Summer P.E

[Anonymous]

Regular year PE is a total waste of either 2 full-year electives or up to 4-half year electives. Either way, a total waste for high school hours. If your kids wants to hang out with friends, have them join a sports team or a club. Better use of time and allows you to keep your class time taking actual classes that can benefit your learning.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a private option available that FCPS accepts, and it is all asynchronous and easy online. It does not involve exercise.

Say more please? Or name/link?

It's through Virtual Virginia. DD did it last summer prior to 10th grade, and it's MUCH easier than the FCPS version in terms of the actual exercise requirement. However, it doesn't include driver education like the FCPS class so that has to be done separately. On the other hand, DS (I have b/g twins) wanted to do the FCPS class to get the drivers ed done, and he actually liked the incentive to exercise an hour per day. But, it was a lot of work, especially because he did it last summer at the same time as the Personal Econ class (which isn't hard at all but just needs some dedicated time) as well as summer theater at school.

The summer before last, they both did the FCPS class. It was a lot, but it was also a VERY hot summer, and their instructor excused the class from a lot of the workouts b/c kids couldn't workout outside, which made it easier.

My kids did the class to fit in other electives, including theater and digital art, alongside their AP classes.

virtual virginia definitely has a physical activity requirement

I'm pp. Yes, VV has a requirement but you can just walk and/or do lighter exercise and for a shorter amount of time. FCPS requires an hour per day, with most of it at a high heart rate.

Someone else can just wear the watch though like a parent or sibling.

Yes, they can; however, if you are a decent parent, you will make your kid to the exercise (or maybe do the exercise alongside your kid).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you want your kid to have friends, don't opt for the summer version. So much of PE is about making or being around friends.

All of my kids’ friends are in chorus and theater, so they take PE in the summer so they can hang together in chorus and theater class during the school year. Given the foreign language requirement, they need the extra space to take BOTH chorus and theater.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want your kid to have friends, don't opt for the summer version. So much of PE is about making or being around friends.

My kid and her friends say PE9 is their most stressful class because the teacher is so picky with the videos they have to make and almost no one has an A. They are all worried it will bring down their GPAs. These are kids who play sports too. It’s all about before and after videos and assignments. It’s not a fun class to take and be social. This is why they want to take PE 10 in the summer.

It’s different than when my older kids took it because they got the “hard” PE teacher and don’t want to risk it again.

[Anonymous]

So my 8th grader asked HS counselor about Virtual Virginia and he said they “don’t facilitate that process” and gave her a link the ACE/FCPS. Does that mean FCPS doesn’t accept Virtual Virginia? I thought they had to be enrolled by the counselor for VV.

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Anonymous wrote:So my 8th grader asked HS counselor about Virtual Virginia and he said they “don’t facilitate that process” and gave her a link the ACE/FCPS. Does that mean FCPS doesn’t accept Virtual Virginia? I thought they had to be enrolled by the counselor for VV.

If you take it in the summer, register as a homeschool parent (VVa allows it) and you will be assigned the 'mentor' and 'counselor' roles. Then VVa will provide a grade report, which you'll provide to your high school to get the credit. Make sure you fill out form 158 though and let your counselor know that you're going to do this via the homeschool parent route.

[Anonymous]

Easier to register through FCpS. It keeps everything in the same ecosphere. Less hassle. FCPS we know accepts credit without needing a sponsor. We also know that the FCPS class provides CPR class and test without needing to find an additional teacher to assist.

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Anonymous wrote:Easier to register through FCpS. It keeps everything in the same ecosphere. Less hassle. FCPS we know accepts credit without needing a sponsor. We also know that the FCPS class provides CPR class and test without needing to find an additional teacher to assist.

It’s easier but my kid does dance summer intensives which makes the FCPS much harder vs. the asynchronous Virtual Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:Easier to register through FCpS. It keeps everything in the same ecosphere. Less hassle. FCPS we know accepts credit without needing a sponsor. We also know that the FCPS class provides CPR class and test without needing to find an additional teacher to assist.

It’s easier but my kid does dance summer intensives which makes the FCPS much harder vs. the asynchronous Virtual Virginia.

What time does the intensive start? You could request the early class (maybe ask for the 8:00 class). If later in the day, then it would be a perfect or documenting the exercise. My DD did it for her ballet intensive — it was amazing how high her HR got during ballet.

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Anonymous wrote:So my 8th grader asked HS counselor about Virtual Virginia and he said they “don’t facilitate that process” and gave her a link the ACE/FCPS. Does that mean FCPS doesn’t accept Virtual Virginia? I thought they had to be enrolled by the counselor for VV.

If you take it in the summer, register as a homeschool parent (VVa allows it) and you will be assigned the 'mentor' and 'counselor' roles. Then VVa will provide a grade report, which you'll provide to your high school to get the credit. Make sure you fill out form 158 though and let your counselor know that you're going to do this via the homeschool parent route.

Thats a bull$hit response from your HS. Tons of FCPS high schools are facilitating the process with VVA and they should be too. Tell them that it is inequitable that they are not providing the same opportunities as other FCPS schools.

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Resurrecting a thread from a couple weeks ago - I just asked the person who approves summer school stuff at TJ and she indicated VV does not have a pass/fail option. Does that sound right or should I push it?

I'm a little salty because she also wouldn't register him for the first session since it overlaps with school... I had heard here or some where that it wasn't an issue to start VV before school ended. So he'll be doing half of it from camp.

[Anonymous]

"VV does not have a pass/fail option" correct.

"wouldn't register him for the first session since it overlaps with school" correct, same for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Resurrecting a thread from a couple weeks ago - I just asked the person who approves summer school stuff at TJ and she indicated VV does not have a pass/fail option. Does that sound right or should I push it?

I'm a little salty because she also wouldn't register him for the first session since it overlaps with school... I had heard here or some where that it wasn't an issue to start VV before school ended. So he'll be doing half of it from camp.

Just register for an asynchronous class with a private online high school. That's what we did and FCPS accepted. All computer based and at your own pace.

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We are going to Chantilly HS for 9th grade -- All that I had to say to get VV to work for them was that it was significantly cheaper than FCPS' version -- They gave me a form to sign that cost was a factor, and then we got registered.

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Anonymous wrote:Resurrecting a thread from a couple weeks ago - I just asked the person who approves summer school stuff at TJ and she indicated VV does not have a pass/fail option. Does that sound right or should I push it?

I'm a little salty because she also wouldn't register him for the first session since it overlaps with school... I had heard here or some where that it wasn't an issue to start VV before school ended. So he'll be doing half of it from camp.

Just register for an asynchronous class with a private online high school. That's what we did and FCPS accepted. All computer based and at your own pace.

Any recommendations? We would love to go this route. DS has a two week long backpacking trip this summer but would love to knock out the PE requirement. The problem is VV and FCPS class won't work.