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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again,

What is connections?  I had assumed that my kid would be able to take both music and PE, but it looks like maybe that's prevented by connections?  Is it optional?  [/quote]

Connections is a mandatory study skills/ study hall class.  I haven’t heard anything good about it.  The pre-IB English/APUSH kids don’t have to take it.  Your kid still gets two electives.  Many of the music kids take Health and Tech over the summer online (for $300 per semester course).  You could push PE to sophomore year this way.  Some kids like saving PE until junior year when they have a tougher courseload overall.  It depends how flexible your counselor is, but most understand dedication to music.  The school wants health taken by the end of sophomore year.

Northwood might be on a block schedule with 8 classes.  I’m not sure.  It worked out well for my DD to have the same 7 classes everyday.[/quote]

Is it mandatory for four years or one?

So, my kid gets 8 classes at Einstein and could take

English
Math
Bio
History
Language
Connections
Band
PE

I thought it was just 7, but maybe that's an assumption.

Or he could take PreIB English and then skip Connections?[/quote]

Einstein has 7 periods each day. Yes, if they take Pre-IB English they can choose not to take Connections.[/quote]

I would check on this.  The new schedule specifies APUSH as well for the exemption [/quote]

Yeah, but we've already established my feelings on APUSH.   :D

It looks, to me, like APUSH has another class that goes with it?  So, it wouldn't solve the PE problem, just the exposure to riff raff (kidding, my kid IS the riff raff apparently).

Of course, as a high school teacher, I'm guessing that covid will change things.  I think block schedules will become more common, for example, as a way to cut down on the overall number of kids someone is in class with, and singing, dancing, and team sports may all disappear for a while.  This makes me very sad, although of course losing co-workers or students to covid would be worse. [/quote]

No one is saying your kid or other kids are bad kids BUT, if you are looking at the cohort as a priority, the math may be an issue as your school takes a slower approach to math than MCPS does.  When I looked at Catholics, I noticed that math at some of the schools was a very different track and no options due to the small class sizes.

Depending on the grade they are in now, you may want to consider changing for middle school.[/quote]

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