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[quote=Anonymous]I found it helpful to sit down and create a Google Sheet to share with my kid, with the columns being years of school and the rows being subjects.

She will have to take English and math all four years, so you know right away that those rows are filled up all four years and you can plan ahead to think about what classes those might be.

Science will be three years, social studies will be three years, there will be a year of PE, a year of tech, a year of health, and a year of fine arts. If she plays an instrument or sings, or is interested in really pursuing an art, fill those in all the way across. Fill in foreign language for at least three years.

Some classes, like tech and health, are easily taken over the summer if she's interested in freeing up spaces for other interests.

If she's in Algebra right now, she needs to take Geometry in 9th -- depends on what she's done already.

Read through the graduation requirements, look at the course bulletin for her HS, and start sketching in options.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/curriculum/graduation-requirements/graduationataglance_classof2028.pdf

The spreadsheet can change and get updated as she goes, but it's really helpful to get a grip on what's required, what she has to take what years, and get the big picture in mind.

Don't even worry about dual enrollment right now -- the high schools have so many AP credit options available and these can be a huge leg up credit-wise although every school differs. My son graduated in 2020 and got something like 48 credits at UMD for his AP scores. I don't remember the number exactly but it was a huge boost in getting out of entry-level classes and getting earlier registration. He went through multivariate calculus in 12th grade -- he never had a desire or need to go to MC via dual enrollment for classes that weren't offered at his HS.[/quote]

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