High school Summer classes - health and tech requirements

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$600 for the Tech course? No thank you.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/onlinelearning/courses/technology.aspx

Agree. I understand if health somehow doesn't fit in the schedule or frees up taking a full year class, but tech doesn't make sense. It's also a class that's a real slog of busy work on a compressed time frame, but would be an easy period, possibly fun during the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the kids have to take Tech, Health, and Computer Science before graduating? I knew about the getting Tech and Health out of the way online in the summertime, but not CS. I didn't even know this was a requirement! gah. I remember the counselor talking about Tech and Health but not CS.

And yes, the Health as Honors is new this year, acc to our counselor.

Tech is longer (6 weeks instead of 3) - anyone know what the CS class is?

Tx

There are two classes that fill the tech requirement, foundations of tech and foundations of computer science. It's not necessary to take both. During the school year, AP computer science principles, is a third option to fill the requirement.

Thanks for this info!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the kids have to take Tech, Health, and Computer Science before graduating? I knew about the getting Tech and Health out of the way online in the summertime, but not CS. I didn't even know this was a requirement! gah. I remember the counselor talking about Tech and Health but not CS.

And yes, the Health as Honors is new this year, acc to our counselor.

Tech is longer (6 weeks instead of 3) - anyone know what the CS class is?

Tx

For the tech requirement, it's either Fundamentals of Technology or Fundamentals of Computer Science over the summer. You don't have to do both. Each is 6 weeks with three face-to-face meetings. My kids are doing computer science.

[Anonymous]

PS- You don't have to do both semesters of Tech/CS in a compressed time period. Mine did one semester online during the school year and will do another semester (in 3 weeks) over the summer. Special circumstances, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you want to take health over summer, do you have to do it the summer from 9th grade to 10th?
Can you do it during the summer from 10 to 11?

I would check with your school. Einstein seems to require that students finish Health by the end of 10th grade. Other schools may have other rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Checked the link, and it says the online course is now honors: "Starting Summer 2019, the Comprehensive Health Education course offered through Student Online Learning will be offered as Honors Comprehensive Health Education (7841)."

Yay! I actually complained about this last year. I'm glad MCPS listened for once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want to take health over summer, do you have to do it the summer from 9th grade to 10th?
Can you do it during the summer from 10 to 11?

I would check with your school. Einstein seems to require that students finish Health by the end of 10th grade. Other schools may have other rules.

this is not really a "rule," in the sense that no one can force you. But, most schools try to get kids to take it early (9th or 10th) so there is no graduation crunch.

[Anonymous]

Most of the online health sessions are full with a big waitlist, and I hear that traditional in class health is for credit recovery only. Is there a possibility that MCPS opens more online summer sessions? Who do we talk to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the online health sessions are full with a big waitlist, and I hear that traditional in class health is for credit recovery only. Is there a possibility that MCPS opens more online summer sessions? Who do we talk to?

I have the same issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If summer Health ends up being full, you could always have her get a headstart on Tech or Comp Sci. They may not be as popular in the summer.

Bullis School has Summer Online Classes that meet MCPS requirements. They offer:

* a full year of geometry in 8 weeks,
* MCPS-CREDIT health
* Personal Finance
* Writing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If summer Health ends up being full, you could always have her get a headstart on Tech or Comp Sci. They may not be as popular in the summer.

Bullis School has Summer Online Classes that meet MCPS requirements. They offer:

* a full year of geometry in 8 weeks,
* MCPS-CREDIT health
* Personal Finance
* Writing

https://www.bullis.org/page.cfm?p=2000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If summer Health ends up being full, you could always have her get a headstart on Tech or Comp Sci. They may not be as popular in the summer.

Bullis School has Summer Online Classes that meet MCPS requirements. They offer:

* a full year of geometry in 8 weeks,
* MCPS-CREDIT health
* Personal Finance
* Writing

https://www.bullis.org/page.cfm?p=2000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the online health sessions are full with a big waitlist, and I hear that traditional in class health is for credit recovery only. Is there a possibility that MCPS opens more online summer sessions? Who do we talk to?

Try Bullis. They have an online class that meets MCPS requirements. They offer:

https://www.bullis.org/page.cfm?p=2000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$600 for the Tech course? No thank you.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/onlinelearning/courses/technology.aspx

Agree. I understand if health somehow doesn't fit in the schedule or frees up taking a full year class, but tech doesn't make sense. It's also a class that's a real slog of busy work on a compressed time frame, but would be an easy period, possibly fun during the school year.

I'm lucky in that we can afford the cost (although it's not without pain), but it makes a real difference in one child's ability to be able to continue with band for all four years at RMIB, and freeing up space for a class for my other child who is taking AP Chem next year (a double period).

It's less than optimal to have to pay for a class that's in fulfillment of a ridiculous requirement (why can't computer programming or AP Computer Programming -- Java satisfy the requirement?) but it's not as simple a decision to take it during the year to save $600 for every family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the online health sessions are full with a big waitlist, and I hear that traditional in class health is for credit recovery only. Is there a possibility that MCPS opens more online summer sessions? Who do we talk to?

Try Bullis. They have an online class that meets MCPS requirements. They offer:

https://www.bullis.org/page.cfm?p=2000

Surprisingly, same cost. How do you know it meets MCPS requirements?