Algebra 1 & 2 plus geometry are the math regents series needed for Regents Diploma in NYS and Algebra 2/Trigonometry Regents is needed for Advanced Regents diploma.
My current Sophomore, Junior 19/20 school year has not yet taken Alg 2 bec. Alg 1 was taken in 9th and Geometry was taken in 10th. If he could take Alg 2 during the summer, then he would be able to get into AP physics, for which Alg2 is a prerequisite, in 11th as well as Intro to Calc in 11th and Calculous in 12. High school claims by NYS education requirements make you take the course in high school know as seat time in order to be able to take the regents. Is this true? Have the requirements changed recently?
The college course is substantively equivalent to the high school curriculum and this is per the Dept Chair. Its just that the material would be covered in 5 weeks instead of 9 months which they seem to have an issue with, I don’t know why as long as your learning the same into.
Plus the SAT practice tests are given in beginning of 11th grade and I’m sure Alg 2 questions will be on it, so its an advantage to complete Alg 2 BEFORE junior HS year.
I’m no expert, but better SATs, a chance to take AP calc and AP physics will trump having a regents diploma. He can’t be the first kid colleges have seen with this issue.
Gosh, I don’t know if the requirements have changed, but eons ago my son took a 3 week fast paced high school chem course through CTY and was allowed by his high school to take the Regents exam in August. He got an advanced Regent’s diploma. Since he didn’t apply to any SUNY’s I don’t think anyone cared. They are always tweaking the rules so it could well be different now - but it could also just be your high school being ornery.
You have 2 separate issues going on here, seat time and taking the exam. In order to receive credit you need seat time. To get one credit you need 54 hours of instructional (seat time) time (45 hours if a student takes a course in summer school).
Students normally take AL2/trig junior year if they have not accelerated math in middle school. Your son is on track. It seems like you want to accelerate him. He can take al2/trig junior year, AP Physics, and Intro to calc in 12th grade (most of the kids in his cohort will be following this progression).
It is really going to be a challenge for your son to take AL2/trig at your high school summer school (especially the whole year) because :
There are a limited number of seats in summer school. Priority goes to students who have failed a course and need to retake the course in order to graduate.
In the case of coding and giving summer school course work, your son could probably take AL2/trig 1 in summer school or AL2/trig 2 in summer school but not both courses.
Unless the college course is part of your school’s dual enrollment plan (or in NYC, you are taking college now), the summer course will not fulfill the seat requirement time to get credit from your high school. If your child is going to take this 5 week course, take the course, do the regents as a walk in during the summer and work with your school to get credit by exam. Your GC will be working the next 2 days. Give him/her a call and ask about your son receiving credit by exam if they take and pass the math regents this summer with an 85 (your administration will also be in school for the next 2 days to provide additional guidance).
If you really have confidence in your son’s math abilities, take the summer course at the college and look into is your child getting credit by exam:
This means your child can take the AL2/trig regents as a walk in in August (Thursday, August 16 - afternoon session). If he scores an 85 (mastery), he can work with your high school in the fall to receive his 2 credits for AL2/trig. If your son does not get the 85, but passes the regents, he will just have to sit for the course in the fall.
It sounds like my kid got credit by exam. We also had to bring in some paperwork that the CTY program had put together showing that he’d had all the labs that a NYS chem course would have required.
My D took the final semester of Math B (the former math program in NYS) at an accredited private HS over the summer between 10th and 11th grades. She also took her required health class. She sat for the regents in August, got the credit and went into pre-calc in the fall. She attended a SUNY school. The main caution I will tell you is to make sure that your home school approves before hand. My D had to have the chair of the math department and her GC sign off on it before she enrolled in the summer program.