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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is a 9th grader in the CAP program and really likes it. The best part is having a cohort of 25 students that take 4 classes together in freshman year - he is really bonding with his group. CAP now has about 100 students for this year. New parent so I don't know how CAP is now compared to previous years. [/quote]

We are considering the CAP program because several of my kids' friends are considering it, too. My question is what classes make up CAP? As a 9th grader, can you be in CAP as well at French 4, Band, Alg 2, and AP Gov? We don't want academics to suffer and don't want to miss out on foreign language and band. [/quote]

Yes you can take level 4 language, band, honors algebra 2 as a freshman in cap. All Blair students take US History before government though and the course is part of the CAP sequence. The CAP courses freshman year are English, US History, Drama, Photgraphy/Scriptwriting[/quote]

I will check the website. So APUSH first? I don't think band would fit as even with an extra hour, she would need to squeeze in science. [/quote]

They take 8 classes so science also but will need to fit in required electives at some point. CAP students take a special version of US History but it’s not AP because it’s interdisciplinary.[/quote]

Do they still sit for the AP exam? [/quote]

Incorrect. CAP 10th graders take AP Gov with their CAP cohort, and 11th graders take AP World with their CAP cohort, and as with every AP class at Blair, students are encouraged to sit for the exam (and most do), but not required to do so. CAP 9th graders have historically taken CAP honors US history in 9th grade — which is not AP. But I don’t know what next year’s 9th graders will be offered. Blair didn’t offer APUSH at all in the past (whether or not you’re in CAP) but I think that may be changing.

— parent of two older CAP students[/quote]

Blair doesn't offer APUSH? That is so bizarre to me. MCPS says that every school offers the same courses and that is not true.

It is also strange that an honors magnet program would only have an honors-level cohort and not an AP-level cohort for Hist/Gov Freshman year. [/quote]

Blair has always offered APUSH but not for 9th graders. This is changing and it will be open to 9th graders next year.[/quote]

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