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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^PP - your DH is looking for a unicorn. What MS, public or private tracks for social studies or science? That usually starts at HS. [/quote]

Not the poster you’re responding to, but it’s liberal B.S. to believe that the achievement gap isn’t a greater problem in schools that have large at-risk populations and relatively smaller advanced learners.  Tracking is more critical when the disparities within the student body are vast.
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That is fair. But the point is that S-H DOES NOT have a large at-risk population or a "relatively smaller" group of advanced learners. And the folks continuing to lean on that as their explanation for why the school won't work for their kid are either willfully ignorant or... something else.[/quote]

Does S-H offer Algebra I and Geometry?  Most middle schools offer these courses to their college bound students.  You have to have Algebra I and Geometry in middle school at a minimum if you want to apply to competitive colleges because this is the sequence that will let a student take Calculus in high school.

If you don't have a sizable number of students scoring 5 in math in Parcc/advanced learners, the school does not offer these courses which is why most UMC parents will not consider sending their kids there.  Same for English.

Nothing racist/something else about it.  [/quote]

This isn't true.  You need to have algebra 1 in middle school to be able to take calculus in high school.   Not geometry.  This sequence leads to Calculus in 12th grade.   [/quote]

[b]It's most common to have geometry in middle school but some school systems offer geometry later.[/b]  But it is good to have geometry in middle school for parents who are interested in having their kids in enrichment classes like Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, etc. which requires the SATs - you need geometry for the SATs.

But schools like S-H are mostly interested in remediation not academic enrichment.

So does S-H offer Algebra I for middle school?[/quote]

Are you posting from China?  This simply isn't true.  It isn't "most common" for kids to take geometry in middle school (and subsequently math above Calculus in high school).  I have a kid at Deal.  Only 10% of the current 7th grade is on this trajectory.  I have another kid at a Big3.  The entire 7th grade is taking pre-algebra.  In 8th grade kids will either take Algebra 1 or honors Algebra.  At some point kids who really love math will double up classes and push ahead a year.  But again, only 10% of the kids will go beyond Calculus in high school.   This is a top DC private.

I inquired about the math sequence at Thomas Jefferson and a full 20% of incoming freshman typically haven't had geometry in middle school.  And this is arguably a cohort of the strongest math kids in northern VA.  
You have some weird and warped view of what is typical sequencing of math.   Even engineering universities (and even in this day and age of hyper competitive admissions) don't require math above calculus in high school.  
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Where did I say math above Calculus in high school?!?  So only 10% at Deal?  That sounds about right.  Only the top math students do this but the school needs to offer the course.

So does S-H offer Algebra I for their top 10%?[/quote]

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