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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why does PE take up a period the whole school year? When I was in school we had PE opposite an elective. Now there is PE everyday and no room to take an elective if your student is interested.[/quote]

FCPS middle schools have two elective periods available each year. [b] 9th and 10th grade are worse - my DS can't wait to be done with PE and foreign language after sophomore year[/b].[/quote]

PP, there's an option to do "online PE" in the summers before 9th and/or  10th grades, to get the credit done and to free up an elective the next school year. My DD's friend did it the summer before 9th grade so she could take the year-long theatre elective and my DD is going to do it this summer so she can have an elective period free next year in 10th grade.

It is not for the faint-hearted or for those who travel during July when the class takes place. FCPS does ensure that it's very expensive and difficult (they issue a heart rate monitor and kids must register a certain heart rate for a certain period of time every day, and must do in-person online check-ins every day, for instance, and there are other requirements crammed into the one-month class period). But the up side is that it does mean a kid no longer has PE eating up what could be an elective in their schedule the next school year. I know one family where one kid did it two summers in a row and was glad she did, despite the pretty intense requirements for that one month of summer. And you just can't do it if you're on vacation somewhere, according to the couple of families I've talked with. BUT if it means my kid frees up a class for the entire school year, it's going to be worth it. Look on the FCPS web site for more. Registration for this summer's online PE is open right now. I admit I'm kind of dreading it since my DD has to do some other activities during that same time period but she is very motivated by the idea of not having to spend an entire year's elective slot on PE next year.

There are also online summer language classes to fulfill FCPS requirements but I'm not sure what is involved in those.[/quote]

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