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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That would be a question for guidance. Her MS credit would count as long as it was Spanish 1 and not Spanish 1A. But they need 3 years of one language, and that means 3 credits. So she would most likely be looking at Spanish 3 and 4/AP OR Spanish 2 and 3 depending on her placement test. But if she barely tests into Spanish 3, I would strongly suggest Spanish 2 and 3.[/quote]

This, about going with the lower level.  My D.C. had one year of MS Spanish, with a high A, and at Carson, which is supposed to be good at getting kids ready for TJ.  He barely placed into Spanish II.  But, 6 weeks into the school year,  he was making a D in Spanish II, with no real way to get better.  He just didn't have the background he needed. He dropped down to Spanish I, and is now making a high A.  I hate he had to repeat, but we were looking at a terrible struggle in Spanish II, followed by a terrible struggle in Spanish III. And he is by far not the only kid who dropped down a level in French or Spanish from Carson. Other kids from Carson who stayed in Spanish II and French II are finding it's their lowest grade and having problems.  Honestly, the academic transition from MS to TJ is tough enough without him killing himself to pass Spanish II.

The new plan is to take Spanish II in 10th, and then Spanish III Pass-Fail online during the summer between 10th and 11th.  Which it looks like he can do given the TJ online policy and the FCPS P-F policy.  But we won't know for sure until we ask student services and they sign off.  (In fact if anyone has done summer Spanish III or tried o PF it, please post if it was possible). I have a kid who just wants to get the foreign language requirement out of the way as easily as possible and free up space for advanced engineering classes.

Had I known, I would have encouraged him to take Japanese, Latin or Russian, which are the "easy" language classes, since he had to start from scratch. But by the time he moved from Spanish II to Spanish I, we were too late in the school year to start a brand new language. [/quote]

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