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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your child is struggling now why do you assume you should be looking at AP and Honors classes?[/quote]

This is my kids choice. If they go WL they want those classes. [/quote]

You are having the wrong conversation with your kid.  High school is very intense for kids taking the highest rigor classes.  It’s not going to be magically better at another school in these type of classes and in fact you want him to learn the skill now of how to manage all of it, not junior year where grades count most.  If it’s too much you work with your kid to drop down a level in classes.[/quote]

We have friends who go and my kid thinks they have a test retake option, and things have to be somewhat easier with 30 valedictorians! But did they charge restating so you can only get a lower grade? What about turning in homework late?[/quote]

In APS you can only retest up to an 80.  It's also a bit rough once they are in high school to retest in rigorous classes. The class moves on and the student is trying to cover 2 sets of material.  My kid took the option once in all of high school and it sucked. What my kid says is kids who test poorly end up still doing poorly on retakes.  Prepare well the first time and take the grade you get. The whole homework late thing starts to really not apply.  I don't even know what the official policy is (I think it is teacher dependent) but as an example, my child's intensified math class there was a daily quiz.  If you didn't do your homework, you do badly on the quiz.  They'd get so far behind in these classes with late assignments it would snowball.  A high school kid not keeping up with homework in AP and honors classes will do badly.  So does the official late homework policy even matter?  A kid who can't turn homework on time shouldn't be in those higher level classes in high school.

In general I think APS has this rap as being super easy, everyone gets As, all students can do whatever whenever.  That's a talking point I see on DCUM at least.  I think that reputation is pretty fair through early middle school.  By 8th grade in some classes and by high school in higher level classes, it's really not what goes on.  The intensified math track is hard.  AP classes in core subjects are a lot of work and hard.  I know kids doing IB and it's a lot of work and hard.[/quote]

I think my DS thinks they can skip homework and make it up on weekend. The will probably do fine on math quizzes; they are very good at math just ADHD and disorganized so executing has been hard. We were hoping Gonzaga would have better support for that than it has; any feedback on WL supports ? [/quote]

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