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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't speak to Blair but I assume Poolesville similar and most enter having taken Geometry in 8th grade.    There are a handful of kids that took Algebra 2 in 8th (not sure how, this was never an option for my kid).   They do a placement test for the "Functions" class.    Anyone scoring high enough on that ends up in the same class, regardless of whether they took Alg 2 or not. [/quote]
But you have gone to one of those wealthy W feeders that accelerate math to get to Alg 2 in 8th. [/quote]

It's mostly kids from the Takoma Magnet Middle  that take it.[/quote]

No, most TPMS take Geometry in 8th. The TP schools (at least several years ago, may have changed) did not accelerate students beyond this level. A few came into TPMS from other schools that did. Seems to be a per school basis.

But, there is a small group entering Blair (many former TPMS kids) tgat take a class which essentially combines Alg 2/Trig and Pre Calc into one year. Those students finish Calc BC as sophomores.

The majority finish up Calc BC as 1st sem juniors. Some students in Blair magnet take Geom in 9th and go from there.  So, there are several math tracks in the magnet.

Then, after Calc BC, as a PP said, they often take Multivar, Linear Alg, Complex, Discrete, Ligic, etc. There's plenty of math to go around![/quote]

My kid graduated in 2020.  There was 1 Functions class (mostly from TPMS).  2 Pre-Calcs and 1 Geometry (that had non magnet kids too).  The Functions class was the smallest and a chunk usually drop it in the first quarter.  [/quote]

What is functions?  I keep hearing people talking about it. [/quote]

Functions is basically Alg II and Precal compacted into one year. It was a challenging class even for TPMS class, similar to a weeding out class in college.  The teacher sent many emails sent globally to all parents since so many kids were having difficulty and had Cs in the class, reminding them of the deadline to drop down into Precal.  Your child shouldn't take it unless they are really into math and willing to risk getting a B in the class.

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Thanks.  Mine takes Algebra 2 as a 8th grader.  No need to speed things up that much.[/quote]

Mine took Algebra 2 in 8th and still dropped back from Functions to Magnet PreCalc.  They wanted time to do things other than math. [/quote]

That seems like a sound choice. [/quote]

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