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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will his grade go on his HS transcript? That's one argument for taking it a bit slower - if he stumbles a bit because of immaturity, there's a lot riding on it, assuming it goes on his HS transcript. [/quote] This is a great point. Yes, it will go on his HS transcript. Definitely something to consider. As for the social side, I would not worry about that. It's one class out of the day.[/quote] OP here. Yes, this is one of my concerns. Actually, it appears that I'm the only one who is worried about this. My son, my husband, and his teacher are all thrilled. I'm happy as well, but I didn't realized that we were going to be making decisions about high school credit while he is still in elementary school. My son already knows how to do Algebra and he thinks its so easy. Math always came natural to him. He is a die hard STEM kid. His interests are medicine and engineering. However, he gravitates more to medicine. My other concern is that in 8th grade he will have to take math at River Hill School which isn't our zoned high school. I will find out next Monday more detail information at the Middle School Accelerated G/T Mathematics Orientation for parents. I already have a long of list of questions to ask at the orientation. Maybe I'm worried for nothing, but I still have reservations. I'm looking at the letter right now and this is the breakdown of the accelerated math program: [b]Grade Level[/b]/ [b]Course[/b] 6th- Algebra I G/T 7th- Geometry 8th - Algebra II G/T 9th - Precalculus G/T 10th - AP Calculus AB 11th - AP Calculus C 12th - AP Statistics, and/or Discrete Mathematics, and/or Differential Equations [/quote] I'm a scientist, never particularly good at math, but this looks eminently sane. He's not going to be doing string theory by the end of high school, so, no worries. Transportation to a different school, however, IS a concern. I'd be worried the bus might make the kids late for the next lesson, or that they might actually have to skip another lesson. [/quote]
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