AAP middle school?

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Anonymous wrote:According to my son, who is now a HS freshman, at Longfellow (AAP Center) there are 2 types of classes, AA and Honors. They are both extremely similar but AA has more work and covers a bit more information. There is no “regular/GenEd” class as the regular class is called honors. For example, there is no English 7, only English 7 HN and English 7 AA, but English 7 HN is equivalent to English 7 at another school. However, the math courses function slightly differently.
Math 7 IS a course and is in fact Math 7.
Math 7 HN covers pre algebra.
Math 7 “AA” would be Algebra 1 HN but it’s not called AA.
I believe students taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade can only take Algebra 1 HN, which is an actual traditional Honors course. For Math 8, Math 8 is pre algebra, and if a student wants to take math past that they have the option of taking Algebra 1 or Algebra 1 HN.

This can't be right about English. I would be shocked if this is correct - I have a 7th grader at Cooper and I don't think the curriculum would be completely different.

For English, history, and science, kids choose between regular, honors, or AAP (you can only do AAP if you have qualified; anyone can choose regular or honors).

For math, the above explanation is correct.

The kids also take PE/health and choose two electives.

Don't shock because that is correct, only 2 kind of classes at Longfellow. AAP kids can pick AA or honors, the rest is honors (except math). Electives and PE/health is mixed for all.
The difference, AA class is a little deeper, more works, stronger cohort (DC said, that the teacher comment teaching AA class was so much easier for them).