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Agreed. It's a lot to take in for such a short time frame.
FWIW, if you have a child in language immersion that has Level IV services, you don't have to choose. Your child can do both language immersion and AAP. It took me a while to find out the answer to that question b/c our language immersion school isn't our base school or center, and I thought DC would have to choose one or the other.
FWIW, if you have a child in language immersion that has Level IV services, you don't have to choose. Your child can do both language immersion and AAP. It took me a while to find out the answer to that question b/c our language immersion school isn't our base school or center, and I thought DC would have to choose one or the other.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From another thread:
I had to pick up my son at school this morning for an appointment, and in the office were THREE kids crying or upset that others were going to AAP and they were not. Apparently some accepted kid or kids had been bragging. (I only heard part of the situation.)
Yes this really happened and no I will not name the school.
Parents need to think about their perspective and how they handle this with their kids, as it filters down in such bad ways.
Why wouldn't you name the school?
You guess why.
Not PP, but seriously, I'm also curious as to which school it was.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As a casual observer, it seemed to me that AAP was FULL of special needs kids...Aspbergers, ADHD, anxiety disorders, etc...just weird kids...
Conversely, I know a very smart girl who tested into the pool, and was denied. Meanwhile her special needs older brother who was nowhere near in the pool was accepted on the strength of a strong GBRS and who knows what else.
Parents appealed the daughter's case, to no avail...so it's all a crapshoot...
As a casual observer I consider referring to those kids as "weird kids" makes you a bitch
Not a bitch. Just clueless. Perhaps she has Aspergers.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NNAT 127
WISC 122
GBRS 12
Not admitted
Do you think I should file appeal?
No.
I think you shoukd wait, give your kid time to mature, and if the child shows a big jump in ability next year then request a retest in fourth grade. If the scores go up significantly, tyen refer again for fifth grade or middle school admittance.
Don't listen to this. Why not file an appeal? I would want to know I did everything I could to try.
I have two kids who have gone through AAP. One a shoo in and the type of kid AAP was designed for. The other with scores very similar to OPs kid. The two extra years at the top of the base school and also of getting very small group AAP pull outs and advanced math did wonders for DC2s confidence, overall academic skills and knowledge. The retest jumped over ten points to 99%, and I attribute this to the newfound confidence eliminating the anxiety DC used to have about testing.
AAP is not the end all be all for all kids, and there is so much that is beneficial for many kids to be at the top academically during their formative years vs always being in a race to catch up.
I am a huge advocate for AAP but do not feel it is always the best place for every reasonably smart kid at the exact same timeline as everyone else.
^^^^THIS^^^^
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NNAT - 129
Cogat - 119
GBRS - 15
IN!!!!
Congrats! It only demonstrates that FCPS is not really geared to the gifted.
Yep. I don't really care what it demonstrates. I don't care if my kid is labeled "gifted" or not. I only know that my child has been bored out of her mind in school. The teachers recognized that and wrote up an amazing GBRS and helped me to select work samples that demonstrated her true ability. Because guess what?? 3 years of a academic performance outweighs 1 day of performance on a standardized test. Thank God the committee is smart enough to realize that!
Will be a long 14 years if your kid is a bad test taker all his/her life.
Will be a long 14 years for ANY kid who's a bad test taker, AAP or no. SOLs anyone?
OP here. Thank you so much for all of your thoughtful answers. Immersion really seems like a better play (esp. after checking out some FCPS AAP forums. Yikes!).
Anonymous wrote:FC_Mama wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So much noise over an ineffective method. If your child is gifted and brilliant why worry over other children using ineffective methods to boost IQ and aptitude and ability. What's the fuss over others wasting their dollars as you claim. Get over it, read for pleasure, and eat your breakfast daily.
There are two categories of parents of gifted kids. First kind includes those parents that help their gifted kids fit in socially, prepare them for entry into advanced programs, prepare them to compete for academic excellence, and get the most out of what the school system offers. And the second kind are those parents who think their kid is a rare gifted kid, and are extremely insecure when they find out there are many other gifted kids who are better than theirs. This insecurity drives the second kind to grouch about the first kind.
I'd argue there's also a third category of parents with gifted kids who don't give a hoot about the tests and think AAP isn't worth the hassle, even if it might benefit their child.
Whoa! And Gen Ed is a lot less hassle than AAP?
It depends. If AAP is this much of a rat race, with just more work, I'd rather stay where we are. It's not like FCPS are the ghetto. Gifted kids are self-motivated and will thrive wherever. I always thought AAP *was* a gifted program until this thread. So, I'm learning.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Many parents are not interested in seeing their children compete with other children, they simply want their children to be in the classroom that is best suited for them especially when the regular classroom does not meet their needs. Education is not about competition; it is about each child learning as much as they are able to each year.
Most parents are not looking for any sort of meritorious recognition, they simply want their child to be learning how to learn and to be excited about learning. Education is ongoing throughout life and what happens in the elementary school classrooms can make a difference. Since not all children learn the same way, they will all have a better outcome if they are in classrooms that are best suited for the way they each learn.
If parents are not interested in seeing their children compete with other children, then they should not be enrolling their kids in a public school system let alone an advanced program with limited capacity.
lol. See, it's this kind of parent attitude that pisses me off. This is why I'd rather just let my kid flourish in his classes outside of AAP instead of dealing with this kind of BS. If this is a parent's attitude, can you imagine their children?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So much noise over an ineffective method. If your child is gifted and brilliant why worry over other children using ineffective methods to boost IQ and aptitude and ability. What's the fuss over others wasting their dollars as you claim. Get over it, read for pleasure, and eat your breakfast daily.
There are two categories of parents of gifted kids. First kind includes those parents that help their gifted kids fit in socially, prepare them for entry into advanced programs, prepare them to compete for academic excellence, and get the most out of what the school system offers. And the second kind are those parents who think their kid is a rare gifted kid, and are extremely insecure when they find out there are many other gifted kids who are better than theirs. This insecurity drives the second kind to grouch about the first kind.
I'd argue there's also a third category of parents with gifted kids who don't give a hoot about the tests and think AAP isn't worth the hassle, even if it might benefit their child.