Anonymous
03/07/2023 11:44
Subject: Re:Summer school - health
Anonymous wrote:Yes - it is an advantage to take some courses in the summer to free up space in the student schedule for other electives.
- Health is now a full year course. Both semesters will be available as summer school classes in summer 2024.
- The technology credit is a full year course and is available in summer - two options (my kids took FOCS).
- It looks like they are now offering the art credit in summer school.
I would suggest doing some mix-and-matching or waiting until 2024 to take full year health in the summer.
e.g. Health A summer school and Art History or Music Perspective in 2nd session summer school. Then freshman year take Art semester A and Health semester B, to get both full credits.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/courses.aspx (I think this is 2022 dates, but the courses should be the same.)
Whoops - scratch those particular art classes in summer. Those are for 12th grade only. But you could mix and match with FOT or FOCS.
Anonymous
03/07/2023 11:42
Subject: Re:Summer school - health
Yes - it is an advantage to take some courses in the summer to free up space in the student schedule for other electives.
- Health is now a full year course. Both semesters will be available as summer school classes in summer 2024.
- The technology credit is a full year course and is available in summer - two options (my kids took FOCS).
- It looks like they are now offering the art credit in summer school.
I would suggest doing some mix-and-matching or waiting until 2024 to take full year health in the summer.
e.g. Health A summer school and Art History or Music Perspective in 2nd session summer school. Then freshman year take Art semester A and Health semester B, to get both full credits.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/courses.aspx (I think this is 2022 dates, but the courses should be the same.)
- Health is now a full year course. Both semesters will be available as summer school classes in summer 2024.
- The technology credit is a full year course and is available in summer - two options (my kids took FOCS).
- It looks like they are now offering the art credit in summer school.
I would suggest doing some mix-and-matching or waiting until 2024 to take full year health in the summer.
e.g. Health A summer school and Art History or Music Perspective in 2nd session summer school. Then freshman year take Art semester A and Health semester B, to get both full credits.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/courses.aspx (I think this is 2022 dates, but the courses should be the same.)
Anonymous
03/07/2023 11:39
Subject: Re:Summer school - health
Anonymous wrote:Counselor told us that they can’t take health until they are a riding sophomore. No idea why but DC asked to take it freshman year and were told no
Rising
Anonymous
03/07/2023 11:39
Subject: Re:Summer school - health
Counselor told us that they can’t take health until they are a riding sophomore. No idea why but DC asked to take it freshman year and were told no
Anonymous
03/07/2023 11:25
Subject: Summer school - health
Yes they have to take a full year. Only Health A will be available in the Summer unless the school has a teacher/group that wants to teach Health B AND collaborate to get the curriculum done.
Anonymous
03/07/2023 10:49
Subject: Re:Summer school - health
Summer 2023 info isn't posted yet.
Anonymous
03/07/2023 10:37
Subject: Summer school - health
Anonymous wrote:My DD will be a 9th grader in the fall and wants to get her health requirement done over the summer. She will be new to Montgomery County so I just had a few questions. 1) Is there any disadvantage to getting it done over the summer to get an extra elective during the school year? 2) The MoCo website sya sthat kids graduating after 2025 have to do a full year of health rather than one semester, but they only have a single semester available for summer school. Will they have the second semester available later? Thanks!
I think most people who do this spread health over two summers. The 2nd semester is a new thing, so may not yet be available in the summer. I think it is supposed to happen this year but I'm not really up on this.
Anonymous
03/07/2023 10:28
Subject: Re:Summer school - health
Sorry for the typo! "The MoCo website says that kids..."
Anonymous
03/07/2023 10:27
Subject: Summer school - health
My DD will be a 9th grader in the fall and wants to get her health requirement done over the summer. She will be new to Montgomery County so I just had a few questions. 1) Is there any disadvantage to getting it done over the summer to get an extra elective during the school year? 2) The MoCo website sya sthat kids graduating after 2025 have to do a full year of health rather than one semester, but they only have a single semester available for summer school. Will they have the second semester available later? Thanks!