Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What does AART stand for? Thank you
Advanced Academic Resource Teacher. They help put together the packet submission that goes to the committee and handle pull-outs for level II and III. Some elementary schools have knowledgeable and helpful AARTs and others not-so-much.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What does AART stand for? Thank you
Advanced Academic Resource Teacher.
Our base school is also the center school, so this might not be the standard for all schools, but my child’s class had AART as a “special” in K-2. They would basically do project-based learning and other enrichment activities. So when AAP selection time came around, the person who runs the process knew my kid.
Anonymous wrote:What does AART stand for? Thank you
Anonymous wrote:What does AART stand for? Thank you
Anonymous wrote:It’s much easier to apply from within. Our neighbors are military and moved here over the summer. Their son was in the GT/advanced program in his last school, and they had a bear of a time getting him placed in an AAP class. FCPS didn’t approve it until second quarter.
I would plan to start in FCPS in the fall of second grade, so your child can take the COGAT with his/her class. First would be better, so that he/she can take the NNAT and be on the AART’s radar for a full year (instead of basically just the first quarter).
Anonymous wrote:You can apply at any grade. Program is 3-8 but mainly important for 3-6 elementary years.
Best is to get into it just before 3rd so they can make friends from the outset especially if your kid would go to a center school rather than the local AAP program at their base school.
Info here: https://www.fcps.edu/registration/advanced-academics-identification-and-placement/students-new-fcps
We applied over the summer before 3rd and it worked out well. Had to get GMU testing though since the main testing for normal screening for FCPS kids is done in Fall.