Anonymous
02/26/2026 08:18
Subject: Summer P.E
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hello, not sure if there is another recent post about this anywhere but I thought why not ask. Is it worth it to take Summer P.E? If anyone has taken the class, how was it for you, was it hard? Is there a summer P.E with the summer before 10th grade as well, so they don’t have to do gym at all in school? My kid is a rising 9th grader going to oakton. Please give me input. (What would be the cons and pros basically)
My kid took it. It was harder than you might think, including the requirement to wear a monitor and keep a diary of activity that you had to vary every week. A fair number of kids fail it.
Can someone provide more information about the activity having to vary each week? My kid is on swim team and has an hour plus practice each day. Would they have to do another hour activity for variety? How does the heart rate monitor work? Do people just use fitbits or apple watches?
Most kids I knew used a Fitbit or Apple Watch. I believe there’s also an app for those who don’t have a watch but I’m not sure how that works.
My swimmer DC absolutely had to do an additional workout most days. Swim practice didn’t usually meet the heart rate requirements, which changed weekly based on what the class was studying at the time. It’s definitely more strict and time intensive than school year PE.
Anonymous
02/26/2026 07:35
Subject: Summer P.E
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hello, not sure if there is another recent post about this anywhere but I thought why not ask. Is it worth it to take Summer P.E? If anyone has taken the class, how was it for you, was it hard? Is there a summer P.E with the summer before 10th grade as well, so they don’t have to do gym at all in school? My kid is a rising 9th grader going to oakton. Please give me input. (What would be the cons and pros basically)
My kid took it. It was harder than you might think, including the requirement to wear a monitor and keep a diary of activity that you had to vary every week. A fair number of kids fail it.
Can someone provide more information about the activity having to vary each week? My kid is on swim team and has an hour plus practice each day. Would they have to do another hour activity for variety? How does the heart rate monitor work? Do people just use fitbits or apple watches?
Anonymous
02/25/2026 11:06
Subject: Summer P.E
Anonymous wrote:Resurrecting a thread from a couple weeks ago - I just asked the person who approves summer school stuff at TJ and she indicated VV does not have a pass/fail option. Does that sound right or should I push it?
I'm a little salty because she also wouldn't register him for the first session since it overlaps with school... I had heard here or some where that it wasn't an issue to start VV before school ended. So he'll be doing half of it from camp.
VV doesn't have a pass/fail option, but all FCPS schools do - the pass/fail form is an FCPS form and it must be filled out PRIOR to the VV class starting. Then when VV reports the grade, it will be recorded as pass/fail on the student's transcript.
Anonymous
02/25/2026 10:52
Subject: Summer P.E
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Resurrecting a thread from a couple weeks ago - I just asked the person who approves summer school stuff at TJ and she indicated VV does not have a pass/fail option. Does that sound right or should I push it?
I'm a little salty because she also wouldn't register him for the first session since it overlaps with school... I had heard here or some where that it wasn't an issue to start VV before school ended. So he'll be doing half of it from camp.
Just register for an asynchronous class with a private online high school. That's what we did and FCPS accepted. All computer based and at your own pace.
Any recommendations? We would love to go this route. DS has a two week long backpacking trip this summer but would love to knock out the PE requirement. The problem is VV and FCPS class won't work.
This is the PP. DS did PE9 through Excel last year. Excel only has one class so DS can't do it again... and I don't think it's typically approved for PE10 anyhow.
Are there other asynchronous options people have gotten approved for PE 10?