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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What classes are they taking this year?

They should take:

foreign language
English 10
Math - Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 or Pre-cal (in less they need a different one due to other needs)
PE, if they didn't do it in 9th or Health ED, if they didn't do it in 9th or want to do it over the summer
A history class 
A science class - usually Chemistry
Elective
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They may want to do AP Computer Science Principles to knock out tech requirement instead of Health in 10th depending on long term plan and avoiding AP overload later. [/quote]

If you carefully plan, you have the tech credit done in MS.  If not, you can switch it.  Best to take health ed the summer before 8th and the summer before 9th.  They are painful enough over a few weeks.  No need for a semester.

We heavily planned to knock out as many requirements in MS and 9th as possible.[/quote]

They let you take Health A in MCPS summer school after 7th grade? How do you take tech in regular middle schools? [/quote]

Sorry, summer before 9th and summer before 10th (you could probably do it all in one summer but its painful).

Some MS offer the tech credit.  Also, foreign language (but you also need to take it in HS for college so not a huge advantage starting in 6th vs. 8-9).  Same for the fine arts elective.  You can still take all those classes in HS if it interests your child, but nice to get them over with.

Also, if your child does Algebra and geometry in MS, they get the HS credit for that but still required to take four years of math in HS to graduate.[/quote]

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