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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?[/quote]

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year. [/quote]

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then? [/quote]

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed [/quote]

Why bother?  No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics? [/quote]

Do the 9th graders have to take Physics Lite or can they skip that if they plan on doing Honors Physics? Do any 9th graders take the AP Physics exam even with taking Physics Lite?[/quote]

There is Honors Physics in 9th that requires more advanced math than the regular physics.  For those who want to take the AP exam, they would also take Advanced Physics normally Junior or Senior year. [/quote]

Can 9th grade girls who were at Holton for 7th/8th (and therefore two years of algebra I, no geometry as noted above) qualify to take honors physics in 9th grade, or is honors physics only open to the incoming students who are in Algebra II during ninth grade, having competed geometry before entering Holton?

Thank you.  [/quote]

Yes, my DD took honors geometry and honors physics in 9th grade. [/quote]

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