Does you child know about your referral?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. He will only know when/if he is accepted. Why would I tell him that he "might" be found eligible when there's a chance he might not? He's 7 years old. This is so far off his radar (as it should be) even though his older brother is in AAP.

I'm hoping it is b/c he'd have to change schools. If he won't, why would you say anything to him ever?

Because our school has a LLIV AAP program. So if he were to get in, he would not change schools, but he would go through the same track of teachers that his older brother went to and everyone knows those are the AAP teachers. As soon as he were to find out he were in that particular 3rd grade teacher's class, he would know he was in AAP. Everyone at the school knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. He will only know when/if he is accepted. Why would I tell him that he "might" be found eligible when there's a chance he might not? He's 7 years old. This is so far off his radar (as it should be) even though his older brother is in AAP.

I'm hoping it is b/c he'd have to change schools. If he won't, why would you say anything to him ever?

Because our school has a LLIV AAP program. So if he were to get in, he would not change schools, but he would go through the same track of teachers that his older brother went to and everyone knows those are the AAP teachers. As soon as he were to find out he were in that particular 3rd grade teacher's class, he would know he was in AAP. Everyone at the school knows.

No they don't. We are at a center school and my kids don't know a thing about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our 3rd grader knows about our referral.
We told him that we will do our best to put a good application together but that other people will make the decision about his school- kind of what you do when you apply for college. He might stay at his current school or at the other school but either way, he will be just fine.

I did have him read over the parent questionnaire and the referral form. I asked him to make sure it was accurate and described him well.
He said "It's accurate, but there's a flaw over here." He pointed to a typo. Lol. Thank goodness I had him check it.

We didn't show him his WISC scores though. We'll save that for another time.

Sorry, this just seems so...wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our 3rd grader knows about our referral.
We told him that we will do our best to put a good application together but that other people will make the decision about his school- kind of what you do when you apply for college. He might stay at his current school or at the other school but either way, he will be just fine.

I did have him read over the parent questionnaire and the referral form. I asked him to make sure it was accurate and described him well.
He said "It's accurate, but there's a flaw over here." He pointed to a typo. Lol. Thank goodness I had him check it.

We didn't show him his WISC scores though. We'll save that for another time.

Sorry, this just seems so...wrong.

Why so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our 3rd grader knows about our referral.
We told him that we will do our best to put a good application together but that other people will make the decision about his school- kind of what you do when you apply for college. He might stay at his current school or at the other school but either way, he will be just fine.

I did have him read over the parent questionnaire and the referral form. I asked him to make sure it was accurate and described him well.
He said "It's accurate, but there's a flaw over here." He pointed to a typo. Lol. Thank goodness I had him check it.

We didn't show him his WISC scores though. We'll save that for another time.

Sorry, this just seems so...wrong.

Why so?

Because your child shouldn't be privy to the specifics. It serves no purpose whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. He will only know when/if he is accepted. Why would I tell him that he "might" be found eligible when there's a chance he might not? He's 7 years old. This is so far off his radar (as it should be) even though his older brother is in AAP.

I'm hoping it is b/c he'd have to change schools. If he won't, why would you say anything to him ever?

Because our school has a LLIV AAP program. So if he were to get in, he would not change schools, but he would go through the same track of teachers that his older brother went to and everyone knows those are the AAP teachers. As soon as he were to find out he were in that particular 3rd grade teacher's class, he would know he was in AAP. Everyone at the school knows.

No they don't. We are at a center school and my kids don't know a thing about it.

My kids are at a center and the kids know about it. What grade are your kids in? I can see kids in K -2 maybe not knowing, but beyond that I don't see how kids don't know.

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<sarcasm>I find it is best to be up front with my child. We are applying to send him to a school for smart kids. If he gets in, his life will be easy....he will go to TJ, Ivy, Harvard MBA, 7 figure income. If he does not get in, he will be working as a fireman. He thought about it, and wants to be a fireman.</sarcasm>

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. He will only know when/if he is accepted. Why would I tell him that he "might" be found eligible when there's a chance he might not? He's 7 years old. This is so far off his radar (as it should be) even though his older brother is in AAP.

I'm hoping it is b/c he'd have to change schools. If he won't, why would you say anything to him ever?

Because our school has a LLIV AAP program. So if he were to get in, he would not change schools, but he would go through the same track of teachers that his older brother went to and everyone knows those are the AAP teachers. As soon as he were to find out he were in that particular 3rd grade teacher's class, he would know he was in AAP. Everyone at the school knows.

No they don't. We are at a center school and my kids don't know a thing about it.

My kids are at a center and the kids know about it. What grade are your kids in? I can see kids in K -2 maybe not knowing, but beyond that I don't see how kids don't know.

Second graders and they do not know. What will you say to your child if he doesn't get in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our 3rd grader knows about our referral.
We told him that we will do our best to put a good application together but that other people will make the decision about his school- kind of what you do when you apply for college. He might stay at his current school or at the other school but either way, he will be just fine.

I did have him read over the parent questionnaire and the referral form. I asked him to make sure it was accurate and described him well.
He said "It's accurate, but there's a flaw over here." He pointed to a typo. Lol. Thank goodness I had him check it.

We didn't show him his WISC scores though. We'll save that for another time.

This

Except not at all. Crazy!

[Anonymous]

Believe me, one kid finds put they are In aap then starts asking others. We told our dd not to talk about it u less
Asked when we were deciding to stay in local
Level Iv or go to center but we did tell her she would be in aap. Of course , a friend asked her outright. At that point of our decision, we visited the center orientation and then everyone knows.