Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 20:45     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Which is more advanced - AP precalc or honors precalc?


Honors precalc


That just seems backwards to me.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 19:10     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
Anonymous wrote:Which is more advanced - AP precalc or honors precalc?


Honors precalc
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 19:04     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
Which is more advanced - AP precalc or honors precalc?
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 15:39     Subject: Re:Honors pre-calculus
Anonymous wrote:I have a rising 10th grader at Blair. He did great in Honors Algebra 2 last year but I suspect it was "honors" since Blair got rid of non honors Alg 2. He's signed up for Honors PreCalc but I'm fully ready for him to drop down if necessary. He's a bright kid but not a math whiz. Two specific questions for Blair:

1) Can anyone speak to the Honors PreCalc experience at Blair recently?

2) If he switches out after a couple of weeks - will it mean rearranging his whole schedule? He's a kid that doesn't love change and I can see this being stressful for him after getting into a routine for the rest of his classes.

Thanks.


Magnet honors precalc at Blair was very intense. Tons of homework. Not sure how that compares to just honors precalc. Might depend on the teacher. The first semester magnet teacher was beyond terrible
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 14:03     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
Any other MCPS got rid of Honors Pre Calc and replace with AP?
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 09:53     Subject: Re:Honors pre-calculus
Anonymous wrote:I have a rising 10th grader at Blair. He did great in Honors Algebra 2 last year but I suspect it was "honors" since Blair got rid of non honors Alg 2. He's signed up for Honors PreCalc but I'm fully ready for him to drop down if necessary. He's a bright kid but not a math whiz. Two specific questions for Blair:

1) Can anyone speak to the Honors PreCalc experience at Blair recently?

2) If he switches out after a couple of weeks - will it mean rearranging his whole schedule? He's a kid that doesn't love change and I can see this being stressful for him after getting into a routine for the rest of his classes.

Thanks.


Blair purposely "pairs" many Honors math classes with non-Honors at the same level in the same period because kids switch so often so it's really unlikely he'd have to tear up his whole schedule if he switches. He might want to double check with the counselor that his assigned class has that option once the schedules come out. If not, which I think is unlikely but who knows, they can redo your child's schedule before the first day of school so that he can feel assured he has that option without having to switch other classes later.

Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 09:34     Subject: Re:Honors pre-calculus
Anonymous wrote:I have a rising 10th grader at Blair. He did great in Honors Algebra 2 last year but I suspect it was "honors" since Blair got rid of non honors Alg 2. He's signed up for Honors PreCalc but I'm fully ready for him to drop down if necessary. He's a bright kid but not a math whiz. Two specific questions for Blair:

1) Can anyone speak to the Honors PreCalc experience at Blair recently?

2) If he switches out after a couple of weeks - will it mean rearranging his whole schedule? He's a kid that doesn't love change and I can see this being stressful for him after getting into a routine for the rest of his classes.

Thanks.


For 2), it just depends on whether there is an opening in a regular class at the same time. At a large school like Blair, chances are probably better but definitely a risk of having schedule changed. Hopefully they can just move one other class if so, but only the counselor would know answer. At our school, they ended up canceling a period of honors and making it regular because so many kids needed to be reassigned a few weeks in. So I imagine a lot of kids got shuffled
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 09:21     Subject: Re:Honors pre-calculus
I have a rising 10th grader at Blair. He did great in Honors Algebra 2 last year but I suspect it was "honors" since Blair got rid of non honors Alg 2. He's signed up for Honors PreCalc but I'm fully ready for him to drop down if necessary. He's a bright kid but not a math whiz. Two specific questions for Blair:

1) Can anyone speak to the Honors PreCalc experience at Blair recently?

2) If he switches out after a couple of weeks - will it mean rearranging his whole schedule? He's a kid that doesn't love change and I can see this being stressful for him after getting into a routine for the rest of his classes.

Thanks.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 09:14     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:At our school PHS going from regular PreCal to AB isn’t even a pathway


What are the pathways then?


Wasn’t on our HS pathways either but lots of kids still do it, including mine. A lot of that info isn’t kept up to date or they think of it as an exception. Not sure, but ask the teacher.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 08:47     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
Anonymous wrote:At our school PHS going from regular PreCal to AB isn’t even a pathway


What are the pathways then?
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 08:45     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
Anonymous wrote:https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/k-q/poolesvillehs/uploadedfiles/departments/math/mathpathways.pdf


This is almost ten years old. Lots of kids drop down from H. Prevalence to PreCal. It is known for being a tough course. Start with H. PreCal and then determine whether to stay or drop down.

Most kids go on to AB if BC Calc , Calc w/Apps or AP Stats.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 04:09     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
At our school PHS going from regular PreCal to AB isn’t even a pathway
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2024 04:08     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/k-q/poolesvillehs/uploadedfiles/departments/math/mathpathways.pdf
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2024 22:39     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
My kid took Honors Alg 2 but didn’t think Honors Pre Calc would be a good fit. Many kids dropped down from Honors Pre Calc. Regular pre calc was incredibly easy. I wish there had been AP Pre Calc for the in between students like DS. Took Calc AB and struggled to get a B but scored a 4 on AP test. W school.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2024 20:54     Subject: Honors pre-calculus
I do think it's school and teacher dependent but it takes some kids a little longer to really understand abstract math. It's a developmental thing like reading and it does not mean you're not good at math. Your student could actually be pretty decent at math and find Algebra 2 hard.