No more enrichment-level HIGH at our MS?
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Anonymous
HIGH=Historical Inquiry into Global Humanities--that's the second class you mentioned. |
Anonymous
Yes, but this used to be an honors/in-depth course for a designated cohort. Now it is an everybody course, which is good in one sense but not great for the kids who really have the curiosity and want more. It is kind of like declaring that everyone would be in the same math course: everyone understands why that doesn't serve students well. |
Anonymous
OP. Me too, except I asked the humans directly. The ones who are doing the teaching. I wouldn't make this up, and I would really like to be wrong. There are plenty of inconsistencies and discrepancies in the course catalog to begin with. I guess this is one of them. |
Anonymous
yes, and my DC told me that nobody cares or pays attention to the social emotional crap they talk about in class. Have these administrators ever deal with MSers? No MSer wants to talk about their feelings in class. DC told me they'd get laughed at and bullied. |
Anonymous
Oh yes. Luckily DC has a pretty chill teacher who would mostly not make them do the Community Circles and other nonsense. Sometimes they'd just do homework, sometimes they'd play cards, but mostly they'd just play on their phones all period. |
Anonymous
I would call over to AEI and ask to get clarification. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/enriched/ |
Anonymous
Except for they list the world studies course too, not just HIGH. |
Anonymous
DP.. I believe you. The HS course catalog has "regular" and "honors" but there is only "honors" in reality. Example: https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/SchoolCourseCatalogs/School/04201/EN It has English 9A and English 9A Honors, but when you go to sign up for classes, there is just English 9 Honors course. And even WaPo picked it up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/honors-classes-for-all-leave-some-parents-asking-is-it-really-honors/2019/08/03/f3adef36-a1a6-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html
The problem with this approach is that it puts below level students in the same class as above level kids. So, MCPS would have to either accept that many kids would struggle or dumb it down. Guess which option they picked? |
Anonymous
Except that what SSIMS posted the list of courses they are offering next year, not the bulletin that central office puts out. |
Anonymous
So, there's a disconnect with central office, which is just as bad. |
Anonymous
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I was at the SSIMS meeting too and what I understood was that they have the advanced placement for Global Humanities, but you have to be placed into it by the county's central office. It's like the very highest math class -- the kids are only assigned to that one by the county. So, maybe these are the magnet eligible students who don't get selected in the lottery?
On Parentvue, my son was recommended for a math class by his current teacher, but nothing else. |
Anonymous
That's also what they told us at Silver Creek. Placement is done for both AIM and HIGH by central office. Where on parentvue does it show what math class your child was recommended for? |
Anonymous
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You can go to class request on the left hand side of ParentVue and it had SSIMS loaded there. There were classes listed that you get no choice in and then the one math class.
They said the teachers had through today to recommend classes, but some had already done it. I wish the advanced humanities was also teacher recommend. There's got to be a lot of kids who are just below that magnet eligibility who could use the extra challenge in writing/reading. They offer this with math -- but not writing -- it makes no sense. |
Anonymous
Thanks. We will be at Silver Creek and all I see when I click on course request is the graduation summary checklist, not the classes for next year. Sounds like schools vary in when the load the courses to ParentVue. |
Anonymous
It is still an enriched class by cohort. It is only for those whom central office identifies. From the SSIMS course bulletin: Historical Inquiry into Global Humanities 6 This course is built around the core Grade 6 social studies curriculum, Historical Inquiry in World Studies 6, that includes historical content from early civilizations, the empires of Greece and Rome, the dynasties of China, and civilizations of the first millennium. Cohort students will go beyond this core as they learn additional content, explore deeper connections to today, engage in investigative inquiry to strengthen their writing through Document Based Questions, and enhance their learning through relevant literature connections. They will also participate in a culminating Model UN simulation at the end of the year. Students eligible to register for this course are identified by MCPS Central Office. Schools may not identify students for this course. Students not identified take this course: Historical Inquiry in World Studies 6 Students learn about the rich culture and history from the earliest human settlements of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China to great civilizations of the year 1000 CE. Students are challenged to analyze archeological evidence, ask questions to further their knowledge, and understand history as an ongoing investigation. They are introduced to historical thinking skills including sourcing, close reading, corroboration, and research as they analyze primary and secondary documents. This course lays a foundation for students to understand key principles of cultural, political, economic and geographic systems both in the past and today. It is the same as other MCPS MS. |