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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep reading posts about when to take algebra ana I’m wonder what the typical path is for a kid who is good at math but not a genius in dcps.  My 4th grader tests high in math and it comes easily to her.  What do I need to think about in 5th grade and middle school so that she’s set up for calculus and high level math in high school?  [/quote]

Basically you want her at a middle school that offers Algebra I for 7th and/or 8th graders. Ideally, Geometry in 8th grade as well. If that's not offered, she can still catch up to the higher pathway by taking two math classes at the same time in high school.[/quote]

This. It's a very clarifying question (will my kid get to Geometry in 8th grade). Some DCPS schools offer it (Deal, Hardy, Stuart Hobson) and BASIS and Latin. Maybe others do as well. I really wish there was a clear place to see who does and doesn't![/quote]

DCI offers algebra 1 for 7th graders (7th grade math for 6th graders) and really high achievers can test into integrated math (9th grade math- algebra 2). [/quote]

So Algebra 1 in 7th which is the most advanced track in the higher performing schools leads to Calculus in 12th.

Are you saying DCI has an even more advance math track with Algebra 2 in 7th?[/quote]

This is wrong. Algebra in 7th leads to calculus in 11th. Algebra in 8th leads to calculus in 12th.

There is an even more advanced track available to a small number of of kids at Deal, where they double up on Algebra 1 and Geometry in 7th grade or Geometry and Algebra 2 in 8th grade. This group takes calculus in 10th. But a very small number of kids qualify, and some of them don’t pursue it, for various reasons.[/quote]

This. My kid took algebra II and geometry in 8th grade at Deal, had to take pre-calc in 9th at JR and is now taking AP Calc BC in 10th grade at JR. she started with qualifying for 7th grade math when she entered Deal. So there are different paths.[/quote]

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