Are the honors courses my ninth grade son/daughter has taken in a public (or area independent) school equivalent to the honor courses at FCDS?
Our experience tells us that there are many differences between honors courses taught at different schools. These differences are based on a number of variables, including class sizes, student course loads, readiness of the individual student, and the level of expectation inherent within the school community and within the particular courses considered. At FCDS, our students are held to very high expectations across the curriculum and they come to expect and appreciate this challenge. Often, students transferring into our honors courses experience a period of transition as they adjust to the demands of our honors curriculum. Since our regular (meaning non-honors and non-AP) classes are already focused on college-level preparation, we frequently find that honors courses in public schools are roughly equal to our regular classes, and that our honors classes move more quickly and have higher expectations than most public school honors courses do. In brief, there is no definitive yes or no
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