Can level 3 AAP students in FCPS be considered for middle school AAP (level 4) at the end of 6th grade?

[Anonymous]

Can level 3 AAP students in FCPS be considered for middle school AAP (level 4) at the end of 6th grade?

[Anonymous]

If you apply through the county and get in, sure. Otherwise, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you apply through the county and get in, sure. Otherwise, no.

and if you don't get in at first, just appeal until they change their mind

[Anonymous]

You have to apply. The AAP sections in MS are only for LIV identified kids by the Central Committee. The application deadline has passed for this year, it was in December.

[Anonymous]

ANY rising 7th grader can enroll in all Honors classes in MS, regardless of elementary school AAP status. (As I’m sure someone will race to announce, Math 7 HN is not the most advanced option for math in 7th.) Many, many of the non-AAP kids from our ES are doing this and thriving. I know this isn’t your question, but I don’t think that MS honors classes are any different than AAP LIV in MS, except maybe the cohort of kids. That said, it’s a great cohort taking all honors in MS. AAP serves a purpose in ES, but that purpose seems to wane in MS when advanced instruction becomes available to all students. Colleges don’t know or care that a kid was in AAP LIV. They care about the rigor of and performance in classes. AAP doesn’t impact that (because yes, you can even be on the most advanced math tracks without being in AAP).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ANY rising 7th grader can enroll in all Honors classes in MS, regardless of elementary school AAP status. (As I’m sure someone will race to announce, Math 7 HN is not the most advanced option for math in 7th.) Many, many of the non-AAP kids from our ES are doing this and thriving. I know this isn’t your question, but I don’t think that MS honors classes are any different than AAP LIV in MS, except maybe the cohort of kids. That said, it’s a great cohort taking all honors in MS. AAP serves a purpose in ES, but that purpose seems to wane in MS when advanced instruction becomes available to all students. Colleges don’t know or care that a kid was in AAP LIV. They care about the rigor of and performance in classes. AAP doesn’t impact that (because yes, you can even be on the most advanced math tracks without being in AAP).

You cannot sit for the Iowa and take algebra 1 honors in 7th grade if you were not in AAP in elementary. So you’re wrong about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ANY rising 7th grader can enroll in all Honors classes in MS, regardless of elementary school AAP status. (As I’m sure someone will race to announce, Math 7 HN is not the most advanced option for math in 7th.) Many, many of the non-AAP kids from our ES are doing this and thriving. I know this isn’t your question, but I don’t think that MS honors classes are any different than AAP LIV in MS, except maybe the cohort of kids. That said, it’s a great cohort taking all honors in MS. AAP serves a purpose in ES, but that purpose seems to wane in MS when advanced instruction becomes available to all students. Colleges don’t know or care that a kid was in AAP LIV. They care about the rigor of and performance in classes. AAP doesn’t impact that (because yes, you can even be on the most advanced math tracks without being in AAP).

You cannot sit for the Iowa and take algebra 1 honors in 7th grade if you were not in AAP in elementary. So you’re wrong about that.

Sorry, I meant you don’t have to be in LIV to sit for Iowa. In our ES, we had plenty of non AAP kids test into advanced math in fall of 6th. That enabled them to take the Math 7 SOL and sit for Iowa and take Algebra in 7th having never been in AAP other than advanced math in 6th.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I presume that AAP was originally intended to support a state mandate that truly gifted kids have differentiated academics that meet their unique needs. Over the years, it’s instead become synonymous with a leg up that a bunch of entitled, pressure cooker NOVA parents game the system to ensure their kids get into to have some perceived long term advantage. (Frankly, probably to the detriment of the truly gifted kids.) Fortunately, the MS and HS options in FCPS ensure that normal advanced kids can take honors and AP classes whether they got into AAP or not. And no offense to anyone. I’m one of those entitled, pressure cooker parents myself and we are all just trying to do what’s best for our kids.