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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the HOPE report inconsistent with the report card?  If the first time you are hearing about some of these issues is on the HOPE report, that is a problem that I would address with the teacher.  [/quote]

The HOPE scale has a section of check-boxes, which go beyond grades and includes: exceptional talent in the “Performing Arts.”

Performing Arts talent (dance, piano lessons, basketball, karate, etc.) might not be reflected on the report card.

But it can be good to get into the Advanced Academic Program, especially if tests scores and grades are low.[/quote]

Given how many times in the full-time AAP presentation (at least as recently as last year) they emphasized that AAP is an academic program and therefore they don't really consider fine arts...I don't think this is accurate at all.[/quote]

But how can that be true?    It’s right on the HOPE scale.[/quote]

Just because it's there [b]doesn't mean the committee has to prioritize that box.[/b] HOPE is given every year. It provides a picture of a kid. People forget that. It's not just for full-time AAP.

They explicitly tell you not to include art as a work sample unless your child can show advanced reasoning as a write-up about it. If there's a way that the Performing Art exceptional talent demonstrates creative and critical thinking it might matter. But if it's just being really good at piano technique, it isn't helping your kid.[/quote]

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