Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 20:39     Subject: What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD doesn't have any periods left for electives after Philharmonic orchestra, which she needs to take to be eligible for All-State. She's not happy about that. She blames the double period STEM APs.


Me again. She really wanted to take Creative Writing. Maybe I can sign her up for a Writer's Center workshop or something. Not everything needs to be done in school.


My kid attends Writopia on the weekends. He loves it.


Ooh thanks PP! I will look into it.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 20:36     Subject: What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
Anonymous wrote:DD doesn't have any periods left for electives after Philharmonic orchestra, which she needs to take to be eligible for All-State. She's not happy about that. She blames the double period STEM APs.


Music and science are a good combo for electives. I like it.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2025 19:44     Subject: What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD doesn't have any periods left for electives after Philharmonic orchestra, which she needs to take to be eligible for All-State. She's not happy about that. She blames the double period STEM APs.


Me again. She really wanted to take Creative Writing. Maybe I can sign her up for a Writer's Center workshop or something. Not everything needs to be done in school.


My kid attends Writopia on the weekends. He loves it.


My kid loves writopia as well.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2025 15:20     Subject: What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD doesn't have any periods left for electives after Philharmonic orchestra, which she needs to take to be eligible for All-State. She's not happy about that. She blames the double period STEM APs.


Me again. She really wanted to take Creative Writing. Maybe I can sign her up for a Writer's Center workshop or something. Not everything needs to be done in school.


My kid attends Writopia on the weekends. He loves it.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2025 15:11     Subject: What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
Anonymous wrote:DD doesn't have any periods left for electives after Philharmonic orchestra, which she needs to take to be eligible for All-State. She's not happy about that. She blames the double period STEM APs.


Me again. She really wanted to take Creative Writing. Maybe I can sign her up for a Writer's Center workshop or something. Not everything needs to be done in school.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2025 15:10     Subject: What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
DD doesn't have any periods left for electives after Philharmonic orchestra, which she needs to take to be eligible for All-State. She's not happy about that. She blames the double period STEM APs.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2025 15:08     Subject: What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
Weight lifting and ceramics. High GPA high stats kid wanted to break up the day.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2025 13:03     Subject: What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AP Research and AP Chem for 11th


Those are not electives I feel sorry for your kids


My kid also chose an extra AP science for his elective. He’s the kind of kid that came home crying from K about the art assignments. He really really hates arts and crafts.
Kids are different. That’s okay.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2025 11:09     Subject: Re:What electives are your kids taking in 11th or 12th grade?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Personal Finance


It was called Quantitative Literacy when my son took it and it was a math course (and a great elective, IMO). Most people called it either QL or Quant Lit. However, the school website called it "Quantitative Literature." So, so, sad....



There are two different classes now.

Personal Finance is a social studies course:

https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/CourseDetails/Index/SOC2102

Financial Mathematics is a math course:

https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/CourseDetails/Index/MAT2034A