Picking classes for Yorktown

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Anonymous wrote:"Kid says that all of the "regular" classes are for SPED"

You can thank the WMS counselors for this sentiment. They put the pressure on these kids starting in 7th grade with getting all A's on classes that will be on the HS transcript. The Yorktown counselors, in our experience, are much more reasonable about what YOUR kid actually needs to take.

FWIW my kid does take all (available) intensified classes but dropped one to regular (Geometry) mid year. HS was a big adjustment b/c WMS was a breeze. Sophomore year they went back up to intensified with As.

This is what I'm worried about. I've heard Geometry is hard and I know an 8th grader who did Geometry in 7th and then again in 8th. My kid has been suggested for geometry intensified. Should I just have them do regular? I can't imagine they will ever be doing Geometry in real life.

Intensified math classes cover more content so you get to calculus sooner. It's not that simple to just jump between intensified and non-intensified. I'd talk to a math coach about your specific child and options.

For all other classes, my understanding is you can jump between intensified and non intensified classes without penalty.

My DD is the one who went from Intensified Geometry to regular. For Sophomore year she was approved for Intensified Algebra 2 without problem and got As. The Yorktown counselors and teachers who know your kid will help do whats best for them.

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Anonymous wrote:This is for a rising 9th grader. How hard are the intensified classes? Kid says that all of the "regular" classes are for SPED. They are in all regular now except math. Getting all A's for the most part. Should they take intensified or is it better to get all A's or you really need to take APs to get into a good college these days?

I think going from no intensified to all intensified could be an adjustment and so you would need to be prepared for maybe a rocky beginning to high school. I think it really depends on your kid. What are the work habits and what is the motivation. Is he working for the As at all or totally bored.

They are in between. They will study, but the MS really doesn't push them too much IMO. The math intensified they are in does have a lot of homework. It's not hard, just a lot.

Our middle school tells kids who aren't sure to try intensified classes in their areas of interest. I'm not sure it makes sense to go from none to all. Why didn't they take any in MS?

They just kept on the path they were on starting in 6th grade until this year when recommended for Algebra Intensified. Now they are recommending History Intensified as well. Is that reasonable with Biology and a language level 3?

Know that Intensified History and English are a "paired" class at YHS. You have to do both as they are taught in a block.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Kid says that all of the "regular" classes are for SPED"

You can thank the WMS counselors for this sentiment. They put the pressure on these kids starting in 7th grade with getting all A's on classes that will be on the HS transcript. The Yorktown counselors, in our experience, are much more reasonable about what YOUR kid actually needs to take.

FWIW my kid does take all (available) intensified classes but dropped one to regular (Geometry) mid year. HS was a big adjustment b/c WMS was a breeze. Sophomore year they went back up to intensified with As.

I'm not sure this is from the counselors, but an observation based on the classes they are in now and who is in those classes. I do have a SPED kid who absolutely will not be taking intensified classes when they get there.

Honestly it's just mean (but kids are like that). The kids in the regular classes are not all SPED.

Yes, I know since my kid is in them too, but they said the SPED kids are also in them and sometimes they are very disruptive.

My kid says there are disruptive kids in the intensified classes too. Don't need to be SPED for that.

This! The only fight my child witnessed last year was in an intensified class!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Kid says that all of the "regular" classes are for SPED"

You can thank the WMS counselors for this sentiment. They put the pressure on these kids starting in 7th grade with getting all A's on classes that will be on the HS transcript. The Yorktown counselors, in our experience, are much more reasonable about what YOUR kid actually needs to take.

FWIW my kid does take all (available) intensified classes but dropped one to regular (Geometry) mid year. HS was a big adjustment b/c WMS was a breeze. Sophomore year they went back up to intensified with As.

I'm not sure this is from the counselors, but an observation based on the classes they are in now and who is in those classes. I do have a SPED kid who absolutely will not be taking intensified classes when they get there.

Honestly it's just mean (but kids are like that). The kids in the regular classes are not all SPED.

Yes, I know since my kid is in them too, but they said the SPED kids are also in them and sometimes they are very disruptive.

My kid says there are disruptive kids in the intensified classes too. Don't need to be SPED for that.

My kid’s 7th intensified science and English classes are Co-taught so it’s really all over the place

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Yorktown has English and history as a double block in 9th. So for those they have to be both intensified or both regular. Then there is math and biology and foreign language (fl is a regular class only). So if you are going to do math you can do math and biology or math with English and social studies.

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Are 9th graders allowed to take digital photography?