Pre IB course selection, 9th grade:

Honors LA 10
AP Calc BC
Spanish III
Honors Geography for Life
Honors Bio
PE
Honors Physics (elective)
Debate (elective)

Eight classes, school runs on block schedule.

The secret, apparently, is to do the "dumb requirements" online during summer or so...I am still finding out...

Cym - go for Biology. How are the kids supposed to perform in Science Olympiads if they are on schedule to take AP sciences only by senior year? You have to have it in your pocket, so to speak, by the time thay are juniors if they are interested in this sort of thing. And I always say - how do you know which one is your favorite, Bio, Chem or Phys if you have only taken physics?