My daughter will also be a sophomore starting Adv Math next year. I wanted to slow down math a little since I really do not feel that she will go into a math or science field and even spreading Adv math over two years she will be able to complete Calculus before graduating. When I started looking into it I found that the curriculum really is not intended to be done in 1 school year for the average student. I called Saxon and spoke to a teacher/consultant. He said that he had taught the curriculum in a small class setting with very bright math students and did not even try to finish it. I know many do not have a problem completing the course in 36 weeks (my daughter could as well) but I did not want it to go so fast that she forgot it all. I have heard that sometimes it hurts kids being so far ahead in math when they take the SAT / ACT tests. I am not suggesting this is true for all, it is just something I heard and decided to consider for my daughter. What I did after talking to Saxon and researching is scheduling lessons 1 thru 80 this year including tests. She uses the Saxon teacher CD's, so the first day of the lesson, she watches the lesson and does the odd problems for the lesson. Then the next day she completes the even problems (no video). As it worked out under this plan, she does math 38 weeks, but a lot of weeks only have 4 days of math. It was recommended I call it Geometry with Trigonometry for this section. Her Junior year we will back up a few lessons to do review (it was recommended to backup to lesson 60, but I want to see if she needs that much or not) and that course will be called pre-calculus. Many kids could do math just 2 days a week, but my daughter does better doing it at least three but usually 4x per week. For her style, I would rather have more days but less problems then less days with more problems. Since she is used to doing full Saxon lessons, doing 1/2 lessons a day will be a break for her. Your students might do well just doing it 2 / 3 days a week. Here is a link to a YouTube video I found in a post from someone else that helped me.

I called Saxon and asked them this question directly when I had the same issue. They advised me to NOT skip 8/7 but skip the pre-algebra (algebra 1/2) instead. Algebra 1/2 was created for those who needed more practice after 8/7 before entering Algebra 1. If they complete 8/7 with no issue Algebra 1/2 is not needed. So we did 8/7 but skipped algebra 1/2 and went directly into Algebra 1 with no problem.

A good add to Core 100 for us was Uncle Tom's Cabin. My daughter is doing Core 100 in 8th grade, but if your child has not read Uncle Tom's Cabin I would recommend it. I had not read it until this year. I now think it should be required reading. (I just looked it up on lexile.com and it was a 1050L rating. Thank you for the website Lisa. It is interesting to see the reading level.)

We are doing Core 100 this year. My dd does all the reading independently. She would rather read it on her own. Then we meet to discuss it daily. Reading it out loud would slow her down too much.

I plan to use A Beka's Health class (High School). It is one semester for 0.5 credit of health. I have not looked at it yet though to give you an opinion on it.

I called Saxon about their Geometry course when it came out. I was informed they only created it to better go along with the public school system. Some wanted a separate Geometry class simply because that is how it is done in public school. I was told there was a lot of "bugs" in it and it was not recommended at this time. (That was by Saxon.) They told me that the Algebra I, Algebra II, and Adv. Math courses integrate all the Geometry that is need for a full Geometry credit. We are just finishing Algebra I this year and plan on keeping the regular course with Saxon and not doing the separate Geometry course.

I cannot answer your question. I just had one thing I wanted to pass on to you. If you cannot exchange it easily, you can download the workbook from their site. I accidentally purchased the RS Spanish- Spain (instead of Latin America) addition which does not have the workbook even for the homeschool addition. Through discussion with my father-in-law (who is Colombian and has done business in Spain and Central America) I decided the Spain addition was better for us. So I kept it, but now I wanted some written work to go with it. I called RS about the workbook. I was confused why there was not one for my edition since it was HS. They told me to just go to their website and I could download the Spanish Latin America workbook and tests. There is not a huge difference between the two versions and I can just make minor alterations to the test. We are only on unit 1 so far but the changes I have had to make to the workbook are minor. So, I know you can download the workbook from their site in PDF form and use it with the version you have. I have never used the version you have, so I cannot tell you how it matches up. I do not know if it is separated into different "units" or not. You may even be able to download their scheduling suggestions, but I am not sure if it will work with the regular version. I do find that the workbook pages/quizzes/tests are helpful for my daughter. If you cannot exchange it, I hope it works out for you. Have a good day!