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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to my son, who is now a HS freshman, at Longfellow (AAP Center) there are 2 types of classes, AA and Honors. They are both extremely similar but AA has more work and covers a bit more information. There is no “regular/GenEd” class as the regular class is called honors. For example, there is no English 7, only English 7 HN and English 7 AA, but English 7 HN is equivalent to English 7 at another school. However, the math courses function slightly differently. 
Math 7 IS a course and is in fact Math 7. 
Math 7 HN covers pre algebra. 
Math 7 “AA” would be Algebra 1 HN but it’s not called AA. 
I believe students taking Algebra 1 in 7th grade can only take Algebra 1 HN, which is an actual traditional Honors course. For Math 8, Math 8 is pre algebra, and if a student wants to take math past that they have the option of taking Algebra 1 or Algebra 1 HN.[/quote]

This can't be right about English. I would be shocked if this is correct - I have a 7th grader at Cooper and I don't think the curriculum would be completely different.

For English, history, and science, kids choose between regular, honors, or AAP (you can only do AAP if you have qualified; anyone can choose regular or honors).

For math, the above explanation is correct.

The kids also take PE/health and choose two electives. [/quote]

I have seen people post about some schools that have Honors and AAP classes only in MS. I suspect that those schools have regular classes but that you have to ask to be placed in the regular classes. I find the idea interesting because there is so much talk about not stressing kids by aiming for all honors in HS it is strange that there are MSs were Honors is all that is offered. If the kids can take all honors in MS, why not HS?

I do think that the all honors MS end up with a class that is doing less then a regular honors class but who knows.

Carson has three levels of class, regular, honors, and AAP. There are some differences between H and AAP but they don’t seem to be major differences. [/quote]

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