Zoe's Junior Year Schedule
For the first time since starting HS, Zoë was able to get all the classes she wanted!
AP Latin
AP Music Theory
AP US History
Honors Chem
English
French 5
Photography
Honors Pre-Calc BC
She's frustrated there's no AP English classes that Juniors can take, even though the kids can elect to take AP English exams at the end of the year if they want. But she's getting to take English at Gilman, and if her experience with Latin is anything to judge by, it should be a good class for her.
There are 3 girls from her school taking AP Latin, and one of the Gilman boys told her there were about 7 boys signed up. The teacher is intense. Everyone says AP Latin eats your life. From the kids who are just phenomenal students to the kids who are casual about their grades ... actually, kids who are casual about their grades don't take AP Latin. The teacher kicks kids out of class if they aren't prepared, and has told the entire class to get out when they weren't taking it seriously. And the kids love him (and fear him). So I think it's going to be a growing experience for Zoë no matter what.
AP Music Theory has 7 kids. It's an online class, so I'm not sure how they're going to handle that. Zoë's piano teacher has agreed to help provide structure for studying, and looking at the class roster the kids should be able to put together a nice study group. (4 Gilman boys, 2 RPCS girls, 1 Bryn Mawr girl. Zoë doesn't know the Bryn Mawr girl.)
APUSH has 15 kids. Honors Chem has 19 kids. There are 5 RPCS girls in her English class (unknown how many Gilman boys). 5 kids in her French 5 class, and the teacher is the one she's considering asking to mentor her for her Language Certificate project. She needs to declare that this year. Photography is 9 kids first sem, 10 kids second. Honors Pre-Calc BC is 17 kids.
Zoë's decided AP Latin will be her sport in the Fall, which would give her 2 hours every day after school to spend on it. I think she's forgetting how much time the musical can take, but her perspective of treating Latin like a sport should work for her.
For math, they'll finish out the Exeter Math this year and start using a more standard text book. I'm hoping it's not too repetitive. The "figure it out yourself; now we'll make it harder and see if what you thought worked still works; let's keep doing that until you've figured out basic principles" method works so well for Zoë.
She's not going to do year round swimming. She's just going to swim (winter) and row (spring) for school. She still says she's doing her Gold project for GS, but it's been sitting there untouched. She has time, but Junior year is a bear of a year to begin with, she's already doubling up on academics. I need to figure out how to just let it be until she's ready, and then not get caught up in her stress if she picks an inopportune time.
She's already scheduled for piano. This past year they did most of the lessons during the school day. It took a bit of flexibility on everyone's parts, but it worked well enough they should be able to continue doing it. Zoë's been working on some Chopin so she should be ready to hit the ground running when lessons start up for the year. She's decided her couple-year break of doing popular music instead of classical is over.
AP Latin
AP Music Theory
AP US History
Honors Chem
English
French 5
Photography
Honors Pre-Calc BC
She's frustrated there's no AP English classes that Juniors can take, even though the kids can elect to take AP English exams at the end of the year if they want. But she's getting to take English at Gilman, and if her experience with Latin is anything to judge by, it should be a good class for her.
There are 3 girls from her school taking AP Latin, and one of the Gilman boys told her there were about 7 boys signed up. The teacher is intense. Everyone says AP Latin eats your life. From the kids who are just phenomenal students to the kids who are casual about their grades ... actually, kids who are casual about their grades don't take AP Latin. The teacher kicks kids out of class if they aren't prepared, and has told the entire class to get out when they weren't taking it seriously. And the kids love him (and fear him). So I think it's going to be a growing experience for Zoë no matter what.
AP Music Theory has 7 kids. It's an online class, so I'm not sure how they're going to handle that. Zoë's piano teacher has agreed to help provide structure for studying, and looking at the class roster the kids should be able to put together a nice study group. (4 Gilman boys, 2 RPCS girls, 1 Bryn Mawr girl. Zoë doesn't know the Bryn Mawr girl.)
APUSH has 15 kids. Honors Chem has 19 kids. There are 5 RPCS girls in her English class (unknown how many Gilman boys). 5 kids in her French 5 class, and the teacher is the one she's considering asking to mentor her for her Language Certificate project. She needs to declare that this year. Photography is 9 kids first sem, 10 kids second. Honors Pre-Calc BC is 17 kids.
Zoë's decided AP Latin will be her sport in the Fall, which would give her 2 hours every day after school to spend on it. I think she's forgetting how much time the musical can take, but her perspective of treating Latin like a sport should work for her.
For math, they'll finish out the Exeter Math this year and start using a more standard text book. I'm hoping it's not too repetitive. The "figure it out yourself; now we'll make it harder and see if what you thought worked still works; let's keep doing that until you've figured out basic principles" method works so well for Zoë.
She's not going to do year round swimming. She's just going to swim (winter) and row (spring) for school. She still says she's doing her Gold project for GS, but it's been sitting there untouched. She has time, but Junior year is a bear of a year to begin with, she's already doubling up on academics. I need to figure out how to just let it be until she's ready, and then not get caught up in her stress if she picks an inopportune time.
She's already scheduled for piano. This past year they did most of the lessons during the school day. It took a bit of flexibility on everyone's parts, but it worked well enough they should be able to continue doing it. Zoë's been working on some Chopin so she should be ready to hit the ground running when lessons start up for the year. She's decided her couple-year break of doing popular music instead of classical is over.