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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We enrolled DS in AoPS and then RSM. He has loved the math competition class and continues in it as an 8th grader. Great program for him.

The school is not going to be able to do much. The  kids who are ahead might get extra worksheets on computer assignments but it is not going to be anything meaningful. It gets better in MS but isn't challenging. I will say that Geometry in 8th grade is the first time DS has said math at school is engaging. He has studies a lot of geometry through the math competition class but they don't focus on formal proofs and the like, so that has been new to him. It hasn't been hard but the more formal learning has at least been newish. He covered pretty much all of Algebra in his math competition class, the school class formalized the learning and provided some structure but not much new material. It wasn't hard for him.

We did not do geometry in the summer, DS had camps he wanted to do and friends to hang out with. We didn't see the point of massively accelerating. He does math competitions for additional challenge and fun, the AMCs, IMC, Math Kangaroo, Purple Comet and the like. He participates in Mathcounts. [/quote]
The school is able to do plenty. If it can choose to pay for an athletics coach to coach a select group of students, it can pay for a math teacher to coach a select group of students.[/quote]

The Math Coaches for clubs are parent volunteers, that is why some ES, MS, and HS have clubs and others don’t. It is based on parent willingness to Coach. [/quote]
Why aren't sports coaches parent volunteers?[/quote]

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