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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS kids are only tracked in math until 8th, which I think is unfortunate, but they all take a math placement test at the start of the year or in the spring once they have officially enrolled.  And yes, the sequence is clear.

What I would like to know is for the most advanced 8th graders in math at DCI, what would be the class for 9th grade (assuming it has a name that is more recognizable) - Algebra II, pre-calculus, trig, whatever - doesn't matter but I would like to know.  And I thought Spanish 3 was either AP Spanish or the year before AP Spanish universally - and they do have 8th graders taking AP Spanish at Oyster.  So after Spanish 3 (if that is what you are placed in upon admission in 6th grade and appears to be the highest placement level), where do you go next?

BASIS parent here whose kids get slammed immediately and early to acclimate them when they enter in 5th grade.  The higher grades start more slowly because the kids already know school is serious business.  I kind of like that method - setting the tone (albeit it can be a bit scary) for ten year olds and then starting to be more playful and relaxed later in the year, and at the start of the upper years like 8th and 9th grade when all the kids know what the deal is............[/quote]

BASIS parents - please don't hijack this thread!!

DCI is aligned to the IB curriculum, so the names of the courses and sequences are not easily translated to the AP sequence and standards. And no one is asking for comparatives between DCI and other schools; they are asking about different current DCI student experiences. [/quote]

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