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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having been through this for 3 kids - do your kid a favor and say nothing. The 3d graders who announce to the teacher and the other kids that "they are in AAP/the smart class" are universally mocked by the staff and other parents and can be insufferable. Your child is very young, has very limited social filters, and does not understand what being in AAP means. In my personal experience, BTW, the kids who trumpeted their AAP acceptance at age 9 were not the strongest students in the program by 8th grade... It will come up eventually from some child, so wait until then to explain to your child that they have the same opportunity as all the other kids to do their best at school. [/quote]

I think a kid is less likely to announce that he's in AAP/the smart class if you tell him in advance that he got in and it's not a big deal.  The reason I say this is kids talk.  My kid's base school is not a center, and when my oldest was found eligible he had never heard of AAP before.  I told him because he doesn't like any type of change and I wanted him to go to the orientation to have some exposure to the school before he moved.  I told him not to ask other kids if they were going also and that the center school was just a better fit for him right now.  He came home from school the next day saying one of his friends was asking everyone at lunch if they were going to "the gifted school" next year.  You never know what other parents tell their kids, so I think it's always good to proactively tell your kids.  Another example was I was at the bus stop another year and two of the girls were hugging each other and screaming, and one was saying "I knew you'd get in because you are smart too."  Other kids who hadn't been found eligible were there and heard all this.  Anyway, ymmv.[/quote]

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