and pressured admin. It's possible that things have changed, but in '22's and '24's day, this was the limit, and some ES's would not track higher no matter what. Some would because they didn't offer accelerated and bumped a kid up or parent lobbied or whatever.

No, our non-w school offered algebra in 6th and several do. So, that is the most advanced track. It’s been done for years. The schools have been listed in the past. The Blair class is a mixed algebra 2 and precalc class which sounds like a bad idea to combine two years into one.

No student at PBES or Pinecrest (back in the post 2.0 hgc days) was elevated, so TPMS magnet had very few taking Algebra in 6th. I know things were different pre 2.0. Maybe things have swung back, but for current HS kids (upperclassmen at least), this would have been the case.

All the kids at TPMS these days in Algebra or higher in 6th come from WPES. Not saying it's impossible to get around this but would require serious parental pressure to make it happen.

Ok? Tpms is one of many schools. So, I don’t get your point. Get out of your bubble.