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[quote=Anonymous]We're in 4th grade AAP and although I thought the first two weeks went slowly, this week we're in full swing and I'm very impressed.  We had the back to school night last night and got a run down of how it's all going to work.  Math will be strictly 5th grade math with some 6th at the end of the year.  This week they're already full swing in Algebra and learning 2x + 3 = 9 type problems.  English they're starting with middle school grammer - things I don't even recall ever learning in FCPS.  The teacher stated the kids don't normally learn this at all but every child needs to learn how to write properly and wants them to learn the foundations now.

So all in all, where I was nervous about how robust the program is, we're off to a fabulous start.  Homework is an hour per night but they did say that if your child is struggling and truly tried for an hour, you don't have to finish it.

Specials are weekly an hour each of: Music, Strings, Spanish, Art and PE.  Library and Computers are 30 min every other week.

I did notice that our center had two 3rd grade classes last year of about 22-24 kids each and this year we're at 32 kids per class.  They said 9 regular kids retested in and I guess the other half moved to the area??? not sure.  I have heard some parents wondering if their kids should even be in the program.  I guess time will tell to see how it all pans out.[/quote]

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