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[quote=Anonymous]MW parent here but my child has just been found eligible for AAP so I can't comment on the program itself. We do really like the school, though. My child has been there since kindergarten.

The school does not seem crowded to me. I see the trailers but next to a wide open field of grass and surrounding trees. I have even seen deer grazing at the back of the field. The neighborhood around the school has lots of greenery and a small pond called Shadow Pond, with some beautiful weeping willows, as you are about to turn into the school. The school playground is nice and spacious and the trailers don't crowd out playground space like at some other schools.

Through a brief glance at the school directory, I don't think that most of the AAP classes have more than 30 kids. Of ones that I know are AAP (through knowing who some of the AAP teachers are or some of the kids), they seem to be more like in the upper 20s at least for third and fourth grade. There may be at least one with a little more than 30 for fifth grade. I haven't heard any parents of older AAP children complaining about too many kids in the classes, but again I do not have a child in the program yet, so maybe I am just unaware. For the classes K through second my child's classes have had in the low to mid 20s. Though this may not be relevant to the AAP numbers, the school has been good about creating new classes with new teachers if the numbers are getting too high.

Foreign language is not part of the core curriculum in that there is no FLES. But there are FLEX classes in Mandarin (Chinese), Spanish, and French, one hour per week. Global Korean is offered one hour per week. And the school is extremely diverse, so you can always find someone to practice with for whatever language you are learning, except perhaps French. The school's international festival is a highlight each year.

Mosby Woods is a CETA school (Changing Education Through the Arts, partnership with the Kennedy Center). The art classes are great, and all students have the opportunity to learn violin beginning in third grade.

I hope this helps and sorry not to have more information about the AAP classes themselves![/quote]

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