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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My strategy was/is to get my kids in with the highest performing kids possible.  They will just get better.  Almost like osmosis.  Same reason kids want to go to Harvard - to be around the brightest, to be challenged, to do important work.  Sure it's possible if they aren't in these groups, but a whole lot more possibilities open up in they are in these groups...[/quote]

This is a good strategy.  Only you know your children and what motivates them.  I'm sure you can appreciate that some parents feel their children would not do better in AAP.  Being around the brightest for some children is very intimidating.  Some children do not do better under the pressure - they come to feel that school is not much fun.  We are keeping our DC out of AAP for this reason.  I think DC would be miserable with the heavy workload at such a young age.  I do think that as DC matures, then the Honors/AAP route may be more benficial.  I'm not sure that any more possibilites open up in AAP in elementary, but if you have the type of child that is quirky, I've heard that AAP can be a welcoming environment.  [/quote]

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