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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]tips to get to AAP  at certain schools

-must kiss ass your AARP teacher that gives you a glowing report / recomend
-same with your kid's teacher
-bake them goodies; give nice gifts & gift cards Xmas and Teachers' appreciation Days
-decent test scores; above 80 percentile on COGAT
-be an active member of PTA
-active volunteer at your kid's school

what else?

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Thanks for the helpful checklist. I checked "no" on 1,2,3,5 and "yes" on 4 and 6. GBRS was abysmal because of no. 2 on your list. We had solid (98 percentile) scores. I was an active volunteer in my kid's class because I am an educator and wanted to see my kid and what he is doing. we did not get in. We rested the case for a year because we changed the schools and my kid naturally evolved academically. Got near perfect Math SOL in 3rd grade and 99 percentile in repeat school-based CoGAT. GBRS this time around was 15. Not because I kiss ass of my kid's teacher. I hardly go to the school as it is far from us and I have two kids in two different schools. I genuinely believe that the entire AAP packet must be balanced. Disproportionately high test scores and abysmal GBRS raises red flags. The second time around, the packet was balanced all around. We will defer for a year to start the AAP journey in middle school because we only have 1 year left of elementary and do not want to disrupt the academic life at this stage.[/quote]

We did not do any of those things and BOTH children are in.

What worked for us:

- set high expectations for academic achievement
- check kids' homework nightly after work (yes - easier said than done)
- look at each item sent home in Friday folder
- praise good performance; go over wrong answers on past tests to make sure they know why they failed to get it right
- quiz them on the "study guides" teachers send home for them to study ahead of tests
- fully read and comprehend the emails teachers send (I am amazed at the number of parents who don't even bother)

The only other thing I can think of was the result of a short email we received from the school about the existence of AAP.  The email had almost no information about AAP.

When we asked about AAP during a parent-teacher conference, the teacher suggested meeting with the AAP coordinator to learn what AAP was.

AAP coordinator explained that we should give her "work samples" and fill out forms/ a questionnaire she gave us.

Other than that, I believe the most important thing you can do is have a child who performs well on the standardized tests and excels academically. [/quote]

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