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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He may find it hard to fit in 4 years of language in high school along with all other HS requirements. If he is doing a high school STEM magnet, he may also be trying to fit in an internship. He might be better off starting Spanish earlier. He could take five years of Spanish, and be finished by the end of 10th grade.[/quote]

I think this is terrible advice. Colleges are not looking at your middle school transcripts, and [b]only levels 3 and up of any World Language give high school credits[/b]. I'm presuming that, if your student's is thinking they'd be at the level of the STEM Magnet, that they want to apply for top level, competitive colleges (current admissions scandal aside), so stopping World Language after 10th grade is a bad idea. If you look at the Blair STEM course chart on their website, it lists World language for four years as the expectation, although there is an option for other electives in grades 11 and 12. Not to mention, they would not qualify for the Seal of Biliteracy with just five years of Spanish, unless they do a lot of extra study outside of school and take an outside test.[/quote]
That is not true. All full year (A/B) world language courses  give high school credit in MCPS.[/quote]

I think starting w/ this year's 6th graders, students(parents) can decide of the grade from lanf taken in MS will go on the HS transcript. Up until now, I think the MS lang grades were factored into HS transcript. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Mine missed out on this, but oddly, even thpugh she goto As, because of Honors weighting, they probably bring her weighted grade done. Oh well![/quote]
They’ve are all eligible for high school credit. The rule change just means they don’t have to elect to get the credit if they don’t do well.[/quote]

You didn't read my post very carefully. I'm aware they're all eligible for HS credit. I said that the new decision is that parents/students can request that the grade not be factored into HS GPA.[/quote]
I did read it. But it didn’t seem to relate to the other comments you quoted.  The discussion was about the PP inaccurately stating the early years were not eligible for credit. If you understand that, your comment is a bit of a non sequitur.[/quote]

Nope. It is quite relevant to people wondering if their 6th grader should try to take a HS credit course.[/quote]

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