just curious

[Anonymous]

If the AAP middle school program ends up too rigorous for a student, do they remain in the program? I know that if it your kid's base school they can move into honors, but what if the base school is a different middle school? Is it like elementary where the struggling kids just stay put unless the parent asks for a move back to base? Or do they get counseled out and sent back to the base school?

[Anonymous]

I don't know the answer to this, but if you want your child to stay at the center, you should pick the subject your child is strong in, ask to keep him/her in AAP for that, and see if he/she can take honors or regular for the others. I would think the school would be flexible, but your child might need at least one AAP class to stay at the center.

[Anonymous]

They will be bounced back to the base school...you can try to place the child in the middle school, but there is no guarantee of results.

In my DD's case, we ran into an issue where we were thinking we would have to do that....she was having problems....turns out that instead of work she was trying to figure out if a boy liked her or was teasing her....I hate puberty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the AAP middle school program ends up too rigorous for a student, do they remain in the program? I know that if it your kid's base school they can move into honors, but what if the base school is a different middle school? Is it like elementary where the struggling kids just stay put unless the parent asks for a move back to base? Or do they get counseled out and sent back to the base school?

OP, is this actually happening, right now, to your middle school student, so you are looking at whether to pull your child from AAP for next year (eighth grade)?

Or instead, are you a parent of a sixth grader and you want to know how things will be handled if your child does AAP in middle school and it doesn't work out?

Either way, I would address this question as soon as possible to the student services office at the middle school -- either your current MS student's school or the MS your child would attend if he or she were to go to an AAP center MS next year. I'd set up an appointment with the appropriate academic counselor (whoever handles AAP center questions) and ask these things in person. I've found our MS's student services office to be very helpful and willing to answer anything.

And OP, there is nothing that the MS hasn't seen already, or been asked before, so don't hesitate to ask, even if your child is not yet a student at the MS AAP center. Asking won't prejudice against your kid or make them take any actions without your participation.
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know the answer to this, but if you want your child to stay at the center, you should pick the subject your child is strong in, ask to keep him/her in AAP for that, and see if he/she can take honors or regular for the others. I would think the school would be flexible, but your child might need at least one AAP class to stay at the center.

At Kilmer I was told that it was all AAP or none. My DD struggled with 7th grade AAP and extra-curriculars and I was hoping that for 8th grade next year she could choose 1-2 AAP inher strongest subjects and do Honors in the rest. But since they do the AAP student's schedule around each other, the counselor said she would have to enroll in all Honors.

Good news is, so far this last quarter she has As and B+ in all subjects. I am thinking AAP is where she belongs, and the issue with first 3 quarters was the transition. (Her grades were okay... "barely B's" in classes where she was capable of making As)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know the answer to this, but if you want your child to stay at the center, you should pick the subject your child is strong in, ask to keep him/her in AAP for that, and see if he/she can take honors or regular for the others. I would think the school would be flexible, but your child might need at least one AAP class to stay at the center.

At Kilmer I was told that it was all AAP or none. My DD struggled with 7th grade AAP and extra-curriculars and I was hoping that for 8th grade next year she could choose 1-2 AAP inher strongest subjects and do Honors in the rest. But since they do the AAP student's schedule around each other, the counselor said she would have to enroll in all Honors.

Good news is, so far this last quarter she has As and B+ in all subjects. I am thinking AAP is where she belongs, and the issue with first 3 quarters was the transition. (Her grades were okay... "barely B's" in classes where she was capable of making As)

This is the case for AAP. You cannot pick and choose which subjects to take in the AAP curriculum. However, keep in mind that math is the exception. Kids do not have to be in AAP to be in compacted/advanced math and vice versa. In the middle school AAP centers, not all 7th graders are in at least Hn Algebra. Some AAP 7th graders can take Hn Math 7 but are still AAP for their other core classes.

[Anonymous]

All AAP at Carson or none (except math flexibility). And they will bounce kids who opt out between to 7&8 the base school. But if your kids qualies AAP, they have a right to AAP through MS-- the school can "counsel" all they want, but you & your child make the decision. I would say, if you had a rough 7th grade year, that we had a terrible start to 7th grade too. We did neuropsych testing, and came up with inattentitive ADHD w/ auditory processing difficulties. Low dose medication, a 504, and an ADHD tutor later, DC is doing so much better. Often bright kids can mask learning disabilities until they are expected to keep up with six classes, six teachers, etc. and ADHD/ inattentitive girls are often missed because their problems are so different from boys. Just something to consider if you MS transition has been tough. Also, if you're starting MS next year, there is an organizational/ study skills elective that is supposed to be great at helping with the transition.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! Just trying to understand how the whole system works.