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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just moved to Stenwood communiy this year.  We have been overseas until now. I did not go looking for aap placement,  my kids were "selected" based on testing done by the school.  Stenwood has a "new" part time level 4 aap for 3rd graders now and is supposed to expand it for 4th grade and grow with them.  Sure, I feel my kids are mature for their age and could use some challenge as they are often bored and coast thru school. But at what cost?

5th grader is offered Colvin run,(for next year)  my 3 rd grader Westbriar for full time level 4 OR Stenwood for full or part time level 4. 
 my youngest is not yet "identified" and will stay at our local school for second grade, Stenwood, it has a great community feel and some awesome teachers.

3 kids at 3 schools?! 
 This is a mess and I wonder if it's worth it as the "Aap" teachers and programs  may all be similar , no matter where I place my child for 4th grade.

My kids say the current "aap" options available in class consist of games like apples to apples.....

It may just come  to logistics of bus time and after school activities. 
Any feedback on Westbriar much appreciated.
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Three kids at three schools, especially three elementary schools would be a non-starter for me.  We moved here from overseas years back and my oldest was steered to AAP the next year after testing.  I was happy he and his siblings could start out at our neighborhood school, however, since it helped me get to know the parents in my local community.  I never really got to know the parents at Louise Archer as my son went there as a 5th grader.  He enjoyed the school, but I never felt the sense of belonging that I did at our local school.

Stenwood is a nice local school that has a community feel like Westbriar.  I don't know how Westbriar is as a center as it's new.  Colvin Run, on the other hand, is less friendly and not particularly welcoming to new students at the upper ages from what I have heard.  I have a friend who sent her daughter there this year as a 5th grader.  The girl hates it and the mom wishes she had kept her at Stenwood, which is her home school.    One option to keep in mind is that once your kid has qualified for AAP, they can enter any time until 8th grade.  I know several parents whose kids wanted to stay with local friends so they didn't put them in AAP until middle school.  [b]Personally, that's when I think it has the biggest benefits, getting kids ready for high school. [/b][/quote]

I disagree with the bolded.  We had our AAP kids stay at their base school for middle school.  They took honors classes and are doing wonderfully in high school.  AAP really has nothing to do with "getting your kids ready for high school".  [/quote]

It depends on the after-school activities.

Often times (but not always) AAP Center middle schools have a wider variety of after-school activities than base middle schools.

When you compare from school to school, the differences are clearly evident.[/quote]

I guess I don't see the benefit to so many after-school activities in the first place.  I prefer my kids to come straight home from school and have downtime before starting homework.  Even if they attended a school with lots of after-school activities, I wouldn't want them choosing more than one.  Plenty of time for all that in high school.[/quote]

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