Just wondering what courses are offered at your school (or home) for Middle School. We are in a small town that is two hours from a small city that has very little to offer. We moved from a city with great magnet schools with wonderful offerings - not your basic math, science, and English.
Math - My daughter will be in seventh next year. Luckily, they had prealgebra this year, which will place her in Algebra I (HS credit). I just want this to be thorough and not the watered down Algebra that many get. No worries. I am a math teacher and will ensure that.
Science - I worry more about the teachers than the courses and I do hear great things about the seventh grade science teacher. They do not teach science here (or they just read it occasionally ) until seventh. Fortunately, she had a strong curriculum until 5th mid-year. This is integrated science and a group of us is trying to get an honor's class going. I hear wonderful things about the eighth grade teacher also. She will major in science so I just want to get her back on track and continue loving science and I believe she will reach her goal here.
Art and Music - I will sacrifice other courses for the great art and music teachers. I cannot teach art to her. Her band director also teaches choir and Jazz ensemble.
History - I found a local school district that teaches Colorado History online. We may have to work this way due to the Art and Music issues. This is a new subject to her, but we have been traveling around the state and visiting historical sites.
English/Reading - I have never heard anything about this and would be willing to supplement this as online. She is way ahead of her class and I doubt they will have an honor's class anyway. We will either work it in or not. At this age and in this town, she is so far ahead that she writes and reads better than most of the community college students. There are very few books here that are in her lexile range.
Computer ed Tech - She will probably have to take this seventh grade course to satisfy the requirements for Colorado. I teach this course (and math) in another town so I can supplement where needed.
Languages - She is enrolled in Latin 1A from Texas Tech. This is one that I really wanted for her since she wants to major in science. Most students in magnet schools are taking this and blowing away their SAT and ACT scores (verbal). English courses will spend one week on this (if that) and higher schools will spend at least one/half year on it (at the very least). If we like the course, she will start Latin 1B at mid-semester. This also has a Roman history focus.
Of course, this still puts her way behind since most students will take up to Differential Equations in math (not offered even at the college here) and will take so many different types of science. She has no peers in English/Reading. There are so many other language/law and humanities courses that she is missing.
What did I miss?
