{"id":111,"date":"2025-02-12T01:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editor.knoww.co\/thaihub\/?p=111"},"modified":"2025-04-11T23:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:34:00","slug":"high-school-plan-semester-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/editor.knoww.co\/thaihub\/high-school-plan-semester-detail\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Plan, semester detail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Year 1 - 9th Grade --><\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\udfe2 Year 1 &#8211; 9th Grade (Freshman Year)<\/h2>\n<h3>\ud83d\udcda Semester 1<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Math:<\/strong> Honors Geometry (or Honors Algebra II if ahead)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science:<\/strong> Honors Biology<\/li>\n<li><strong>English:<\/strong> Honors English 9<\/li>\n<li><strong>History:<\/strong> AP Human Geography or Honors World History<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Language:<\/strong> Spanish\/French\/Chinese 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elective:<\/strong> Introduction to Computer 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