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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: you may want to check these
https://taylor.apsva.us/programsandservices/gifted-services/updates-from-rtg/

Take a look at those Advanced Academics Newsletters
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o33ttRdVaN2N2YGaOe6rKkucjIMTvJPu/view?usp=sharing

music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydhOJROs22c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtsWcNiIoPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Tc6Ad2BFs

art
https://www.apsva.us/post/aps-announces-the-2024-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-literary-and-visual-arts-contest-winners/
https://www.instagram.com/apsvirginia/p/CnPnSPhO-MF/

I also heard that APS elementary school teams won first place in the Virginia Science Olympiad, defeating teams from FCPS. These may indicate APS does not always fail gifted kids in ES? You may want to reach out to your school to explore available opportunities.
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Yes after school enrichment run by parent volunteers in the most educated county in America do well. That’s great.

Showcasing some artists is awesome but the winners are learning skills outside of the collage making APS classes

So they have a nifty newsletter? So is there one per grade or is it one for Kinder thru 5th? We are a gifted family at Taylor, I’ve never seen this, and there have been two of them. Are they just handed out to keep gifted kids entertained or is some instruction and discussion fostered?  I have no fault with the teachers or the AAC teacher; they are given an impossible task — but true differentiation is very difficult and not incentivized at APS.

I’m curious, are there metrics that AAP is expected to meet above SOL scores?[/quote]

We are at Taylor.  How many of each class do you think is gifted?  80%?[/quote]

I mean, just to go further down this rabbit hole.  Your kids classmates parents went to Harvard and UVA and blah blah blah.  They live in multimillion homes.  They have professional moms and dads.  Can you imagine thinking your kid is so much smarter than the rest of his or her classmates?   I think all of you on here are delusional about your kids abilities relative to this particular peer group.   And I have been there a long time and seen the kids.  They are challenged but more importantly learning to love learning, learning how to behave socially and not be an a**hat, and learning about all kinds of different things that may interest them throughout life—science with Dr A, music, art, books and more books.  Please leave all of you who think your kids are some sort of savant.  They aren’t.  They are on par with most of the other genius kiddos at that school. [/quote]

Well said!!! [/quote]

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