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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all confusing to me. I have a non-Takoma child who will go to the Blair magnet in the fall, and we already registered for her classes. The level of math she was based on the recommendation we were given by Blair. I assume it was based on her admissions test and her previous grades and math teacher's recommendation. She will be going to the math camp in the summer. Is the camp really just an opportunity for them to assess the kids? (They did say that they might adjust placements based on what they see in the class, but they also seemed fairly confident in where the children were already placed.)[/quote]

This is my understanding: Everyone is enrolled for pre-calc ([b]or Geom if they're not in Geom now[/b]). They make the decisions on which of the Pre Calc students are recommended for Functions later through teacher or camp or whatever.[/quote]

Just wondering - Is it possible to get admitted to Blair SMAC without having done Geometry? (These would be students who do IM in grade 7 and Algebra 1 in grade 8, right?)[/quote]

Yes, we were told that some students come in without yet having done geometry.[/quote]
This. Magnet geometry used to be the most common Math path for students many many years ago (if I am correctly remembering something mr ostrander once said). Now it is mostly taken by kids who studied algebra 1 and geometry in a non Magnet MS, private school kids who have not studied Geometry yet and a few kids who find the Pre Calculus class is moving too quickly or taking too much time. Math is just one of the three areas of focus for the Magnet program and there are kids who are really great in science or computer science and just very good in math [/quote]

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