APS 2022-2023 — Back to normal High School

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would start looking at private. My W-L 9th grader left PRE COVID because she was so checked out and unchallenged. She could space out in class, do no homework and still has straight A's. She's now shocked that she actually has to work for good grades. If she's bored now I would absolutely start looking at private school.

We had heard differentiation actually happens in high school, with intensified/honors for multiple core subjects not just math. Why did that not help? I remember AP history being pretty intense for example.

She was in AP and intensified classes. Still unchallenged. My older kid was also in AP, intensified and IB classes throughout all 4 years. She was plenty challenged but she's more of a good, not gifted student. Younger kid is gifted.

How did she score on the AP tests?

I believe she got a 4 but I don't remember 100%. Too many kids and too many tests to keep straight. She only took one her freshman year.

Seems like she was fairly engaged if she scored at least a 4.

You think she wouldn't have been challenged at W-L if she did full IB? Or IB+multiple APs?

What private offers more rigorous, high-level instruction for HS?

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would start looking at private. My W-L 9th grader left PRE COVID because she was so checked out and unchallenged. She could space out in class, do no homework and still has straight A's. She's now shocked that she actually has to work for good grades. If she's bored now I would absolutely start looking at private school.

We had heard differentiation actually happens in high school, with intensified/honors for multiple core subjects not just math. Why did that not help? I remember AP history being pretty intense for example.

She was in AP and intensified classes. Still unchallenged. My older kid was also in AP, intensified and IB classes throughout all 4 years. She was plenty challenged but she's more of a good, not gifted student. Younger kid is gifted.

What private school offers a more challenging curriculum than AP, IB, and intensified classes? It has been my understanding that most area public schools offer more advanced and challenging classes than private schools, and that people choose private for a more personal touch and other perks rather than rigor.

Interested for my gifted, advanced 5th grader.

Maderia, National Cathedral if you have a girl.

Madeira for a gifted child? Why not a private with better academics?

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would start looking at private. My W-L 9th grader left PRE COVID because she was so checked out and unchallenged. She could space out in class, do no homework and still has straight A's. She's now shocked that she actually has to work for good grades. If she's bored now I would absolutely start looking at private school.

We had heard differentiation actually happens in high school, with intensified/honors for multiple core subjects not just math. Why did that not help? I remember AP history being pretty intense for example.

She was in AP and intensified classes. Still unchallenged. My older kid was also in AP, intensified and IB classes throughout all 4 years. She was plenty challenged but she's more of a good, not gifted student. Younger kid is gifted.

What private school offers a more challenging curriculum than AP, IB, and intensified classes? It has been my understanding that most area public schools offer more advanced and challenging classes than private schools, and that people choose private for a more personal touch and other perks rather than rigor.

Interested for my gifted, advanced 5th grader.

Maderia, National Cathedral if you have a girl.

Madeira for a gifted child? Why not a private with better academics?

PP clearly just thinks that private > public.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would start looking at private. My W-L 9th grader left PRE COVID because she was so checked out and unchallenged. She could space out in class, do no homework and still has straight A's. She's now shocked that she actually has to work for good grades. If she's bored now I would absolutely start looking at private school.

We had heard differentiation actually happens in high school, with intensified/honors for multiple core subjects not just math. Why did that not help? I remember AP history being pretty intense for example.

She was in AP and intensified classes. Still unchallenged. My older kid was also in AP, intensified and IB classes throughout all 4 years. She was plenty challenged but she's more of a good, not gifted student. Younger kid is gifted.

How did she score on the AP tests?

I believe she got a 4 but I don't remember 100%. Too many kids and too many tests to keep straight. She only took one her freshman year.

Seems like she was fairly engaged if she scored at least a 4.

You think she wouldn't have been challenged at W-L if she did full IB? Or IB+multiple APs?

What private offers more rigorous, high-level instruction for HS?

None. Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would start looking at private. My W-L 9th grader left PRE COVID because she was so checked out and unchallenged. She could space out in class, do no homework and still has straight A's. She's now shocked that she actually has to work for good grades. If she's bored now I would absolutely start looking at private school.

We had heard differentiation actually happens in high school, with intensified/honors for multiple core subjects not just math. Why did that not help? I remember AP history being pretty intense for example.

She was in AP and intensified classes. Still unchallenged. My older kid was also in AP, intensified and IB classes throughout all 4 years. She was plenty challenged but she's more of a good, not gifted student. Younger kid is gifted.

How did she score on the AP tests?

I believe she got a 4 but I don't remember 100%. Too many kids and too many tests to keep straight. She only took one her freshman year.

Seems like she was fairly engaged if she scored at least a 4.

You think she wouldn't have been challenged at W-L if she did full IB? Or IB+multiple APs?

What private offers more rigorous, high-level instruction for HS?

None. Lol.

No question for math and science public is far more rigorous, but for writing and critical thinking privates likely have an edge.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would start looking at private. My W-L 9th grader left PRE COVID because she was so checked out and unchallenged. She could space out in class, do no homework and still has straight A's. She's now shocked that she actually has to work for good grades. If she's bored now I would absolutely start looking at private school.

We had heard differentiation actually happens in high school, with intensified/honors for multiple core subjects not just math. Why did that not help? I remember AP history being pretty intense for example.

She was in AP and intensified classes. Still unchallenged. My older kid was also in AP, intensified and IB classes throughout all 4 years. She was plenty challenged but she's more of a good, not gifted student. Younger kid is gifted.

How did she score on the AP tests?

I believe she got a 4 but I don't remember 100%. Too many kids and too many tests to keep straight. She only took one her freshman year.

Seems like she was fairly engaged if she scored at least a 4.

You think she wouldn't have been challenged at W-L if she did full IB? Or IB+multiple APs?

What private offers more rigorous, high-level instruction for HS?

None. Lol.

Do you have kids in private? Or just guessing. They are absolutely more challenging.

She got a 4 with barely studying. She was not engaged. Had she studied she probably could have gotten a 5. But she’s lazy because she knows she can be. She actually now has to try in private.

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Private are better for kids with EF issues.