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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is "more honors classes"?  At our middle school, all the 6th graders are in "advanced" english and "advanced" world studies.  Outside of being tracked to a higher math, what options are there?  Is there an "advanced" science?[/quote]

there was an option for a more advanced math, [b]a more advanced science, [/b]and moving to a faster paced language.[/quote]

[b]There is only one possible course for science.[/b]
For math, your child can do Geometry in 7th and Algebra II in 8th grade (at the local high school).
For languages, your child can test into any level he is ready for, but anything above level 3 (it may vary by school), and he would need to travel to the high school.

Essentially, it's not the difficulty of the class that poses a challenge, but more getting bused to the high school, which is discouraged in 7th grade.[/quote]

Not true about science.

Even though there is only one science course listed in MCPS bulletin, the course with "34" is the one that is "advanced." I inquired to our guidance counselor b/c of "Gifted/Talented" designation on science on DC's report card. I think the on-grade level option is "33".

Why MCPS won't use 2 course descriptions? No clue. It's MCPS so I never expect anything to make sense. [/quote]

Not in the bulletin I'm looking at: p.15, under Science
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/middleschool/coursebulletin-2017.pdf
Investigations in Science 7 (IS7) (3529)
Only course for grade 7.

Please post your source, OP.[/quote]

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