AAP letters

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids do NOT need to know about "in pool" and "got in" and "appealing" etc. They just don't. My child was on the cusp of the pool last year (I did not refer her). Her best friend (and she doesn't have a huge circle of friends) was accepted to AAP. At the very end of the year, I just told my DD that her friend would be going to another school. That's all she needed to know.

The only possible outcome when you tell the child that some kids get in and some don't and that it's about getting a "better education" etc. is that they will feel left behind and insufficient. All you need to say is that some kids are going to a different school and if asked "why" the answer is "that's what their parents decided." THE END.

Don't set your kids up to feel inadequate just b/c this is somethng running through your mind.

+1 My son scored in the 99% on the NNAT last year. He has no idea what AAP is, and we will not tell him unless he gets in. There is no point in telling him now.

That only works for your first child. We did that with our first, but now that he is in AAP, my younger son wants to go too. Once kids are exposed to the existence of AAP, they figure out pretty quickly what it is, and no amount of parents saying "it is just for kids who have different learning needs" will prevent those children from figuring out that AAP is where the smart kids go.

It worked for my 2nd as well as my 3rd child.

[Anonymous]

Agreed. If this is your second or third child and others already go to another school for a center, it's hard to keep the younger ones in the dark.

[Anonymous]

Thank you above poster. I have an older child in AAP, so my youngertwins are all about AAP - they just are. It has nothing to with me. I feel that I have to tell them and did that not everyone will get in. I don't want both to think that they will be in AAP just because big sis is.

Others, before you reply to my question - read it through and understand what I wrote. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you above poster. I have an older child in AAP, so my youngertwins are all about AAP - they just are. It has nothing to with me. I feel that I have to tell them and did that not everyone will get in. I don't want both to think that they will be in AAP just because big sis is.

Others, before you reply to my question - read it through and understand what I wrote. Thanks!

Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they didn't read your question properly.

[Anonymous]

Anyone knows if the Pool letters are going to be mailed or sent in the school folders?

[Anonymous]

To the PP-I have boy/girl twins in first grade with an older brother in AAP. Already considering best way to handle it. Will see what NNAT scores are. Think the boy will get in, not sure about my daughter. Considering applying to private for daughter next year just in case.

[Anonymous]

Also, we have no option to say brothers are going elsewhere to school-base school is our center!

[Anonymous]

I would think that's ideal, PP. They are in the same school, just different classes. Much easier than having two in the "smart" school and one in the "dumb" school.

[Anonymous]

There are no smart and dumb school, only smart and dumb kids. the proper way to handle it is to tell the kid that there is a program for the smart kids, but you are to stupid for the that program. (HUMOR HUMOR HUMOR)

[Anonymous]

Most of the third graders know perfectly well who is in and who is out of the program, and sadly, sometimes they are cruel.

[Anonymous]

I have boy/girl twins. Still waiting on letters and CogAT scores. I do have a question, though...Girl scored 99%tile on NNAT, Boy scored 98%tile on NNAT. Anyone have twins where only 1 got in? I highly suspect that girl twin will get in, even teacher said that she would suggest high GBRS for girl. However, boy twin I am not too sure about. He is not like sister - she is VERY studious and LOVES everything about school. Just want to know what other parents did, in case only 1 gets in. FYI both twins really want to get in AAP, as older sister is in AAP. Thanks for any feedback.

I have twins boy and girl , only the boy got in We are trying for the DD this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the third graders know perfectly well who is in and who is out of the program, and sadly, sometimes they are cruel.

Not in my kids' school. NO ONE at all talks about it in 2nd grade and it is not on the radar at all in 3rd.

[Anonymous]

Last year, my first grader came home and asked me what her NNAT score was because other kids at school were talking about it. I told her she did well and it showed she enjoyed playing thinking games, but I didn't remember the score.

Fast forward to this year, she comes home after taking the Cogat explaining to me how it will determine if you get into the AAP Center.

We never had a conversation about it before, but this is what she has learned from school! She is my oldest.

[Anonymous]

I have twins boy and girl , only the boy got in We are trying for the DD this year

How has it gone this year? Was girl upset about it?

[Anonymous]

20:54: CogAT will not get you into AAP. CogAT + GBRS + Worksamples + record will.

I know people with 115 CogAT thriving in AAP (puppy the night before the test), and based on the forum, there are kids is 140 CogAT's that did not get in.

My DD was 88%, and got in. your DD has incorrect information