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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our son was in a similar situation. There are two things to consider here:

Algebra 1 taught by most middle schools is a watered down version of the high school Algebra 1 version.

The curriculum of "Algebra 1 honors" at some schools is more like Algebra 2 and precalc. This is the case at my son's high school.

I'd inquire about what exactly the Algebra 1 honors curriculum is before ruling it out.

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Does anyone have a sense of Gonzaga's math program? If anyone can speak to the strengths and weaknesses of their curriculum, that would be super helpful.[/quote]

We do have some experience with Gonzaga's math program! My son was in Algebra in 8th grade, did extremely well on the HSPT math portion and Gonzaga's math placement test, I'd have to look back at his Gonzaga score but it was near perfect. We always had a math tutor in middle school even though he didn't really need one, just to help him along and up his confidence since I'm terrible with math and my husband isn't until most evenings (the math person). Gonzaga placed him in the *Howell* math class as a freshman - it's really the fast math track and only had 7 boys total - which is Geometry/Precalc and skipping Algebra 2. Was in Calc AB as a Sophomore and just wrapped up Calc BC as a Junior. I doubted this track many times over the past 3 years but he able to eek out an A in Calc BC. He was able to secure a recommendation for Linear Algebra as Senior.

Some boys dropped out of this particular math track and I would've been ok with this, too. I didn't mind the Bs but concerned he wasn't grasping the concepts but he assured he was and stuck with it. So happy he did because he feels accomplished because he's busy with his varsity sport and tutoring math/spanish at Gonzaga but all ended well. Good luck!
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and need to add this; you can't ask Gonzaga to place your son in this math track - it's soley based on MS grades, HSPT and the placement test. It's not a choice or parent decison, strictly Gonzaga's assessment. [/quote]

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