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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, best wishes to you and thanks for doing this.

Do you have any suggestions for freshman about summer course this year? 
DS took Geometry in 8th so cant do math. Is done with self directed EPF. In fall taking CS and IBET, Spanish. 
Is this summer which means all of next 2 months likely stuck at home worthy to spend pre preparing for the freshman year subjects ? 
If our counselor is ok with World History and Geography 1 is it worthy to do it to get done with the social Studies credit? we not sure as the history course is non honors. Any suggestions ?[/quote]

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No problem! :D Welcome to TJ!

I would not worry too much about preparing over the summer for freshman year courses. If they're not doing anything else, then sure? But there's not really a strong need to prepare beforehand--TJ eases freshmen in slowly during first quarter. If I were to prep a little, I might start looking a little at the Research Stats content or learning some Java on my own?

I wouldn't do WH1 this summer unless you really really want to get the credit out of the way. You not only lose the 0.5 weighting but you can take many cool weighted history courses over the school year (History of Science, Ethical Leadership, anthropology, psychology, etc) and they're all good "chill" classes to balance out a possibly rigorous junior/senior year schedule. You can also wait a year and do weighted summer history next summer and never lose the 0.5 gpa bump. But, if your child is really into the STEM electives that TJ has to offer and wants to take as many as possible, then one good option would be to take non-honors WH1 this summer, PE10/Summer Chem/Spanish 3 next summer, as that would give you the most elective space while only reducing weighting for WH1.[/quote]

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