This summer has flown by. We’re trying to get our sleep schedule back on track too.
We still have a fair amount of summer left, no school until 9/7! However S19 does need to get his AP World history homework done, the book he chose becomes overdue starting tomorrow and I can’t renew it due to a waiting list. Not fair to hold up the kids waiting for it.
Overall the kid has had a good summer so far. 2 weeks of camp counseling in, it went so well he volunteered for a third that is next week. In the “off” weeks he’s been doing running club. He still has a 50 miler and 1 week of NYLT to go, plus a german cousin visit so all is well
thanks to alf this, the sleep schedule isn’t all that bad. Granted, 7 and 8am wake up isn’t the same as 5:30 but it isn’t horrible either (S17 is a different story!)
Not doing so well on memorizing the periodic tables though! LOL
Son19 is learning how to code for apps using xcode. Playing tons of soccer, and Pokemon Go. Still a full month of summer left.
I left out Pokemon Go lol. He is reading 1984 for fun (at the expense of said AP homework) so that’s ok with me too.
D19 has had a busy summer…visiting family and friends in Indiana, Atlanta, Chicago; a side trip to the Wisconsin Dells and finally back to me after 3 weeks. She’ll be heading to her last year of circus camp in WV on Sunday for a week and finally home for the summer. She’s reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns” for school and surprisingly not complaining much (literature is her most difficult subject). She’s finished most of her Honors Algebra 2 homework for the summer–not so surprising.
The most interesting thing so far is her declaration that she no longer wants to be a teacher. This is a really huge deal for a lot of reasons, but it’s also weird to not have a focus. Though I assure her that it’s perfectly fine not to know what you want to do at age 15, I’m freaking out inside because today’s landscape wants these kids to “know” what they want to do with their lives. sigh On a positive note, she has taken a greater interest in visiting schools. She visited Spelman while in Atlanta and determined that it was not for her. I love Spelman and know many amazing Spelman women, but I’m secretly happy that she likes big schools. As a proud Indiana Hoosier, I tend to lean toward them. Thanks for letting me share…this is a very interesting time in parenting!
@DeltaMom2019 If your D is interested in any more HBCU’s you should PM @sseamom Her D toured a ton of them and is attending one.
@DeltaMom2019 circus camp? that sounds cool!
@DeltaMom2019 I’m pretty sure there is no need to freak out because D19 doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up. 
Most 20 year olds don’t know, either. I wanna go to circus camp!
S19 has his last Geometry class/final tomorrow. Five weeks flew by with barely any complaint and he’s done very well. Proud of him. Next week he begins tech week for the musical he’s in. He’s still working on his summer assignments for AP World and Algebra 2. Hoping he completes it before we go away for a mini vacation right before school starts.
Oh and we are playing lots of Pokemongo @eandesmom 
My d has got about 1/2 of the APWH work done. More than most kids seem to have done (online discussion boards for the class). She took and passed a lifeguarding course and she has been trying to keep at least some of her Spanish fresh by playing duo lingo.
Joining!
Only a couple months ago D16’s college search finished and I feel I’m starting this college journey again. I say me because S19 is not really thinking much about college except that he wants to go to Stanford. Yeah, right, dream on. His mom however is putting a bit more thought into it, at least to figure out how to help him figure out part of the country, size of school, and types of programs. Also he could play his sport at the DIII level, so he needs to figure out if that is something he wants to pursue. If not, he might still want to play at the club level, so I’m researching which schools have vibrant club teams too. We waited until spring break of junior year to tour schools with D16, and that made things really stressful.
Anyhow S19 is filling his days with an online pre-Calc course, which turned out to be better than I expected. At least he is enjoying it and his room floor is covered in lined sheets of math homework problems. He is also training for nationals in his summer sport (he does 3 sports). You don’t have to qualify or anything for nationals in his summer sport, but the training to prepare is quite intense. 6 mornings and 3 afternoons a week. His main sport is supposed to be on break, but coach decided team should do trainings while the rest of the club is on vacation. Grrrr. And he is off to a tournament in his main sport for the weekend. It’s going to be brutal. First heat wave (84 degrees!) of summer hit this week, and the pasty PNW kids will be wilting. Probably good. Nationals in his other sport will be in a very hot place so maybe this will acclimate him a bit.
Looking at this thread makes me think that S19 should start thinking about SAT subject tests and AP tests. D16 did these all junior and senior year. That didn’t work so well for Chemistry which she had taken sophomore year. Watching S19 work his way through this pre-Calc course without any prompting from me is really opening up the possibilities. I think he might actually study for these exams, unlike his sister.
Welcome @liska21 .
I want to throw this out there. If you think that your kid may go to a school that takes CLEP credit you might want to have them take the exams after they have had the class. For example DS19 took biology last year. I am having him study and he will take the Bio CLEP this fall. If he passes great if not it’s not a big deal. However if he passes and ends up at a school that takes CLEP then that is one more class he doesn’t have to take in college.
@MichiganGeorgia I may have DS19 do that for French at the end of this year. I do not know that he will do AP French (we have to survive French 4) but many of the schools have a FL lang requirement and the CLEP can, for some, allow that to be waived so seems worth it there. We thought about it for S17 and Spanish but with only 3 years in and it having been a struggle he is quite convinced he wouldn’t pass so didn’t push for it.
@readingclaygirl–thanks for the suggestion. I don’t think she’ll choose an HBCU, but I thought Spelman would be the best choice if she wanted that experience.
@eandesmom -She loves this camp–it’s a general camp with them weeks and specialty camps included and she’s been doing circus for the last 3-4 years. This is her last year, as 15 is the max age.
@Undercovermom1 - I know…I need to chill out! She’s completely open, but spent some time at Coke headquarters in Atlanta and now things she might explore business. Of course, this could all change tomorrow, so I’m going to try to relax!
Thanks all!
@deltamom2019 - Yes, the Coke headquarters is very nice and they do treat their employees well. I can see how that might make someone think about majoring in Business.
Curious as to what AP classes are available for 10th graders in your child’s school district? My daughter meets with the counselor tomorrow to set up her schedule. From looking through the catalog, the only AP class she can take as a 10th grader is AP World History, though we may find out differently tomorrow.
DS19 is taking AP Statistics and AP World History. Those are the only 2 for 10th graders at our school. More AP’s are available for 11th and 12th grade.
My S19 can only take AP World History. My D16 took AP Biology in 10th grade (different school).
Only AP World History offered at our school.