AAP Eligible letter received

[Anonymous]

In, 139 NNAT, 95 fat (83 v, 94 q, 95, nv)

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure that the yellow paper/blue paper drama is necessary. These letters went out to thousands of kids. Is it so unreasonable to think that more than one employee printed them?

Just imagine they were each told to use a bright color for the enclosure and each were allowed to make that choice.

Can everybody chill-the-heck out now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious, what color paper came with the acceptance letters, blue or yellow? Both have been reported. Is the one posting blue a troll?

Or perhaps they put in randomly chosen colored paper into the printer?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, what color paper came with the acceptance letters, blue or yellow? Both have been reported. Is the one posting blue a troll?

Well I can answer this one with certainty, since I received both a blue (for my rising 3rd grader) and a yellow (for my rising 4th grader) acceptance letter today. The blue letter has the option of center or LLIV and the yellow letter just gives the center as the option. Maybe that's the difference.

So that must be why my letter was blue (my DC does have the option of Local Level IV at base school or movement to the Center at a different school). So Ms. Smarty Pants who jumped to the "troll" conclusion can apologize now.

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Anonymous wrote:155 NNAT, 99% FAT: DC rejected. Not overly surprised because DC is shy, does not participate in class and report card has 3s and 2s. Also English is not first language.

Insane! Those are such good scores. Do you know the GBRS??? Screening file should have indicated that English was not the first language.

This is what prepping does. Not saying the scores were prepped, but the high scores with lower GBRS indicates prep.

We didn't know about the APP programme until after the test. We came to US 2 years ago from South America. A friend told me to go on this site for information and FAQs. I don't know what GBRS is and I didn't know that our child had to prepare for that. We know our child is very intelligent, learned English fast and very good playing music instruments and chess.

I would appeal and make it clear that your child just learned English over the last couple of years and that English is HER second language, not just that her parents speak a different language. Include the info about chess and musical instruments also. Her scores are really high, especially if no prepping was involved. Also, you don't have to prep for GBRS, that's a score the teacher gives, the prepping reference was regarding the tests.

Thank you for the information. I will seek information on how to appeal. She did not get any preparation for the test but we are happy she did good. Her teacher said that she's too quiet and doesn't interact much with other children. She learn chess and music from grandparent who live with us. Also some friends told us not to bother with this programme, they don't accept much Latinos.

There are Latinos in my son's AAP class, don't get discouraged. Your daughter is bright and did very well on the tests. Try to get some help with the appeal.

[Anonymous]

I second that. Lots of Latinos in my daughter's 4th grade AAP class. Please don't hold your child back, those scores are very close to others who got acceptd. Appeal even if you can't afford the WISC, or call GMU and ask for a discount if you need one (I'm pretty sure they give breaks to people who need it).

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, what color paper came with the acceptance letters, blue or yellow? Both have been reported. Is the one posting blue a troll?

Well I can answer this one with certainty, since I received both a blue (for my rising 3rd grader) and a yellow (for my rising 4th grader) acceptance letter today. The blue letter has the option of center or LLIV and the yellow letter just gives the center as the option. Maybe that's the difference.

So that must be why my letter was blue (my DC does have the option of Local Level IV at base school or movement to the Center at a different school). So Ms. Smarty Pants who jumped to the "troll" conclusion can apologize now.

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Anonymous wrote:155 NNAT, 99% FAT: DC rejected. Not overly surprised because DC is shy, does not participate in class and report card has 3s and 2s. Also English is not first language.

Insane! Those are such good scores. Do you know the GBRS??? Screening file should have indicated that English was not the first language.

This is what prepping does. Not saying the scores were prepped, but the high scores with lower GBRS indicates prep.

We didn't know about the APP programme until after the test. We came to US 2 years ago from South America. A friend told me to go on this site for information and FAQs. I don't know what GBRS is and I didn't know that our child had to prepare for that. We know our child is very intelligent, learned English fast and very good playing music instruments and chess.

I would appeal and make it clear that your child just learned English over the last couple of years and that English is HER second language, not just that her parents speak a different language. Include the info about chess and musical instruments also. Her scores are really high, especially if no prepping was involved. Also, you don't have to prep for GBRS, that's a score the teacher gives, the prepping reference was regarding the tests.

Thank you for the information. I will seek information on how to appeal. She did not get any preparation for the test but we are happy she did good. Her teacher said that she's too quiet and doesn't interact much with other children. She learn chess and music from grandparent who live with us. Also some friends told us not to bother with this programme, they don't accept much Latinos.

There is actually a goal to increase enrollment of children who are Hispanic or African-American, so that should work in your child's favor. Talk with the AART (Advanced Academic Resource Teacher) for your school. You could appeal with an IQ test called the WISC. Not to make stereotypes linking country of origin and income, but if you have not been in this country long enough to earn a good salary, you can get financial assistance for having the WISC done at George Mason University (GMU) if your child is eligible for free or reduced price lunch. If not this year then perhaps next year your daughter can be admitted to AAP, when she knows even more English and may be able to earn higher grades and feel more comfortable speaking up in class. AAP is an accelerated program for children who can handle a faster pace of learning, so perhaps the screening committee felt that your daughter was not ready quite yet, but that doesn't mean that she neverwill be. I'm sure that your daughter will be successful whichever academic path she takes to get there. Good luck to her and your family!

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the information. I will seek information on how to appeal. She did not get any preparation for the test but we are happy she did good. Her teacher said that she's too quiet and doesn't interact much with other children. She learn chess and music from grandparent who live with us. Also some friends told us not to bother with this programme, they don't accept much Latinos.

The information on how to appeal should be on the letter you received. I don't have a copy in front of me right now, but it should include the site address which explains the process.

Good luck to you!

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Thank you for the information. I will seek information on how to appeal. She did not get any preparation for the test but we are happy she did good. Her teacher said that she's too quiet and doesn't interact much with other children. She learn chess and music from grandparent who live with us. Also some friends told us not to bother with this programme, they don't accept much Latinos.

The information on how to appeal should be on the letter you received. I don't have a copy in front of me right now, but it should include the site address which explains the process.

Good luck to you!

Here's the link to the form:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/2013AppealForm.pdf

Deadline is 31 May 2013.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:155 NNAT, 99% FAT: DC rejected. Not overly surprised because DC is shy, does not participate in class and report card has 3s and 2s. Also English is not first language.

Please appeal.

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/2013AppealForm.pdf

http://cap.gmu.edu/page1/page12/page12.html

[Anonymous]

DC is IN; congrats to all! best of luck!

[Anonymous]

Why give us the result if you won't share the scores? In any event, congrats.

[Anonymous]

DC eligible (blue form with choice of center or local school):
NNAT 143
FxAT VQN 98

[Anonymous]

Eligible-

NNAT- 142
Fairfax Cogat 89 (VQN)
Verbal 99
Quantitative 77
Nonverbal 69

GBRS- don't know