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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 2 kids in APS, each teacher sends out a weekly newsletter about what was done and what is coming up. I find teacher conferences very helpful if you have specific questions. Which school are you in?[/quote]

The more important questions is what school are you at? I've never had an APS teacher send home a weekly message about what kids did that week. This is our 7th year with 2 kids at 2 different elementary schools.

Sorry OP. What you describe sounds pretty normal. Parentsquare is an improvement but would love a weekly email from the teacher about what they learned.  It's a black box and hard to know when there's a problem or it's just your kid going through a phase. [/quote]

We are at Cardinal [/quote]

We just finished putting two kids through Cardinal. We had some amazing teachers, but also some truly awful teachers. Cardinal is also one of the largest elementary schools in APS. My perspective is that Cardinal caters to the kids with big personalities-- if your kid is outgoing and an amazing student, they will get noticed; if your kid is disruptive and has behavioral issues and low test results, they will get noticed. If your kid is the type to just do their work and not make waves, they will float through Cardinal mostly unnoticed by the teachers and staff. That's the downside of a huge school, and I have heard it gets worse as you progress through APS. It is one reason why we just pulled our oldest out and put him in private for high school. Maybe that makes me a needy parent, but I heard too many stories of guidance counselors at WL who didn't even know the kids they were recommending for colleges. 
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Each guidance counselor is in charge of like 300 students. Of course they don’t know the kids they are “recommending”’ they are just handling paperwork for admission depts[/quote]

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