Anonymous wrote:My nephew attended Brown and got accepted to many top schools (non-Ivy) and wasn’t advanced in math by your definition. He did challenge himself everywhere else he could and had good grades and SATs. My son and daughter weren’t quite the superstars that he was but they also took geometry in 9th and have been successful. You’re putting way too much pressure on your child to be on an advanced path.

What was his hook/niche? I bet it wasn't math.

The point is to catch up with the highest track and be able to take both AP Calculus and AP Statistics to check the most rigorous box:

9th, Algebra 2
10th, Precalculus
11th, AP Calculus BC
12th, AP Statistics

It’s doable to do Geometry over the summer, the thing is, I mean the summer of 2024. Start a year in advance if you want to double up and you’ll have 52 weeks to make up for one extra year vs. compressing everything in 8 weeks.

Even doing Khan Academy is sufficient to understand the material, do well, and get an A.

To just dive into super accelerated Geometry with no prior knowledge from a student that wasn’t placed in Algebra in 7th (so likely not the strongest in math) is just asking for trouble.

exactly. its not the acceleration OUT of geometry. Its the acceleration INTO pre-calc and calculus that trips many kids - especially at TJ where the exams and grading can be quite ruthless.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't do this again with DC 2 and 3. The course is so compact. The Pythagorean theorem unit doesn't include even one proof. Trigonometry is 1/3 of a 2-hour session. We need to take a supplementary course outside school in the Fall semester - I assume our district won't allow students to take it twice?

Cramming a year long geometry course into a summer is a terrible idea to begin with.

I agree with you 100%. I'm leaving the above comment for parents who may consider summer Geometry in the future.

+1. I did geometry over the summer as a kid. I was great at math but the condensed 8 wk geometry was too much for me. I never grasped the material fully yet somehow did well enough to move ahead to higher level math at school. In retrospect, it was a huge mistake because I never recovered from the two year acceleration.

DS is starting RSMs geometry program this coming year, in 6th grade. I don’t know if we will look at Summer Geometry for him if he finishes all three years of the program, but I can see it as an option if it seems like he will have covered Geometry pretty thoroughly. I doubt that we would go that route if he tests into Algebra in 7th grade because he will be in Geometry in 8th grade. If he doesn’t test into Algebra in 7th and has completed the three years of Geometry at RSM in 8th grade then the summer school class might be feasible.

Anonymous wrote:Kids who are more capable spent more time, years, learning geometry. Then summer school is merely a paperwork exercise.
Source: every enrichment program and award winning student.

This is highly spot on. It is impossible to really learn geometry in this timeframe and using those FCPS materials. This is useful for kids who already learned geometry well and wish to skip a year long school geometry class for various reasons (i.e TJ, other course interests, etc). For those who are trying to accelerate their kid by doing this, it is a terrible idea and will likely lead to future problems due to very weak fundamentals. For the others, 'paperwork' is very well put.

For example, RSM does 3 year geometry program, and AOPS proves the Pythagorean theorem in elementary school.

Kids who are more capable spent more time, years, learning geometry. Then summer school is merely a paperwork exercise.
Source: every enrichment program and award winning student.

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Anonymous wrote:I won't do this again with DC 2 and 3. The course is so compact. The Pythagorean theorem unit doesn't include even one proof. Trigonometry is 1/3 of a 2-hour session. We need to take a supplementary course outside school in the Fall semester - I assume our district won't allow students to take it twice?

Cramming a year long geometry course into a summer is a terrible idea to begin with.

Cramming a year long geometry course into a summer is a terrible idea to begin with FOR MY KID. I know my kid is not as good with Math as other kids. I have a compulsion disorder to compare my kid with others. If you think your kid struggles with Math like MY KID, then I do not recommend enrolling in summer geometry. There is no way for me to know how capable your kid is to make a recommendation. The course continues to be offered for capable kids every summer, definitely not for kids like mine. If kids like mine who struggle in year long math course, still enroll then they would have to drop since they should not have been enrolled in the first place. Now let me move on to another thread to act on my comparative parenting disorder.

Anonymous wrote:How are our brilliant summer Geometry HN kids doing? Mine is scrambling everyday - Two hours of lesson, 2-4 quizzes and test, followed by lesson materials for tomorrow. It's been exhausting.

DD's friend who is taking it will be getting her grades expunged. She doesn't think she understood even half the material, despite putting a lot of effort into it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I won't do this again with DC 2 and 3. The course is so compact. The Pythagorean theorem unit doesn't include even one proof. Trigonometry is 1/3 of a 2-hour session. We need to take a supplementary course outside school in the Fall semester - I assume our district won't allow students to take it twice?

Cramming a year long geometry course into a summer is a terrible idea to begin with.

I agree with you 100%. I'm leaving the above comment for parents who may consider summer Geometry in the future.

Anonymous wrote:I won't do this again with DC 2 and 3. The course is so compact. The Pythagorean theorem unit doesn't include even one proof. Trigonometry is 1/3 of a 2-hour session. We need to take a supplementary course outside school in the Fall semester - I assume our district won't allow students to take it twice?

Cramming a year long geometry course into a summer is a terrible idea to begin with.

I won't do this again with DC 2 and 3. The course is so compact. The Pythagorean theorem unit doesn't include even one proof. Trigonometry is 1/3 of a 2-hour session. We need to take a supplementary course outside school in the Fall semester - I assume our district won't allow students to take it twice?

Anonymous wrote:How are our brilliant summer Geometry HN kids doing? Mine is scrambling everyday - Two hours of lesson, 2-4 quizzes and test, followed by lesson materials for tomorrow. It's been exhausting.

Sounds like a fun summer! What a lucky kid!

How are our brilliant summer Geometry HN kids doing? Mine is scrambling everyday - Two hours of lesson, 2-4 quizzes and test, followed by lesson materials for tomorrow. It's been exhausting.