Anonymous
11/01/2022 15:02
Subject: Re:What is a standard American high school course load?
My kids' school is 7 classes and many seniors take a free period and have 6 classes.
Typically that would be:
1. English
2. Math
3. History/Social Studies
4. Science
5. Foreign Language
6. Elective (often something in the arts)
7. PE (9th-10th) / Elective (11th-12th, optional in 12th)
Typically that would be:
1. English
2. Math
3. History/Social Studies
4. Science
5. Foreign Language
6. Elective (often something in the arts)
7. PE (9th-10th) / Elective (11th-12th, optional in 12th)
Anonymous
11/01/2022 14:05
Subject: What is a standard American high school course load?
Anonymous wrote:I’m curious. I went to a New England prep school where the maximum was 6 (English, history, math, science, language, plus an elective), and seniors commonly took only 5.
Now my kid is headed toward a public school (Jackson-Reed in DCPS) where the standard course load is 8 courses per year, 7 for seniors. Is that the difference between public and private? Changing times?
My inclination is to believe that a school with fewer courses more focused on core subjects provides a better education, but maybe that’s just what feels familiar to me.
What is the standard course load at your high school?
In our school there are 7 periods in the day, and most kids seem to take all 7 classes.
Anonymous
11/01/2022 10:04
Subject: Re:What is a standard American high school course load?
I don't even think there is an answer to this question. Is there a standard? Every state/county/town/public/private does it differently.
My children are at a private in NYC and they also take six: English, History, Math, Science, Foreign Language, Elective *but* there's also some wiggle room there as classes don't meet every day and some classes are more credits than others. So you could take two electives - one that meets 1 day a week and one that meets 2-3, for example.
My children are at a private in NYC and they also take six: English, History, Math, Science, Foreign Language, Elective *but* there's also some wiggle room there as classes don't meet every day and some classes are more credits than others. So you could take two electives - one that meets 1 day a week and one that meets 2-3, for example.
Anonymous
11/01/2022 08:19
Subject: What is a standard American high school course load?
I’m curious. I went to a New England prep school where the maximum was 6 (English, history, math, science, language, plus an elective), and seniors commonly took only 5.
Now my kid is headed toward a public school (Jackson-Reed in DCPS) where the standard course load is 8 courses per year, 7 for seniors. Is that the difference between public and private? Changing times?
My inclination is to believe that a school with fewer courses more focused on core subjects provides a better education, but maybe that’s just what feels familiar to me.
What is the standard course load at your high school?
Now my kid is headed toward a public school (Jackson-Reed in DCPS) where the standard course load is 8 courses per year, 7 for seniors. Is that the difference between public and private? Changing times?
My inclination is to believe that a school with fewer courses more focused on core subjects provides a better education, but maybe that’s just what feels familiar to me.
What is the standard course load at your high school?