Freedom Hill Local Level 4 AAP vs Westbriar Center AAP

[Anonymous]

My DD is eligible for full time AAP at Freedom Hill ES. We have the option to stay or transfer to Westbriar. Would like to hear any thoughts comments on both of the AAP program?

[Anonymous]

There's a similar thread on stenwood v. Westbriar. I think the same arguments apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD is eligible for full time AAP at Freedom Hill ES. We have the option to stay or transfer to Westbriar. Would like to hear any thoughts comments on both of the AAP program?

My first kid is at Kilmer but the FH AAP teachers are fantastic and have all been at the school awhile. I literally cannot praise them enough. There is a designated AAP class. We love the FH community. I will also say we gave had several friends whose kids did a year at Westbriar and hated it. I don’t think Westbriar is a bad school but FH is much smaller and they felt it was a closer knit community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a similar thread on stenwood v. Westbriar. I think the same arguments apply.

Class sizes at FH are smaller than Stenwood AAP. This year my kid’s AAP class has 20 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a similar thread on stenwood v. Westbriar. I think the same arguments apply.

Class sizes at FH are smaller than Stenwood AAP. This year my kid’s AAP class has 20 kids.

How many of those 20 are principal placed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a similar thread on stenwood v. Westbriar. I think the same arguments apply.

Class sizes at FH are smaller than Stenwood AAP. This year my kid’s AAP class has 20 kids.

How many of those 20 are principal placed?

Not many. It varies by year and kids get in after 2nd grade. So the population of AAP kids is greater by 5th/6th grade. My oldest was at FH a few years ago and based off course registration the majority of the class did not have to pick Honors vs Regular because they were AAP. The few kids who I know were principal placed were high achieving students.

[Anonymous]

School profiles shows that there are 44 AAP4 kids at FH, so about 11 per grade. At 20 per class, there should be 9 LL4 kids per class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School profiles shows that there are 44 AAP4 kids at FH, so about 11 per grade. At 20 per class, there should be 9 LL4 kids per class.

I am PP. It varies by year. Not all of the classes have 20. That was just my experience with my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD is eligible for full time AAP at Freedom Hill ES. We have the option to stay or transfer to Westbriar. Would like to hear any thoughts comments on both of the AAP program?

My first kid is at Kilmer but the FH AAP teachers are fantastic and have all been at the school awhile. I literally cannot praise them enough. There is a designated AAP class. We love the FH community. I will also say we gave had several friends whose kids did a year at Westbriar and hated it. I don’t think Westbriar is a bad school but FH is much smaller and they felt it was a closer knit community.

I could have written a similar post. Really love FH and have loved the AAP teachers. The 6th grade AAP teacher esp. really prepares them well for MS. My MS did very well in MS AAP and will be taking all honors in HS. Her FH teachers still ask about her. I will say the only disadvantage is that the kids are with each other for 4 years and there is very little change with classmates (unlike a center where they switch the kids up bc there are more designated AAP classrooms).

[Anonymous]

What are the after school opportunities available to FH versus Westbriar? Do both/either schools have odyssey of the mind, science Olympiad, chess club, etc? Do the kids participate in AMC8 and Mathcounts?

[Anonymous]

Both my kids stayed at FH for AAP. Both did very well and my 8th grader was just accepted into TJ. Would they have gotten a better education at Westbriar? No one knows. We stayed for the community and have had a positive experience.

[Anonymous]

Westbriar has odyssey of the mind, science Olympiad, chess club, CML, MOEMS, AMC8 and Mathcounts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are the after school opportunities available to FH versus Westbriar? Do both/either schools have odyssey of the mind, science Olympiad, chess club, etc? Do the kids participate in AMC8 and Mathcounts?

I am considering the after school activities too. Are Odyssey of Mind or Science Olympiad selective? Or it's like you sign up and you can participate?

[Anonymous]

Different Poster. We love FH! My oldest went through AAP there and my youngest is currently in AAP there. The teachers are fantastic! No regrets keeping them at FH!