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I agree that US is a heavy workload. The rest, however, doesn’t match my DD’s experience. She regularly studies with friends and isn’t competitive with them. They all want to do well, but they help each other out. And while we can afford it, no Louis Vuitton bags here. Nor do any of her friends have them. There are roughly 90 girls in each grade. Like any school, you will find a variety of kids and personalities, most of whom are nice, supportive, and down to earth.

We are a family with a senior and I would agree that much of that does not match my DD's experiences at all. I'm not even sure I would call the workload heavy - just rigorous. But the sequence of expectations and coursework build to it over the years so there has never been a time when she would have said unmanageable (even with a club sport and plenty of social events).

I feel as though the clique issue is there, but very subtle. There are very few girls in my DD's class that she would describe as lonely. Sure, a group of girls might be tight and only hang out with each other, etc. but those groups are throughout the grade and looking at the friend groups, she would say there is a group for everyone that wants one. The school also does a very good job with scheduling so if you find that there is too much homework, the student is likely not using their study hall time wisely. I will say that I've heard that other grades are better / worse than the current senior class, and it would be hard to figure out which type of class mix you would be joining.

Anonymous wrote:I always wished physics was earlier since it explained so much. But utilizing the algebra and geometry vector math was what made it all make more sense. Even fully understanding mass finally.

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

Actually The Spence School, one of the best schools in NYC, does a physics-first curriculum and has for a while.

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

Do the 9th graders have to take Physics Lite or can they skip that if they plan on doing Honors Physics? Do any 9th graders take the AP Physics exam even with taking Physics Lite?

There is Honors Physics in 9th that requires more advanced math than the regular physics. For those who want to take the AP exam, they would also take Advanced Physics normally Junior or Senior year.

Can 9th grade girls who were at Holton for 7th/8th (and therefore two years of algebra I, no geometry as noted above) qualify to take honors physics in 9th grade, or is honors physics only open to the incoming students who are in Algebra II during ninth grade, having competed geometry before entering Holton?

Thank you.

Yes, my DD took honors geometry and honors physics in 9th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

Do the 9th graders have to take Physics Lite or can they skip that if they plan on doing Honors Physics? Do any 9th graders take the AP Physics exam even with taking Physics Lite?

There is Honors Physics in 9th that requires more advanced math than the regular physics. For those who want to take the AP exam, they would also take Advanced Physics normally Junior or Senior year.

Is the advanced physics class physics with calculus? So you have to have taken calculus by junior year?

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

Do the 9th graders have to take Physics Lite or can they skip that if they plan on doing Honors Physics? Do any 9th graders take the AP Physics exam even with taking Physics Lite?

There is Honors Physics in 9th that requires more advanced math than the regular physics. For those who want to take the AP exam, they would also take Advanced Physics normally Junior or Senior year.

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

Do the 9th graders have to take Physics Lite or can they skip that if they plan on doing Honors Physics? Do any 9th graders take the AP Physics exam even with taking Physics Lite?

There is Honors Physics in 9th that requires more advanced math than the regular physics. For those who want to take the AP exam, they would also take Advanced Physics normally Junior or Senior year.

Can 9th grade girls who were at Holton for 7th/8th (and therefore two years of algebra I, no geometry as noted above) qualify to take honors physics in 9th grade, or is honors physics only open to the incoming students who are in Algebra II during ninth grade, having competed geometry before entering Holton?

Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

Do the 9th graders have to take Physics Lite or can they skip that if they plan on doing Honors Physics? Do any 9th graders take the AP Physics exam even with taking Physics Lite?

There is Honors Physics in 9th that requires more advanced math than the regular physics. For those who want to take the AP exam, they would also take Advanced Physics normally Junior or Senior year.

Can 9th grade girls who were at Holton for 7th/8th (and therefore two years of algebra I, no geometry as noted above) qualify to take honors physics in 9th grade, or is honors physics only open to the incoming students who are in Algebra II during ninth grade, having competed geometry before entering Holton?

Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

Do the 9th graders have to take Physics Lite or can they skip that if they plan on doing Honors Physics? Do any 9th graders take the AP Physics exam even with taking Physics Lite?

There is Honors Physics in 9th that requires more advanced math than the regular physics. For those who want to take the AP exam, they would also take Advanced Physics normally Junior or Senior year.

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

Do the 9th graders have to take Physics Lite or can they skip that if they plan on doing Honors Physics? Do any 9th graders take the AP Physics exam even with taking Physics Lite?

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?

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Anonymous wrote:What do high school parents think of the physics first science curriculum at Holton?
Did it work for your girls? Did it get them to like physics and then take more advanced physics later on?

Love it—Freshman Physics teacher is a favorite and definitely made my daughter more interested in science. It has a good combination of instruction and hands on activities (ie egg drop, etc). She’s since taken Honors Chem and is in Honors Bio. She plans to take Advanced Physics senior year.

So physics is not taken AFTER geometry or algebra II??? It’s taken freshman year? How much math is used then?

It is a conceptual class. Very low level of math needed

Why bother? No other school does this. Is it a way for a liberal arts person to put a watered down version of high school physics on their transcript and hope a college accomplishments thinks it’s normal HS physics?