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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the OP but in Arlington, you can have easily have 2 years of foreign language (7th and 8th), 2 years of math if you do Algebra in 7th and Geometry in 8th (not that common, but Algebra in 8th is very common) and World Geography in 8th which is standard and a HS social sciences credit.  I think there are also a couple of Computer Science classes (definitely Robotics and possibly Coding) that can be taken in 8th grade.
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+1. My son just finished 8th in Arlington and has 5 HS credits. A mix of As and Bs. We kept all the grades. Given his past performance I expect a mix of As and Bs in rigorous courses will be what he ends up with in HS anyway.[/quote]

May I ask you what was the point to take a HS classes in the MS? I have a kid heading to the MS. My older one is graduated, never took HS classes in the MS and had all As in HS (GPA 4.7). [/quote]

I don't really know what the point is. Most of it wasn't optional -- all the 8th graders take world geography and because it's an IB middle School, the two years of language are required too. We could have pulled him back a bit in math but 8th grade math is essentially a remedial class for the weakest math students. Math is DS's strongest subject and he belonged in the top math group (those classes were As).[/quote]

It just sorta happens without pushing. My kid (APS) had the same mix as the OPs kid, except I'm not going to share why he got the grades he got.  You can make the decisions whenever in Arlington, and change your mind again, as well.  I got all worked up,about this before high school, too. The decision just didn't matter.

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