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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Help me understand: do students need to take Health and/or PE in high school during the year, ever? Or can they knock out all of it during the summers?

Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten.

My kid wants the most electives possible, and would prefer not to take PE or Health during the year ever. [/quote]

Unfortunately the state of MD now requires a year of health. The Health classes are pretty bad and have some political leanings- they just increased the requirement from 1/2 year to a full year starting with the class of 2025. Many  strong students sign up for Health over the summer to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, only Health A is offered this summer.

The state also requires 1 year of PE. If your child is a strong student recommend taking it junior or senior year when their schedule is more difficult.[/quote]

Yes, keep shoving AP Calc and AP Physics. That is very healthy.

The most overworked and stressed kids complaining about health and PE classes getting in the way is a tad bit ironic, no?

Teens have no idea about physical health, nutrition, mental health or how bad the obesity epidemic is in the USA. It’s pretty sad parents are against this. But then again parents were against the finance class being mandatory too. The race to know here is more important than well rounded kids with some basic street smarts and life skills I guess. [/quote]

The health classes are pretty useless.  Half of the class is definitely about things that my child would rather replace with a financial literacy requirement.

My kids are on a team sports, pretty aware of healthy habits, and wants room to take electives of their choices during the year which includes AP Physics!  [/quote]

Why don't they have room to take electives of their choice? Assuming a 7-period schedule across 4 years, there are 28 credits in high school. Twenty of them are needed for non-elective requirements, so that leaves 8 slots for electives.

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