What are parents including in the work samples submitted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did a parent referral from private, so we submitted 6 pages of work. Her score in verbal was lowest, so we focused on submitting more written samples - one poem, and one story (3 pages). One photo of her science fair presentation, one piece of art (which tied in with the question on her ability to focus and work for extended periods of time on things that interest her; she drew a detailed eye, and a tiger, from a YouTube video), and one math sample, which consisted of some geometry work, and elementary algebra work.

Wish there were a way to attach documents; I could show you what some of this looked like.

I think the bolded is something to not be ignored. One of our samples was a Lego "Expert" level project we did for a London Double Decker bus. It took 5 hours to complete. Our child got in

[Anonymous]

Our AART specifically said no LEGO projects, lol. This whole process is a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our AART specifically said no LEGO projects, lol. This whole process is a joke.

Ours did as well! At the fall presentation. There was a slide that just said NO LEGOS.

[Anonymous]

Lego project is fine if it is NOT just a simply following instructions .

So you will need to sell it like your kid can make up something from 2-3 sets of Lego he has that requires a good spatial visualization without any instructions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our AART specifically said no LEGO projects, lol. This whole process is a joke.

Ours did as well! At the fall presentation. There was a slide that just said NO LEGOS.

PP here - we did not receive that instruction. By and large, I would agree with that guidance. However, not receiving that guidance, we included it because it was labeled "expert" and age 16+, had about 1200 pieces, and was a very time-intensive exercise requiring 5+ hours of DC's attention. I don't know if it helped, but it sure didn't hurt.

[Anonymous]

So I can include pictures of my kid playing strategic board games for ages 12 and up with his writing why beating Mom and Dad in Root is fun and the strategies he likes to use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I can include pictures of my kid playing strategic board games for ages 12 and up with his writing why beating Mom and Dad in Root is fun and the strategies he likes to use?

Aren't you witty

The key emphasis was the time commitment and the child's ability to stick with it and remained focus on a task without getting easily distracted or give up. Find any activity that meets that metric and you should be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did a parent referral from private, so we submitted 6 pages of work. Her score in verbal was lowest, so we focused on submitting more written samples - one poem, and one story (3 pages). One photo of her science fair presentation, one piece of art (which tied in with the question on her ability to focus and work for extended periods of time on things that interest her; she drew a detailed eye, and a tiger, from a YouTube video), and one math sample, which consisted of some geometry work, and elementary algebra work.

Wish there were a way to attach documents; I could show you what some of this looked like.

I think the bolded is something to not be ignored. One of our samples was a Lego "Expert" level project we did for a London Double Decker bus. It took 5 hours to complete. Our child got in

When you say “we,” who do you mean is actually doing the project?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did a parent referral from private, so we submitted 6 pages of work. Her score in verbal was lowest, so we focused on submitting more written samples - one poem, and one story (3 pages). One photo of her science fair presentation, one piece of art (which tied in with the question on her ability to focus and work for extended periods of time on things that interest her; she drew a detailed eye, and a tiger, from a YouTube video), and one math sample, which consisted of some geometry work, and elementary algebra work.

Wish there were a way to attach documents; I could show you what some of this looked like.

I think the bolded is something to not be ignored. One of our samples was a Lego "Expert" level project we did for a London Double Decker bus. It took 5 hours to complete. Our child got in

When you say “we,” who do you mean is actually doing the project?

"We" was just a term to reference the family, as the parents make the decision on what to submit. The child did the project himself; we just laid out the pieces and instructions.

[Anonymous]

Didn’t read all the posts but a few years back, the aart chose awful work samples for my kids and both got in first round.