About Summer HS classes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a bit more information posted on the site now. Looks like the virtual classes (health and tech) meet every day M-Th of the sessions, for 9 total classes of 1.5 hours each (13.5 hours total). This is a change from previous years, where they met for 8 sessions over ~3 weeks (note every day) for 1.25 hours each time (10 hours total). And all the virtual sessions are in the evening, starting at 7:15 PM.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

They still don't have the locations for in-person posted, but that also looks like 9 days also (M-Th) from 8-2:30 each day.

Thanks! I think meeting more frequently for the virtual is a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

You need to call out this horrible counselor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

You need to call out this horrible counselor.

The worst part is that this counselor is the head of the department!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a bit more information posted on the site now. Looks like the virtual classes (health and tech) meet every day M-Th of the sessions, for 9 total classes of 1.5 hours each (13.5 hours total). This is a change from previous years, where they met for 8 sessions over ~3 weeks (note every day) for 1.25 hours each time (10 hours total). And all the virtual sessions are in the evening, starting at 7:15 PM.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

They still don't have the locations for in-person posted, but that also looks like 9 days also (M-Th) from 8-2:30 each day.

This is a lot of change. Last summer there was a daytime virtual option. And students could take two courses per session. Now only one. I’m glad we weren’t counting on getting that accomplished but this is all a bit limiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a bit more information posted on the site now. Looks like the virtual classes (health and tech) meet every day M-Th of the sessions, for 9 total classes of 1.5 hours each (13.5 hours total). This is a change from previous years, where they met for 8 sessions over ~3 weeks (note every day) for 1.25 hours each time (10 hours total). And all the virtual sessions are in the evening, starting at 7:15 PM.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

They still don't have the locations for in-person posted, but that also looks like 9 days also (M-Th) from 8-2:30 each day.

This is a lot of change. Last summer there was a daytime virtual option. And students could take two courses per session. Now only one. I’m glad we weren’t counting on getting that accomplished but this is all a bit limiting.

Two virtual classes in one session? Given how much outside work there is for each, that does not seem wise. I imagine very few kids did that successfully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

"Apparently", you have no idea what actually happened in the conversation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Summer school is only 2 weeks per session?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

July 7: First day of classes for Session 1

July 21: Last day of Session 1 courses


July 23: First day of Session 2 courses

August 6: Last day of Session 2 courses

I don't know that it is a whole lot shorter than past. They always had a class session off for a holiday and the final class was not required unless you needed to speak to the teacher.

I don’t love how they split the week. I signed my kid up for something the week of July 20th thinking it would overlap with one of the two sessions and he would do the other session. Unfortunately it seems to overlap with both of the summer sessions due to how they did the dates this year, so now he can’t do either session due to one single week’s conflict.

Kid can't sign up for the evening session for the one evening of session 2?

No, without going into too much detail, the conflict is in a different time zone and not in a place where kid could stop and do a synchronous zoom. Like a group overnight hiking/camping situation.

Have someone take his place with an AI face filter and a blurry camera?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told by the math teacher that if my kid cannot take one session only. It must be 2 sessions. Otherwise he would start the class all over again in 9th grade. Is that right? Can he take health just the first session and do the second session next summer?

Be more specific. Were you trying to do a math course for original credit?
If so then yes you have to do the whole year. You can't do the first semester A part in summer, and then do a semester elective and drop in to the class second B semester in spring .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told by the math teacher that if my kid cannot take one session only. It must be 2 sessions. Otherwise he would start the class all over again in 9th grade. Is that right? Can he take health just the first session and do the second session next summer?

They can’t take one semester of a math class without taking the other semester right after, I don’t think. They can absolutely take the two different health semesters in different years but they have to be in order. Meaning that you could take health A this summer and health B a different summer or during the school year, but you can’t do health B first.

[Anonymous]

Regional school locations are now listed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Summer school is only 2 weeks per session?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

July 7: First day of classes for Session 1

July 21: Last day of Session 1 courses


July 23: First day of Session 2 courses

August 6: Last day of Session 2 courses

I don't know that it is a whole lot shorter than past. They always had a class session off for a holiday and the final class was not required unless you needed to speak to the teacher.

I don’t love how they split the week. I signed my kid up for something the week of July 20th thinking it would overlap with one of the two sessions and he would do the other session. Unfortunately it seems to overlap with both of the summer sessions due to how they did the dates this year, so now he can’t do either session due to one single week’s conflict.

Kid can't sign up for the evening session for the one evening of session 2?

No, without going into too much detail, the conflict is in a different time zone and not in a place where kid could stop and do a synchronous zoom. Like a group overnight hiking/camping situation.

If you are traveling summer school is a bad idea. Expecting the to accommodate that is unreasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

You need to call out this horrible counselor.

The worst part is that this counselor is the head of the department!

Than it's even more important to contact them and tell them to stop saying those moronic things.

[Anonymous]

Here are the in-person high school locations:

Einstein
Paint Branch
Wheaton
Richard Montgomery
Watkins Mill
Clarksburg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

"Apparently", you have no idea what actually happened in the conversation.

All I know is what my child told me. The school doesn’t communicate much. Half of their communication is miscommunication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a bit more information posted on the site now. Looks like the virtual classes (health and tech) meet every day M-Th of the sessions, for 9 total classes of 1.5 hours each (13.5 hours total). This is a change from previous years, where they met for 8 sessions over ~3 weeks (note every day) for 1.25 hours each time (10 hours total). And all the virtual sessions are in the evening, starting at 7:15 PM.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

They still don't have the locations for in-person posted, but that also looks like 9 days also (M-Th) from 8-2:30 each day.

This is a lot of change. Last summer there was a daytime virtual option. And students could take two courses per session. Now only one. I’m glad we weren’t counting on getting that accomplished but this is all a bit limiting.

Anyone that knows MoCo knows how big summer swim is here. What happens if a kid misses every Wednesday of virtual for B meets?