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[quote=Anonymous]It's a lot less complicated then people make it out to be.

Here's what Mr O says at the info session:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z7tIVLmhbXM&t=270

8th grade Algebra -> 9th grade Geometry

8th grade Geometry -> 9th grade Precalculus (which includes Algebra 2, and condenses 4 semesters into 3 semesters)

8th grade Algebra 2 -> 9th grade Functions (which includes Algebra 2, and condensed the 4 semesters into 2 semesters)

For students who already deeply understand Algebra 2, a 1 year class to review Algebra 2 and then do Precalculus is not an Earth-shattering experience

Yes Precalculus and Functions are intensified and proof-based because it's SMACS. That's why you came to SMACS, because you want more intense STEM. Yes if you came to SMACS for Biology or robotics or maybe CS, even Precalculus may be more intense than you want or need.

Yes, if your kid did Honors Geometry in 8th grade (even at TPMS Magnet) and nothing else, Precalculus will be twice as much work / twice as fast as they are accustomed to. And Functions (not recommended for these students) will be even more so.

Yes, it's proof-based (like RSM and AoPS), so if your kid breezed through (or worse, struggled through) Honors Algebra 2 in middle school, but never went deeper in math team or RSM advanced track or AOPS, it will be more challenging  than they are accustomed to.

If your kid came to SMACS for math, and did Geometry and Algebra 2 in middle school, with a proof-based problem-solving experience, like in math team or RSM or AoPS, then Functions is designed for you, and your family finally gets to stop paying for external math class, and you get a fully enriched math class at public school.

Yes, it's unfair that MCPS middle school doesn't offer what RSM and AoPS do. Yes, if you never saw that enriched proof-based stuff yet, it will rock your world when you see it in high school, and you will need more time (hours per week, and weeks in total) to learn how to learn math that way. [/quote]

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