AAP center in a different pyramid from base school. Which HS would we go to?

[Anonymous]

If our kid was in the AAP center in a different pyramid from base school. Which MS/HS would we go to? Base school or AAP?

[Anonymous]

For middle school you would have the choice of your assigned school or the AAP center school. The high school would be your assigned school, unless you apply for a transfer for AP/IB or your child goes to TJ.

[Anonymous]

I would do AAP school for middle school and then go back to base high school after that. Might want to sit in on AP vs. IB workshops to determine what might better serve your AAP student. Of course there's also TJ, plus academy courses for STEM, and there is also dual-enrollment options. Might want to consider what high school offers better transportation options/access to specific academy courses for 11th/12th grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would do AAP school for middle school and then go back to base high school after that. Might want to sit in on AP vs. IB workshops to determine what might better serve your AAP student. Of course there's also TJ, plus academy courses for STEM, and there is also dual-enrollment options. Might want to consider what high school offers better transportation options/access to specific academy courses for 11th/12th grades.

Academy courses are nice electives but not that special for AAP kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would do AAP school for middle school and then go back to base high school after that. Might want to sit in on AP vs. IB workshops to determine what might better serve your AAP student. Of course there's also TJ, plus academy courses for STEM, and there is also dual-enrollment options. Might want to consider what high school offers better transportation options/access to specific academy courses for 11th/12th grades.

Academy courses are nice electives but not that special for AAP kids.

The STEM academy courses are actually pretty "special" even for AAP kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would do AAP school for middle school and then go back to base high school after that. Might want to sit in on AP vs. IB workshops to determine what might better serve your AAP student. Of course there's also TJ, plus academy courses for STEM, and there is also dual-enrollment options. Might want to consider what high school offers better transportation options/access to specific academy courses for 11th/12th grades.

Academy courses are nice electives but not that special for AAP kids.

The STEM academy courses are actually pretty "special" even for AAP kids.

They are different, for sure, and good for kids who aren't on a college track. Otherwise they can be fun electives, but few AAP-level students would organize their schedules around an Academy class, particularly one at another school. In the real world, that is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would do AAP school for middle school and then go back to base high school after that. Might want to sit in on AP vs. IB workshops to determine what might better serve your AAP student. Of course there's also TJ, plus academy courses for STEM, and there is also dual-enrollment options. Might want to consider what high school offers better transportation options/access to specific academy courses for 11th/12th grades.

Academy courses are nice electives but not that special for AAP kids.

The STEM academy courses are actually pretty "special" even for AAP kids.

They are different, for sure, and good for kids who aren't on a college track. Otherwise they can be fun electives, but few AAP-level students would organize their schedules around an Academy class, particularly one at another school. In the real world, that is.

Well, in the "real world" I am witnessing six attended-AAP-Centers students currently enrolled in STEM academy courses at Chantilly and Marshall, and the students planned their schedules around Academy classes both last year and this year as high school seniors.

So I guess it is not "just in theory" as your post would make it seem.

[Anonymous]

Back to the original question, it is probably best to just ask the administration at your school.

I can only speak to our AAP center-- Hunters Woods. Currently, Waples Mill, Navy, and Crossfield kids (3 schools in the Oakton HS pyramid) attend HWES for AAP (HWES is South Lakes Pyramid). Then, those 3 elementary schools feed to Rachel Carson for MS and Oakton for HS, whereas HWES feeds to Hughes MS and South Lakes HS. They are, however, in the process of changing all this because they recognize how ridiculous this is. Of course, the solution they have come upon makes equally little sense, but that's a rant for a different post.

I hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

also, it would depend on the age of your kid and why your AAP center isn't in your pyramid. Is it the county or a puple placement issue?

Things change yearly in Fairfax County. What we thought the future held for my 4th grader is not what we are looking at this year as a 6th grader for next year.

If you aren't in 6th grade don't worry about, it will change before you get to 6th grade

[Anonymous]

Like 14:30 said. Any doubt, check the FCPS boundary system for updated assignment:
http://boundary.fcps.edu/boundary/

[Anonymous]

If student doesn't get into TJ, they're going to their base high school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would do AAP school for middle school and then go back to base high school after that. Might want to sit in on AP vs. IB workshops to determine what might better serve your AAP student. Of course there's also TJ, plus academy courses for STEM, and there is also dual-enrollment options. Might want to consider what high school offers better transportation options/access to specific academy courses for 11th/12th grades.

Academy courses are nice electives but not that special for AAP kids.

The STEM academy courses are actually pretty "special" even for AAP kids.

They are different, for sure, and good for kids who aren't on a college track. Otherwise they can be fun electives, but few AAP-level students would organize their schedules around an Academy class, particularly one at another school. In the real world, that is.

Well, in the "real world" I am witnessing six attended-AAP-Centers students currently enrolled in STEM academy courses at Chantilly and Marshall, and the students planned their schedules around Academy classes both last year and this year as high school seniors.

So I guess it is not "just in theory" as your post would make it seem.

Anecdotal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would do AAP school for middle school and then go back to base high school after that. Might want to sit in on AP vs. IB workshops to determine what might better serve your AAP student. Of course there's also TJ, plus academy courses for STEM, and there is also dual-enrollment options. Might want to consider what high school offers better transportation options/access to specific academy courses for 11th/12th grades.

Academy courses are nice electives but not that special for AAP kids.

The STEM academy courses are actually pretty "special" even for AAP kids.

They are different, for sure, and good for kids who aren't on a college track. Otherwise they can be fun electives, but few AAP-level students would organize their schedules around an Academy class, particularly one at another school. In the real world, that is.

Well, in the "real world" I am witnessing six attended-AAP-Centers students currently enrolled in STEM academy courses at Chantilly and Marshall, and the students planned their schedules around Academy classes both last year and this year as high school seniors.

So I guess it is not "just in theory" as your post would make it seem.

Doubt it.

[Anonymous]

Aside from TJ, you can pupil place for IB or AP, if your base high school doesn't have the one you want.

I have a kid at Rocky Run Middle School AAP, and I think the kids might split into at least three different high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from TJ, you can pupil place for IB or AP, if your base high school doesn't have the one you want.

I have a kid at Rocky Run Middle School AAP, and I think the kids might split into at least three different high schools.

Right now Rocky Run AAP kids can end up at four schools - Fairfax, Robinson, Centreville and Westfield - and that doesn't include the Fairfax Villa kids getting moved from Fairfax to Woodson (since they'll be reassigned to Frost AAP).