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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Great that you have access to the ECs your DS enjoys. As a language immersion school you might be larger than the typical ES, and have more parents interested in their children pursuing ECs. Many ES have these EC's "on the books" but there aren't strong cohorts of kids participating in them so they sort of wither or limp along. Or primarily have sports and scouts and not as much the math/science ones.[/quote]

We are not a large school and still have an active PTA. Those ECs, even for AAP Centers, are run by and organized by the Parents. Any school can have them, it is not an AAP thing. I suspect anyone so invested in AAP and cohorts are parents who bought/rent in schools that have higher FARMs rates because there are plenty of schools where these ECs are common and the parents aren't worried about cohorts.

The point is many of the ECs the PP was raving about are available in many schools that are not Centers and the kids benefit from those activities.

The vast majority of kids in AAP are not gifted, they are above average and advanced, probably because they have involved parents. This includes my kid. He is smart but he is not gifted. He needs to be challenged, which is why we choose language immersion. I really doubt that a High School Teacher would be able to pick the kid who was selected for AAP and the kid who wasn’t in their classroom. The OPs kid will do well at most schools because the OP is involved in their education not because the kid ends up in AAP.[/quote]

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