calc BC in 8th grade at Takoma Park Middle?

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Anonymous wrote:At Blair magnet, if you took Geometry in 8th you go right into Magnet PreCal in 9th (some into Functions, which is even higher).

When do you take algebra II?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid met a child who is in Calc BC in 8th grade at Takoma Park Middle School. What is the path to get there? It would mean Algebra 1 in 4th grade (?) Doubling up of classes? Im so curious. How would a kid get there?

This isn’t true.

Agree, there are a few amazing mathletes in the 8th grade at TPMS. A couple even takes Algebra 2, but DC who goes there and is on the math team and knows the top math students says he'd never heard anything like this.

OP here. I guess the kid was lying. It was at an accepted students day at a private school. The kid was telling other kids that he was currently in Calc BC.
Sounds like his math skills are better than his social skills.

It makes sense that this isn't possible because there's no way that the private school could accommodate this. They max out at offering one year of math beyond Calculus--maybe they can eek out two (AP stats being one).
Not four years. The majority of kids (80%?) will take Calculus senior year and others will max out at pre-calc. Math geniuses are not their their wheel house.

It may be possible- there is one current 8th grader who took magnet geometry in grade 6. If he took Functions at Blair in grade 7, then he could conceivably be taking calculus this year.

OP-I don't think that child is lying. Some people on this board are confused because they don't understand how magnet math works.

TPMS students taking Algebra 2 and above go to Blair to take math and that child you are describing would have likely started at Blair in 7th taking a really advanced course called Functions which compresses Alg. 2 and Pre-cal. into one year. So that child would have picked up some acceleration just in that one year. The next course in that sequence is Analysis, which covers Calculus BC and more, for 8th grade if he continued in the higher magnet track. Alternatively he could have dropped "down" to Calculus BC in 8th to try to slow his roll, leaving more higher level course options for them in high school. It is not uncommon for TPMS students to decline the compressed path if they are invited and try to stretch out the remaining courses that are available. It's really a huge pain to leave the campus to meet the math requirement in your high school years.

My kid is in the magnet at TPMS and I’m pretty sure I know how it works. I think he was lying.

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Anonymous wrote:At Blair magnet, if you took Geometry in 8th you go right into Magnet PreCal in 9th (some into Functions, which is even higher).

When do you take algebra II?

Magnet Precal combines Alg 2 and Precal. It's compacted math at a higher level.

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My child is also on TP math team. We know the child who took magnet Geometry in grade 6, then Function, then Analysis now. He is not the first one who took this path. Outliers always exist.

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Anonymous wrote:At Blair magnet, if you took Geometry in 8th you go right into Magnet PreCal in 9th (some into Functions, which is even higher).

When do you take algebra II?

Magnet precalc includes it as part of an accelerated program.

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Anonymous wrote:At Blair magnet, if you took Geometry in 8th you go right into Magnet PreCal in 9th (some into Functions, which is even higher).

When do you take algebra II?

Magnet Precal combines Alg 2 and Precal. It's compacted math at a higher level.

and 3 semesters long..