In MCPS high schools, only Blair has a block schedule every day, although a few other high schools have blocks twice a week to allow for longer classes/labs. And only Blair and Poolesville have the option for 8 classes. So I'm presuming the PP's child is at Blair.

To get back to the original question -- my child took online health last spring, along with 7 regular classes. As a PP said, it was 1.5 hours by Zoom each week and a lot of assignments in between. It was manageable, but did require planning and time management to stay on top of.

Block meaning even and odd days, not classes that are only one semester long

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which mcps has a block schedule?

Blair - probably others too.

Don’t they all? Middle schools do it too.

Block schedules? Which MS has a block schedule?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which mcps has a block schedule?

Blair - probably others too.

Don’t they all? Middle schools do it too.

Anonymous wrote:Which mcps has a block schedule?

Blair - probably others too.

Which mcps has a block schedule?

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Anonymous wrote:DC just took health A online. Class does meet by zoom each week for 1.5 hours but most assignments are done asynchronously. Not as bad as the summer because each semester is over 7 weeks instead of 3 weeks. But it was a fair amount of work on top of other classes.

Did your DC take it in addition to seven classes?

DC actually took it in addition to 8 other classes (at school with block schedule). But no sports or super intense ECs…

Anonymous wrote:DC just took health A online. Class does meet by zoom each week for 1.5 hours but most assignments are done asynchronously. Not as bad as the summer because each semester is over 7 weeks instead of 3 weeks. But it was a fair amount of work on top of other classes.

Did your DC take it in addition to seven classes?

DC just took health A online. Class does meet by zoom each week for 1.5 hours but most assignments are done asynchronously. Not as bad as the summer because each semester is over 7 weeks instead of 3 weeks. But it was a fair amount of work on top of other classes.

Has anyone’s child taken health online during the school year? Curious if it’s similar to the format of summer online health where there are zoom lectures with lots of assignments in between or if it’s more like an interactive class where students are expected to participate. Thanks.