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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do public schools offer all math classes in the summer?[/quote]

FCPS does. It’s online for most schools. But only Honors in geometry.  I would not have a kid do summer A2 or Pre-Calc. And I would not have a math kid settle for the non-Honors 5 week version. If you are going to accelerate, take Geometry and A1 together. Or [b]summer Honors geometry[/b]. [/quote]

We are thinking my DS will do summer Geom Hons next year.  He qualified for 7th grade alg. I hons, but chose not to do it.  He is top in his class in math 7 hons and is naturally strong in math.  So, he'll do Alg. I Hons. in 8th and then jump up with the Geom Hons during the summer to get back on the fast track.

My question:  Do you think the summer Geom. Hons is sufficient for getting the material?  Will it have any negative impact on Alg. II Hon or pre-calc?[/quote]

Sufficient?  Maybe. A great idea?  Not really.  Most kids who take it are MS kids gunning for TJ, which is why it’s the only math class offered as Honors online.  By the end of 8th, that ship has sailed.  And if your kid was going to make a serious run at MIT or Cal Tech, they would be applying to TJ.   If your kid is serious about Engineering, it’s better to go through BC with straight As than discover in Algebra II or Pre-Calc that your kid missed concepts and have them end up with one or more math Bs.

TJ is a separate conversation, because serious engineering students take AP Physics C in 11th, which at TJ requires BC as a co-rec, but you really need it as a pre-rec.  So, that answer may be different.[/quote]

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