Do Holton, NCS, Maret, Sidwell, Potomac, etc. offer pre-algebra in 6th grade?

[Anonymous]

Most 10 to 13 year-old year SET kids are not mature even though they score >700 on the SAT and have high AMC 10 and 12 scores. Hey, I'll take and/or hire that nimble mind any day over the more mature mind with a solid foundation in prealgebra. Just my preference.

[Anonymous]

Norwood and GDS both allow a small number of kids to take Algebra in 7th grade. When I looked at schools, a few years back, other prominent privates in the area didn't, or so they told me. This was one reason we chose Norwood. I'm not sure that Norwood is committed to continuing this, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Norwood and GDS both allow a small number of kids to take Algebra in 7th grade. When I looked at schools, a few years back, other prominent privates in the area didn't, or so they told me. This was one reason we chose Norwood. I'm not sure that Norwood is committed to continuing this, though.

Sidwell does as well, although they don't advertise it.

[Anonymous]

Fairfax county AAP offers Algebra in 7th grade (even 6th grade). I have one DC in private and one DC in FFX AAP - they both do well in math and can communicate very well with others -- so do most of their peers as well. Associating math skills with inability to do other things is false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Norwood and GDS both allow a small number of kids to take Algebra in 7th grade. When I looked at schools, a few years back, other prominent privates in the area didn't, or so they told me. This was one reason we chose Norwood. I'm not sure that Norwood is committed to continuing this, though.

Sidwell does as well, although they don't advertise it.

I was told that Sidwell does this for kids transferring in from public school, but not for students who have been in Sidwell since K. Is this true?

[Anonymous]

to above... that is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Norwood and GDS both allow a small number of kids to take Algebra in 7th grade. When I looked at schools, a few years back, other prominent privates in the area didn't, or so they told me. This was one reason we chose Norwood. I'm not sure that Norwood is committed to continuing this, though.

Sidwell does as well, although they don't advertise it.

I was told that Sidwell does this for kids transferring in from public school, but not for students who have been in Sidwell since K. Is this true?

I think it varies year-to-year. I know of kids who were there in lower school who were put into Algebra in seventh grade, after being in a small, accelerated class in sixth which basically did the seventh grade curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the info re: GDS and other privates. In the local public system it is possible as there are a few elementary schol students attending the neighboring middle school and currently taking Algera 1. So the option is available for the very few capable and desirous of doing so. Parents have to get the kids to the middle school for the first period math class and then a bus gets them back to the elementary school opening an hour later. It has worked well for those pursuing this option.

My public school did the EXACT same thing 30 years ago, worked great. Though, I can't say from personal experience as it was not me taking the class, but did see this going on with 5th graders going to the HS on the early bus for HS math when they were 10 years old.Public schools have to provide this( as an IEP), private's do not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Norwood and GDS both allow a small number of kids to take Algebra in 7th grade. When I looked at schools, a few years back, other prominent privates in the area didn't, or so they told me. This was one reason we chose Norwood. I'm not sure that Norwood is committed to continuing this, though.

Sidwell does as well, although they don't advertise it.

I was told that Sidwell does this for kids transferring in from public school, but not for students who have been in Sidwell since K. Is this true?

A-Hem.

[Anonymous]

There are cases where the kids are ready for algebra in 7th grade. Take a child who has a September birthday who is gifted, algebra should be a breeze in 7th grade. The public schools should have larger numbers of these kids (because they have more kids), so it stands to reason that they can do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Norwood and GDS both allow a small number of kids to take Algebra in 7th grade. When I looked at schools, a few years back, other prominent privates in the area didn't, or so they told me. This was one reason we chose Norwood. I'm not sure that Norwood is committed to continuing this, though.

Sidwell does as well, although they don't advertise it.

I was told that Sidwell does this for kids transferring in from public school, but not for students who have been in Sidwell since K. Is this true?

A-Hem.

Is it fair to say that it is typical that the kids coming from public school are more advanced in math than the the kids who have been in Private school since they began school? If so, then why are parents trying so hard to get thier kids into private school in elem. school? Also, which publics are we talking about, Fairfax and Montgomery or DCPS?

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