Luther Jackson or Thoreau?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cuz it's anonymous....I'll say it...my son is brilliant, I mean, I cannot keep up with him brilliant, perfect scores on standardized test, IQ >150 brilliant.. He is at a center school now and happy. Academics are his life. He's tried various sports but has a lot of balance issues and just does not feel passionate about it. He stands on 3rd base and does math in his head for fun and misses balls flying straight at him. He has a heart of gold. He helps other and stands up to bullies on behalf of his friends. He also spills his dinner on his shirt every night. He is....who he is, and my god I love him. With that said, he's 11. We are going to send him to Thoreau. Chief reasons: 800 kids vs. 1400 kids at LJ; we like the teachers at Thoreau.; we like the "less rattled/less busy" feel at Thoreau; we like the quieter area of town it's in, we like that he will meet a cohort he's going to go to Madison with. I do not believe the "academic rigor" of LJ can trump all of these real-life factors. And academic rigor is coming for these kids...it's all coming in due time....he only gets to be a kid once........anyway, for better or worse, that's where we are coming from....we are excited for Thoreau, and so is he.

What standardized test has your 11 year old taken? Do you mean the CogAT? I have never seen a perfect score on one ever and I previously taught in FCPS. If not, what test?

Why does it matter? If that's what you're stuck on, you missed the point of her post.[/quote

If the whole premise of what she says is based on a lie then it matters. Don't believe her' either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz it's anonymous....I'll say it...my son is brilliant, I mean, I cannot keep up with him brilliant, perfect scores on standardized test, IQ >150 brilliant.. He is at a center school now and happy. Academics are his life. He's tried various sports but has a lot of balance issues and just does not feel passionate about it. He stands on 3rd base and does math in his head for fun and misses balls flying straight at him. He has a heart of gold. He helps other and stands up to bullies on behalf of his friends. He also spills his dinner on his shirt every night. He is....who he is, and my god I love him. With that said, he's 11. We are going to send him to Thoreau. Chief reasons: 800 kids vs. 1400 kids at LJ; we like the teachers at Thoreau.; we like the "less rattled/less busy" feel at Thoreau; we like the quieter area of town it's in, we like that he will meet a cohort he's going to go to Madison with. I do not believe the "academic rigor" of LJ can trump all of these real-life factors. And academic rigor is coming for these kids...it's all coming in due time....he only gets to be a kid once........anyway, for better or worse, that's where we are coming from....we are excited for Thoreau, and so is he.

What standardized test has your 11 year old taken? Do you mean the CogAT? I have never seen a perfect score on one ever and I previously taught in FCPS. If not, what test?

Why does it matter? If that's what you're stuck on, you missed the point of her post.[/quote

If the whole premise of what she says is based on a lie then it matters. Don't believe her' either.

Yes, this

[Anonymous]

Does Thoreau have AAP only classes, or are non level 4 kids mixed in like in local level 4 elementary schools? How many level 4 kids does Thoreau have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuz it's anonymous....I'll say it...my son is brilliant, I mean, I cannot keep up with him brilliant, perfect scores on standardized test, IQ >150 brilliant.. He is at a center school now and happy. Academics are his life. He's tried various sports but has a lot of balance issues and just does not feel passionate about it. He stands on 3rd base and does math in his head for fun and misses balls flying straight at him. He has a heart of gold. He helps other and stands up to bullies on behalf of his friends. He also spills his dinner on his shirt every night. He is....who he is, and my god I love him. With that said, he's 11. We are going to send him to Thoreau. Chief reasons: 800 kids vs. 1400 kids at LJ; we like the teachers at Thoreau.; we like the "less rattled/less busy" feel at Thoreau; we like the quieter area of town it's in, we like that he will meet a cohort he's going to go to Madison with. I do not believe the "academic rigor" of LJ can trump all of these real-life factors. And academic rigor is coming for these kids...it's all coming in due time....he only gets to be a kid once........anyway, for better or worse, that's where we are coming from....we are excited for Thoreau, and so is he.

What standardized test has your 11 year old taken? Do you mean the CogAT? I have never seen a perfect score on one ever and I previously taught in FCPS. If not, what test?[/quote]
Why does it matter? If that's what you're stuck on, you missed the point of her post.[/quote

If the whole premise of what she says is based on a lie then it matters. Don't believe her' either.

Yes, this

Interesting that she hasn't returned to answer the bolded questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Thoreau have AAP only classes, or are non level 4 kids mixed in like in local level 4 elementary schools? How many level 4 kids does Thoreau have?

I know that they have AAP only classes.... but I don't know how many kids are in each grade that are AAP. My child is in all honors and it is completely separate from the AAP classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a fan of schools that feed into falls Church high

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we already know.
- mom of kids who will be attending fchs

[Anonymous]

4 classes of aap in 7thk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Thoreau have AAP only classes, or are non level 4 kids mixed in like in local level 4 elementary schools? How many level 4 kids does Thoreau have?

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A good question for the school. Thoreau should be able to tell you if AAP classes at Thoreau are all AAP students or if other students are in the AAP classes to fill out the class. Schools do have the ability to place students into local level IV AAP classrooms for that reason. Some people say that's fine and all kids can benefit from the challenge whether they qualified for AAP or not. Others think that an all AAP peer group lets the whole class move at the same pace and lets teachers do more advanced work with the students. Talk with families who chose an AAP center and with families who did LL IV to hear all sides.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Thoreau have AAP only classes, or are non level 4 kids mixed in like in local level 4 elementary schools? How many level 4 kids does Thoreau have?

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A good question for the school. Thoreau should be able to tell you if AAP classes at Thoreau are all AAP students or if other students are in the AAP classes to fill out the class. Schools do have the ability to place students into local level IV AAP classrooms for that reason. Some people say that's fine and all kids can benefit from the challenge whether they qualified for AAP or not. Others think that an all AAP peer group lets the whole class move at the same pace and lets teachers do more advanced work with the students. Talk with families who chose an AAP center and with families who did LL IV to hear all sides.

That's not the way it works at Thoreau. AAP classes are separate. There are no non-AAP qualified kids placed into AAP classes. All Thoreau kids take honors soc. stud. and science (unless they have some very special circumstances), but the non-AAP kids are not mixed in with AAP for those classes.

You can find the Nov. presentation on the website and it explains this as well.

http://www2.fcps.edu/ThoreauMS/Student%20Services/AAP%20Parent%20Info%20Session%20Presentation%20November%202016%20Final.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Thoreau have AAP only classes, or are non level 4 kids mixed in like in local level 4 elementary schools? How many level 4 kids does Thoreau have?

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A good question for the school. Thoreau should be able to tell you if AAP classes at Thoreau are all AAP students or if other students are in the AAP classes to fill out the class. Schools do have the ability to place students into local level IV AAP classrooms for that reason. Some people say that's fine and all kids can benefit from the challenge whether they qualified for AAP or not. Others think that an all AAP peer group lets the whole class move at the same pace and lets teachers do more advanced work with the students. Talk with families who chose an AAP center and with families who did LL IV to hear all sides.

That's not the way it works at Thoreau. AAP classes are separate. There are no non-AAP qualified kids placed into AAP classes. All Thoreau kids take honors soc. stud. and science (unless they have some very special circumstances), but the non-AAP kids are not mixed in with AAP for those classes.

You can find the Nov. presentation on the website and it explains this as well.

http://www2.fcps.edu/ThoreauMS/Student%20Services/AAP%20Parent%20Info%20Session%20Presentation%20November%202016%20Final.pdf

Thanks for posting the presentation, we missed it, had no idea it was happening. November???

[Anonymous]

For those who missed the Luther Jackson AAP presentation, here is the link. http://www2.fcps.edu/LutherJacksonMS/documents/rising7gAAPC2017.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those who missed the Luther Jackson AAP presentation, here is the link. http://www2.fcps.edu/LutherJacksonMS/documents/rising7gAAPC2017.pdf

Thank you for posting this!

[Anonymous]

And the difference in actual examples of how GE, Hon and AAP are differentiated is quite stark! It's apparent which school has an actual program of differentiated teaching and which school is shooting from the hip. What a shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the difference in actual examples of how GE, Hon and AAP are differentiated is quite stark! It's apparent which school has an actual program of differentiated teaching and which school is shooting from the hip. What a shame.

And you know what? If your kid is really smart IT. DOES. NOT. MATTER. Bravo to the poster with enough gumption to just send her brilliant kid to Thoreau because he was only a kid once.

The only people who spend time worrying about which center and dissecting how many non-AAP kids their prodigies might have to rub elbows with (horrors!) are people who don't have enough confidence in their own kids.

[Anonymous]

Actually, if you are trying to give your kid the best education they can get, it does matter. just saying.