Repeating one semester of FL in MCPS

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Anonymous wrote:Kid can take study hall, the required half credit Health class, an extra semester of gym or there are sometimes a few electives that are only a semester instead of a year. Good luck!

What is study hall? Is this the time when students can study by themselves, catching up/doing homework/whatever?

Which MCPS do you know with Study Hall in 2019? What adult staff member is supervising it?

Blair does, I'd assume others as well, some students do it if they're taking a ninth period. Don't know how it actually works as far as staffing but I'm imagining not much different than back in the day.

I can’t even find a code for that. Are you talking about Resource class?

I asked this question: I finally called and verified it exists, but they acted shocked that I knew. Is this a secret for the privileged few? Now that I know, I’m passing the word on.

I don't know but the students I've known who've done it are high fliers, not struggling.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to repeat only one semester of FL - say Spanish 3A or 4B - to improve grades?

Thanks!

My only worry about repeating only one semester at this level (3 or 4) would be that the student would have many months to forget the language that she/he has worked so hard to learn. Could you find a way to supplement on the weekends? I wouldn't want for my child to forget her foreign language. If you're going to do just the one semester, I like the idea of fitting in Health. There is also the possibility of doing one semester of Tech and doing the other over the summer.

If the only purpose is to improve a grade, and credit was already earned, presumably the student could sign up for the next year at the same time, or may even be done with the language.

I was thinking of a student repeating a semester of an earlier level - say 3B - while doing the next or even later level (4 or 5). So hopefully forgetting the language will not be an issue. But that brings up another question: Does MCPS allow repeating an earlier level

1. while the student is enrolled in a higher level

2. if the student has already completed some higher level

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to repeat only one semester of FL - say Spanish 3A or 4B - to improve grades?

Thanks!

My only worry about repeating only one semester at this level (3 or 4) would be that the student would have many months to forget the language that she/he has worked so hard to learn. Could you find a way to supplement on the weekends? I wouldn't want for my child to forget her foreign language. If you're going to do just the one semester, I like the idea of fitting in Health. There is also the possibility of doing one semester of Tech and doing the other over the summer.

If the only purpose is to improve a grade, and credit was already earned, presumably the student could sign up for the next year at the same time, or may even be done with the language.

I was thinking of a student repeating a semester of an earlier level - say 3B - while doing the next or even later level (4 or 5). So hopefully forgetting the language will not be an issue. But that brings up another question: Does MCPS allow repeating an earlier level

1. while the student is enrolled in a higher level

2. if the student has already completed some higher level

It appears there is no constraint according to https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikcra.pdf. So the answer seems to be yes for both cases.