Anonymous
06/09/2026 11:31
Subject: Navy Elementary
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How many AAP classrooms vs GenEd are there at Navy? Does it differ greatly by grade?
my kids had 2 AAP and 4 PBL
What is with Navy parents and the use of PBL for regular classrooms?
Legacy from 4 principals back.
+1 Because Coch was so well liked at Gatehouse they used Navy to test things out. One of those was this "project based learning" classroom theory. So you had PBL classes and AAP classes, who didn't used the PBL curriculum. PBL reminds me of those classroom assessments kids are doing now instead of taking SOLs.
Okay, hold up. This is the biggest load of bs. Project Based Learning is NOT a curriculum or theory. It’s ONE teaching approach that can be applied to any unit of study. Some topics are better suited to a PBL than others. As a longtime administrator in FCPS, I can promise you that calling these non-AAP classes was not some experiment from Gatehouse. This was Jon Coch making up a way to appease parents of kids not in the AAP center classes and making them feel better by calling them PBL classes. That’s all.
Maybe he had been drinking when he came up with this idea?
Well now he's drinking the day away in HR.
Anonymous
06/09/2026 11:28
Subject: Navy Elementary
Who cares.
Anonymous
06/08/2026 21:26
Subject: Navy Elementary
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How many AAP classrooms vs GenEd are there at Navy? Does it differ greatly by grade?
my kids had 2 AAP and 4 PBL
What is with Navy parents and the use of PBL for regular classrooms?
Legacy from 4 principals back.
+1 Because Coch was so well liked at Gatehouse they used Navy to test things out. One of those was this "project based learning" classroom theory. So you had PBL classes and AAP classes, who didn't used the PBL curriculum. PBL reminds me of those classroom assessments kids are doing now instead of taking SOLs.
Okay, hold up. This is the biggest load of bs. Project Based Learning is NOT a curriculum or theory. It’s ONE teaching approach that can be applied to any unit of study. Some topics are better suited to a PBL than others. As a longtime administrator in FCPS, I can promise you that calling these non-AAP classes was not some experiment from Gatehouse. This was Jon Coch making up a way to appease parents of kids not in the AAP center classes and making them feel better by calling them PBL classes. That’s all.
Maybe he had been drinking when he came up with this idea?
Anonymous
06/08/2026 21:21
Subject: Navy Elementary
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How many AAP classrooms vs GenEd are there at Navy? Does it differ greatly by grade?
my kids had 2 AAP and 4 PBL
What is with Navy parents and the use of PBL for regular classrooms?
Legacy from 4 principals back.
+1 Because Coch was so well liked at Gatehouse they used Navy to test things out. One of those was this "project based learning" classroom theory. So you had PBL classes and AAP classes, who didn't used the PBL curriculum. PBL reminds me of those classroom assessments kids are doing now instead of taking SOLs.
Okay, hold up. This is the biggest load of bs. Project Based Learning is NOT a curriculum or theory. It’s ONE teaching approach that can be applied to any unit of study. Some topics are better suited to a PBL than others. As a longtime administrator in FCPS, I can promise you that calling these non-AAP classes was not some experiment from Gatehouse. This was Jon Coch making up a way to appease parents of kids not in the AAP center classes and making them feel better by calling them PBL classes. That’s all.
Anonymous
06/08/2026 09:52
Subject: Navy Elementary
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How many AAP classrooms vs GenEd are there at Navy? Does it differ greatly by grade?
my kids had 2 AAP and 4 PBL
What is with Navy parents and the use of PBL for regular classrooms?
Legacy from 4 principals back.
+1 Because Coch was so well liked at Gatehouse they used Navy to test things out. One of those was this "project based learning" classroom theory. So you had PBL classes and AAP classes, who didn't used the PBL curriculum. PBL reminds me of those classroom assessments kids are doing now instead of taking SOLs.
That is not why Navy was a pilot school at all. The principal usually volunteers or signs up to be in the pilot. It has nothing to do with being “well liked.” LOL.
Anonymous
06/07/2026 23:28
Subject: Navy Elementary
Hilariously, the only PBL actually taking place is in the AAP classrooms.
Anonymous
06/07/2026 22:29
Subject: Navy Elementary
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How many AAP classrooms vs GenEd are there at Navy? Does it differ greatly by grade?
my kids had 2 AAP and 4 PBL
What is with Navy parents and the use of PBL for regular classrooms?
Legacy from 4 principals back.
+1 Because Coch was so well liked at Gatehouse they used Navy to test things out. One of those was this "project based learning" classroom theory. So you had PBL classes and AAP classes, who didn't used the PBL curriculum. PBL reminds me of those classroom assessments kids are doing now instead of taking SOLs.
Anonymous
06/07/2026 21:56
Subject: Navy Elementary
PBL was such a joke!
Anonymous
06/07/2026 21:24
Subject: Navy Elementary
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How many AAP classrooms vs GenEd are there at Navy? Does it differ greatly by grade?
my kids had 2 AAP and 4 PBL
What is with Navy parents and the use of PBL for regular classrooms?
Legacy from 4 principals back.
It’s not something the parents came up with. It’s what the school has called their Gen Ed for years now. I don’t think it holds much meaning anymore, if it ever did. I personally don’t use that term even though my kids are in it
I've never heard anyone say "PBL classrooms" other than Navy parents.
Skyview is discussing PBL for the HS classes next year.
Anonymous
06/07/2026 21:22
Subject: Navy Elementary
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How many AAP classrooms vs GenEd are there at Navy? Does it differ greatly by grade?
my kids had 2 AAP and 4 PBL
What is with Navy parents and the use of PBL for regular classrooms?
Legacy from 4 principals back.
It’s not something the parents came up with. It’s what the school has called their Gen Ed for years now. I don’t think it holds much meaning anymore, if it ever did. I personally don’t use that term even though my kids are in it
I've never heard anyone say "PBL classrooms" other than Navy parents.
Ok and? It’s still not something made up by the parents. It’s what Navy admin decided to call their Gen Ed classes. I don’t know exactly how far back that goes, but at least to 2018 when I had a preschooler I remember hearing about it being called that.
Anonymous
06/07/2026 15:53
Subject: Navy Elementary
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How many AAP classrooms vs GenEd are there at Navy? Does it differ greatly by grade?
my kids had 2 AAP and 4 PBL
What is with Navy parents and the use of PBL for regular classrooms?
Legacy from 4 principals back.
It’s not something the parents came up with. It’s what the school has called their Gen Ed for years now. I don’t think it holds much meaning anymore, if it ever did. I personally don’t use that term even though my kids are in it
I've never heard anyone say "PBL classrooms" other than Navy parents.