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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the end of 8th grade when it's time to sign up for 9th grade classes, the two will be counseled differently. AAP students are encouraged to take a more challenging curriculum than the honors group. I knew this since my daughter was in AAP only for math. At course selection time I stood in line with the AAP parents, and discussed course selection with counselors. I then compared notes with my honors student parents. It wasn't that the honors students couldn't sign up for the same 9th grade classes but they were getting steered towards a slightly lighter load.
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Interesting, both my DCs went the Honors route in MS and were counseled to take all Honors available in HS.  I guess it depends on the school and the student.
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Same experience with my Honors MS kids.  Both went on to take the most challenging courses in high school (Honors, then AP).  It's up to the parents to make those decisions with their kids and whether the kids were in Honors or AAP in middle school makes no difference once in high school.[/quote]

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