Anonymous wrote:Check the list serve. Everyone calls it SMAC

Poolesville and Blair - Science Math and Com Sci program - are sister programs.

Blair calls s its program SMACS

PHS calls its program SMCS

Check the list serve. Everyone calls it SMAC

Anonymous wrote:How do folks not know that SMAC has one more period than regular HS.

How do you not know that its SMCS, not SMAC?

I have a freshman at Poolesville SMCS. I don't know the difference between precalc and magnet precalc. Your student will be in the magnet version, so what difference does it make?

The Research class (there is a freshman version of it) is more of a hands-on, applied science class. For virtual learning, they have been doing a lot with soldering.

There are some textbooks - we have precalc, physics, and are picking up chem next week. We also have a French book and a novel or two. I think that's about it for textbooks this year.

Happy to answer any other questions you might have.

How do folks not know that SMAC has one more period than regular HS.

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Anonymous wrote:An orientation meeting is Thursday at 8 pm. Congrats! My daughter will be your child's classmate.

Congratulations to you as well! I am not sure if I am more excited or stressed.My son and I will be attending the orientation on Thursday!

Why on Earth are you 'stressed'? Helicoptering much?

Curriculum isn’t exactly the same.

OP here. I thought the curriculum would be the same and so I did not put that in the title.

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you're looking at PHS SMCS, ask your questions at the admitted students orientation. Some well-meaning parents will think you're asking about Blair.

DP. Isn’t the curriculum the same? I thought it was the same program.

OP, if you're looking at PHS SMCS, ask your questions at the admitted students orientation. Some well-meaning parents will think you're asking about Blair.

Anonymous wrote:An orientation meeting is Thursday at 8 pm. Congrats! My daughter will be your child's classmate.

Congratulations to you as well! I am not sure if I am more excited or stressed.My son and I will be attending the orientation on Thursday!

An orientation meeting is Thursday at 8 pm. Congrats! My daughter will be your child's classmate.

Anonymous wrote:Magnet precalc is a 3 semester class that combines Algebra II and precalc. Some kids in it have taken Algebra II and some have not.

Research class comes senior year after the kids have done an internship. They work on finalizing their projects for a contest or to present at the end of the year.

Yes generally to text books.

Thanks so much for the response. Do you know if they do text books for Mag. Precalc as well?

Magnet precalc is a 3 semester class that combines Algebra II and precalc. Some kids in it have taken Algebra II and some have not.

Research class comes senior year after the kids have done an internship. They work on finalizing their projects for a contest or to present at the end of the year.

Yes generally to text books.

We just found that my DC got accepted ito the SMCS program at Poolesville. I was looking at MCPS website and could not find any detailed course information. Some of the questions I have are
1. What is the difference between Precalc and Magnet Precalc
2. What is the Research class
3. Do they provide text books for any of the courses

Thanks so much!