Thoreau, Franklin and Frost Middle for AAP

[Anonymous]

What are these schools like for AAP specifically?

[Anonymous]

I only know about Thoreau. My first went to Luther Jackson for AAP and loved it. The program was very strong and he was well prepared for HS. Second chose Thoreau. We were very disappointed. He got all A's but never had homework and barely passed his SOLs. He switched to LJ after a year, where he decided to repeat Algebra I Honors (based on his SOL score) and was glad he did. He found the class slightly challenging even after already getting an A in what was supposed to be the same class!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only know about Thoreau. My first went to Luther Jackson for AAP and loved it. The program was very strong and he was well prepared for HS. Second chose Thoreau. We were very disappointed. He got all A's but never had homework and barely passed his SOLs. He switched to LJ after a year, where he decided to repeat Algebra I Honors (based on his SOL score) and was glad he did. He found the class slightly challenging even after already getting an A in what was supposed to be the same class!

Thank you, that's great to know. Was this recently? I heard there were boundary changes. Wondering if that might have affected the level of challenge at Thoreau in the meantime or if it's irrelevant.

Why did your second choose Thoreau at first?

[Anonymous]

Franklin's program is outstanding. The seventh grade team is especially incredible. They do several cross curricular projects that seem interesting not only to the kids but to their parents too! They are also extremely good at understanding the needs of those kids.

We couldn't have been happier with the program. We sent our kids through both a center program and a LLIV program (different kids obviously) and were most impressed with Franklin's program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only know about Thoreau. My first went to Luther Jackson for AAP and loved it. The program was very strong and he was well prepared for HS. Second chose Thoreau. We were very disappointed. He got all A's but never had homework and barely passed his SOLs. He switched to LJ after a year, where he decided to repeat Algebra I Honors (based on his SOL score) and was glad he did. He found the class slightly challenging even after already getting an A in what was supposed to be the same class!

Thank you, that's great to know. Was this recently? I heard there were boundary changes. Wondering if that might have affected the level of challenge at Thoreau in the meantime or if it's irrelevant.

Why did your second choose Thoreau at first?

My second chose Thoreau 100% for social reasons. Knew LJ's program was academically superior but the social stuff mattered more to him. The Algebra situation was the primary reason for switching. Also, older had finished two years of HS and urged him to switch to LJ.