How is 3rd grade AAP going?
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Anonymous
| For all those parents a month into the new 3rd grade AAP year, how is it going? Do you see a difference in the academics? Is your kid more "challenged"? Has there been a lot of work so far? We are considering applying for next year, as DC currently attends a private school. Any information would be great. TIA. |
Anonymous
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Yes, my son loves it. He is happy to go to school everyday. Misses some of his friends from previous school, but loves his teacher and is having a blast. Feels more challenged....and has made some good friends.
I think the curriculum has been wonderful. I love the worldly wise vocabulary lessons....and he thinks they are fun as well. |
Anonymous
| Interesting lack of response. |
Anonymous
If you're interested in hearing about private to public in 2nd grade, let me know and I'll elaborate. |
Anonymous
On the contrary, we switched our AAP kid to a private school. For the first time in her life, she is being taught real science. |
Anonymous
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OP, there are probably 2000 3rd grade kids starting AAP, and every one will be different. There will be difference in the academics simply go from 2nd grade to 3rd grade, GE to AAP, and non-center to center, and I would say probably every 3rd grader is more "challenged" than 2nd grader. What specific questions you have?
Also it will help to hear your situation. Why your DC is in private? Because you feel the base school won't provide enough "academic challenges"? Because your DC won't make the cutoff and the private let your DC in early? Because you don't like the base school social-economics? Because you want your DC have more "moral education" that the public school won't provide? Because you can't get into the SACC and the private provides better aftercare? |
Anonymous
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DD is in 3rd grade AAP. Great, communicative teacher. Daily emails, challenging classwork. Very happy. Teacher provides lots of info, suggests ways we can supplement at home, etc.
DS is in 6th grade, Level 3 pull-out. Dumb homework assignments like writing vocab words 10 times. Unimpressed with teacher who hasn't responded to emails from us and my son brings home a lot of stories that concern us. Yes, I'm trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, but between the pointless assignments and her non-responsiveness, it's not helping. |
Anonymous
+100 Same situation here. So happy we switched. |
Anonymous
| What private did you switch to? I'm curious which ones are good. I'm interested for my smart, but non-AAP child. I've been pretty happy with the education my AAP child is getting. |
Anonymous
Nysmith has an unbeatable, in my opinion, science/math program. |
Anonymous
Nysmith is a haven for folks who are paying for the gifted label because their kids didn't qualify in public school. |
Anonymous
ouch. |
Anonymous
More ouch: http://www.yelp.com/biz/nysmith-school-for-the-gifted-herndon |
Anonymous
Wow. Thanks for posting! |
Anonymous
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My son is in 3rd grade AAP at a Level IV Center. So far, I'm glad he's there. His homework habits have improved drastically. Last year in general ed., he would whine and grumble over doing homework so that it became a real struggle. I think it was too easy for him and he saw no point in doing worksheets that were far below his ability. Now, I think he's more interested because he's actually learning new material.
Also, he is making friends and fits in better socially. He didn't have much in common with the kids in general ed. and they often didn't understand his interests. In AAP, it's OK to have an intense interest in astronomy, meteorology, computers, etc. So far, we are happy with it. |