Information session on AAP at Kilmer Middle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No i don't think it is necessarily the kids' issue but I do believe that Longfellow is run in a more organized and streamlined way that facilitates things like progress to classes without yelling and scuffling in the halls and polite attention paid in classes. By all students at Longfellow, not just AAP. But in fairness to Cooper, I suggested that parents visit the schools and classes to compare. In my experience, many parents who claim to be happy with Cooper have never visited Longfellow.

If your kids attend Longfellow, how would you know anything at all about Cooper? It's very strange that you come here touting Longfellow and putting down Cooper, for no apparent reason. FYI, there is no "yelling and scuffling in the halls" and "polite attention" is certainly paid in class. Sorry to say, but I think you're a troll with your own agenda. One of those people who have some sort of vendetta against Cooper for absolutely no reason. It doesn't sound to me as though you (or your child) has ever visited Cooper, much less attended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As another example, as of about 2012, when I tried to call the school's attention to it, no one at Cooper claimed to have heard of this math program held at TJ every year (for many years) called the Intermediate Math Open which is a FUN thing, for any middle school in the area (private or public). It has nothing to do with TJ admissions or AAP. It is about making math fun. Every school gets invited. It set a great tone for DC's time at Longfellow to get invited. But there has to be a teacher willing to spend part of a Saturday at TJ. I think the invitation may have gotten filed in the circular file at Cooper though I am certain they are at least 7 kids interested enough to attend from Cooper. It's not the kids -they may not have even been told about the opportunity. The organization (and enough effort and discipline to sustain it) has to come from the school.

http://activities.tjhsst.edu/vmt/?schedule

Why are you claiming to have a child at both Cooper AND Longfellow? And by the way: this happened two years ago?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As another example, as of about 2012, when I tried to call the school's attention to it, no one at Cooper claimed to have heard of this math program held at TJ every year (for many years) called the Intermediate Math Open which is a FUN thing, for any middle school in the area (private or public). It has nothing to do with TJ admissions or AAP. It is about making math fun. Every school gets invited. It set a great tone for DC's time at Longfellow to get invited. But there has to be a teacher willing to spend part of a Saturday at TJ. I think the invitation may have gotten filed in the circular file at Cooper though I am certain they are at least 7 kids interested enough to attend from Cooper. It's not the kids -they may not have even been told about the opportunity. The organization (and enough effort and discipline to sustain it) has to come from the school.

http://activities.tjhsst.edu/vmt/?schedule

Why are you claiming to have a child at both Cooper AND Longfellow? And by the way: this happened two years ago?

NP here. If you live in the Spring Hill or Churchill Road district, you could have a GenEd/Honors kid at Cooper and an AAP kid at Longfellow. No great mystery.

[Anonymous]

Guessing tonight's AAP info session at Kilmer will be postponed....?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guessing tonight's AAP info session at Kilmer will be postponed....?

I agree, as schools are closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As another example, as of about 2012, when I tried to call the school's attention to it, no one at Cooper claimed to have heard of this math program held at TJ every year (for many years) called the Intermediate Math Open which is a FUN thing, for any middle school in the area (private or public). It has nothing to do with TJ admissions or AAP. It is about making math fun. Every school gets invited. It set a great tone for DC's time at Longfellow to get invited. But there has to be a teacher willing to spend part of a Saturday at TJ. I think the invitation may have gotten filed in the circular file at Cooper though I am certain they are at least 7 kids interested enough to attend from Cooper. It's not the kids -they may not have even been told about the opportunity. The organization (and enough effort and discipline to sustain it) has to come from the school.

http://activities.tjhsst.edu/vmt/?schedule

Zombie update:

Cooper attended TJIMO this year and was the biggest performing VA middle school.
(High performing at TJIMO is slightly strange -- it's aimed at novices, and hyper advanced post-Geometry students are not invited)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As another example, as of about 2012, when I tried to call the school's attention to it, no one at Cooper claimed to have heard of this math program held at TJ every year (for many years) called the Intermediate Math Open which is a FUN thing, for any middle school in the area (private or public). It has nothing to do with TJ admissions or AAP. It is about making math fun. Every school gets invited. It set a great tone for DC's time at Longfellow to get invited. But there has to be a teacher willing to spend part of a Saturday at TJ. I think the invitation may have gotten filed in the circular file at Cooper though I am certain they are at least 7 kids interested enough to attend from Cooper. It's not the kids -they may not have even been told about the opportunity. The organization (and enough effort and discipline to sustain it) has to come from the school.

http://activities.tjhsst.edu/vmt/?schedule

Zombie update:

Cooper attended TJIMO this year and was the biggest performing VA middle school.
(High performing at TJIMO is slightly strange -- it's aimed at novices, and hyper advanced post-Geometry students are not invited)

Since they don't form school teams, how was it that Cooper did so well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As another example, as of about 2012, when I tried to call the school's attention to it, no one at Cooper claimed to have heard of this math program held at TJ every year (for many years) called the Intermediate Math Open which is a FUN thing, for any middle school in the area (private or public). It has nothing to do with TJ admissions or AAP. It is about making math fun. Every school gets invited. It set a great tone for DC's time at Longfellow to get invited. But there has to be a teacher willing to spend part of a Saturday at TJ. I think the invitation may have gotten filed in the circular file at Cooper though I am certain they are at least 7 kids interested enough to attend from Cooper. It's not the kids -they may not have even been told about the opportunity. The organization (and enough effort and discipline to sustain it) has to come from the school.

http://activities.tjhsst.edu/vmt/?schedule

Zombie update:

Cooper attended TJIMO this year and was the biggest performing VA middle school.
(High performing at TJIMO is slightly strange -- it's aimed at novices, and hyper advanced post-Geometry students are not invited)

Since they don't form school teams, how was it that Cooper did so well?

Individual Round awards.