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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP goes out the door in 7th grade. I have had kids in both programs. When your child is young and the "first kid", this seems to be when most parents are more anxious about getting into AAP.. By the time they get to middle school and certainly high school you realize it wasn't worth the stress. One "possible" perk could be peer group but I will say, my middle child did not have the positive peer group in AAP that my older one did. So, at least for me, my belief is that is just depends on the class year as a whole. Youngest is not in AAP at a center and all has been fine. In fact it has been the smallest AAP class this school has had. 3rd grade GE teacher incorporated  a ton of "AAP" curriculum-could be teacher dependent. Things seem to be really changing.[/quote]

Funny, for our pyramid, 7th and 8th being separated is the biggest benefit [/quote]
Can't gen ed kids elect to take honors classes at that point? BTW, My AAP 7th grader only has core AA classes; the rest of the classes are not "separated."  :roll: [/quote]

Yes, but the AAP classes are different and this is a school where everyone is encouraged to take honors[/quote]
It depends on the MS school. Some AAP and honors are the same.[/quote]

The students are separated. At schools with a lot of farms students encouraged to try honors, the classes will end up moving at very different paces. [/quote] I think the point people are trying to make is that IT DOES NOT Matter! By the time you get to MS and opt to take HN or in AAP, your day is MIXED with ALL kids. Math is completely separate-so that really can not be counted.  LA, History, Sci may or may not be separated by AAP/HN/Regular BUT ALL other classes( PE, 2 electives or Foreign Language, "Mascot" Time, Lunch) are ALL MIXED. Plus by this point, your kids are friends with all kids from sports teams and other extra activities that the "peer" group thing becomes much less of a thing. By HS ALL kids can chose EVERY CLASS that they take regardless of in AAP,HN, GE etc. A ton of kids not in AAP(from ES) take Honors and AP or IB classes in HS.[/quote]

I’m not counting lunch, study hall, those bullsh*t electives, or even PE as real classes. I don’t care if those classes are mixed. I only care about the core classes and I’m thankful my child is in AAP and surrounded by academically like minded peers.[/quote]It is as if you can not comprehend that kids in honors or GE are also academically i”like minded peers”.That is fine. Maybe you will get it when those “other” kids are in your child’s HS school classes.[/quote]

Certain kids will never be in my child’s classes. Such as the jocks.[/quote]

Oh my.  You are in for quite a surprise when high school rolls around!  Bless your heart.[/quote]

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