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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our public it was not a ramp up year. There was homework in 3rd - 15 minutes of free choice reading daily (my kids usually exceeded, but they're readers) and a weekly packet that was about 4 pages of math work to do. My kids were in AAP in FCPS. However after 3rd the homework stopped. Turns out the only reason there was homework in 3rd was because the grade team lead felt strongly about it.

In our religious private my kids have a similar workload to what you describe.

My older kids show the impact of no homework. They are both decently good at math, understanding concepts quickly. However they make the silliest math mistakes, even my 8th grader in geometry. They would have done better having concepts from 4th on drilled in public. I'm grateful for the homework they have in private. I'm also grateful they actually do real, hands-on science instead of endlessly drawing yet another life cycle until they never want to hear that phrase ever again.

Will the rigor of the private continue to match what FCPS can offer in terms of advanced classes in high school (especially at TJ)? I don't delude myself it will. But for the younger grades the regular homework practice allows the kids to master subjects in a way that FCPS simply did not.[/quote]

I have a kid who just started AAP in third and there is a ton of testing. We get homework daily and the pace seems to be much faster than K-2. More than the actual schoolwork, our AAP center has a ton of academic extracurriculars like chess, Science Olympiad, math counts, spelling bee, etc so it is not necessarily in class.

We are exploring private schools. My child is more into reading and privates seem to have stronger language arts and public speaking opportunities. I don’t expect STEM to be better but my kid isn’t a STEM kid. I also don’t think my kid has any shot at playing sports at our large super competitive high school. I like the idea of her being able to be on sports teams at private.[/quote]

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