DD24 is taking Honors Calculus this year, will take AP Calculus AB next year in 11th grade, and then some sort of math capstone class in 12th grade. Math for her was rough the past 2 school years, but this year she’s turned it around and is doing much better (different teaching/instructional methods & different curriculum used compared to before).
Back in 9th grade, the requirement at school was for 10th and 11th graders to take 2 science classes each year. For example, in 9th grade, she took Honors Bio, then in 10th grade (this year), AP Bio and Honors Chemistry. Then the following year, you’d take the AP version of the honors science class plus a different honors science class.
Following that rule of thumb, it would mean that next year, she’d have to take AP Chemistry and Honors Physics, BUT the AP Chem teacher is the same instructor who teachers Honors Chem…and that teacher, frankly, isn’t very good.
BUT…DD24 found out last month from the school counselor that the “2 science classes per year in 11th grade” requirement has changed to just 1 science class…and instead, you have to take SOME sort of AP elective class instead. I even double checked with the counselor myself because I didn’t quite believe it at first.
So in 11th grade next year, she’ll still take Honors Physics, but instead of AP Chemistry, is going to do AP Environmental Science instead. She read the course description and thought that it sounded interesting.
DD24’s PSAT scores jumped up a lot from when she took it in 9th grade but they’re still in what I would consider the ‘not great’ category, so we’re going to have her do an online PSAT prep course next summer…to which there was much moaning & groaning & histrionics this past week. Between that and our requirement that she get a part time job next summer, she’s decided that we are trying to ruin her summer. Yes, child, gone are the days of yore where you laid around all summer playing video games and watching TV.