Did the honors classes in middle school prepare your child for honors/AP classes in high school?
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Anonymous
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Also, if you don't mind adding the middle school name, please do.
TIA! |
Anonymous
| Yes, Longfellow |
Anonymous
So regular Honors ---- not the AAP classes? if so-good to hear. |
Anonymous
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Yes, absolutely. Williamsburg.
Also, FLES in elementary school definitely gave my kids a leg up. |
Anonymous
| Op here. I was asking about honors in middle school, not AAP. Thanks for the replies so far, keep them coming! |
Anonymous
| Yes -- Cooper |
Anonymous
| Yes and no at Longfellow. Course content is a yes, but they hand out As to everyone. |
Anonymous
What honors classes are offered in APS? Genuinely curious as my son is in 7th at Swanson and I have not seen an Honors class (there are Intensified classes). |
Anonymous
Not PP but "interested" is APS-speak for "honors", only offered for math and world language. |
Anonymous
^^^that is intensified, not interested 
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Anonymous
| APS does not have honors classes. They do not have GT except in math. |
Anonymous
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My son was not in AAP, he did take all honors classes at Kilmer and now working towards a full IB diploma at Marshall.
I'm certain the honors classes in middle school prepared him well for the IB classes in HS. |
Anonymous
I guess I was considering the intensified classes, not "Honors" per se, which is kind of a weird misnomer, especially "open enrollment" honors. I'm saying the advanced classes at Williamsburg prepared DD well for math and Spanish and science (she was doing VJAS and other work). I will say the World Geography class has to be retaken in high school since they don't do enough with world history. |
Anonymous
| Op here. I guess I should've included that I was asking for FCPS. |
Anonymous
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I think the answer to OP's question is self-evident -- or maybe the premise is mistaken.
Self-evident: Look at the passrates on the AP tests at various high schools. Nearly all of those kids came from FCPS middle schools and most took honors. Mistaken Premise: Assuming middle school honors classes have anything to do with AP success. It's a big misplaced assumption to think that MS honors have any correlation other than the fact that most kids taking APs have taken MS honors. However, not all who take MS honors take all APs later. Success in APs has a lot more to do with kids choosing specific AP classes that they are interested in, or being motivated to compete for college admissions by taking a lot of APs, or having a lot of other kids in your high school who take them (and take them seriously), or having access to tutors/competent teacher, etc. There are a lot of factors that have a much higher effect on AP success than whether or not someone took MS honors classes. MS honors are not designed to be good preparation for taking AP classes. |