Anonymous
Post 09/20/2017 18:45     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does Arlington also group kids by ability for language arts and math? So instead of push in where a teacher teaches a variety of levels, students switch classes and one teacher teaches the higher kids and another teachers a lower level for that subject.


At our ES, kids do switch for math and LA. There are also sub-groups within those groups.


Isn't this the same then as a LLIV AAP program at FCPS?
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2017 18:37     Subject: Moving from FCPS to APS
Anonymous wrote:
Arlington "slower pace"?! Hysterical, at least wrt North Arlington.


True, but why the heck is anyone in APS encouraging anyone else to move here?!?! We have NO ROOM for you, stay in FCPS. Too many people moving here with kids already.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2017 18:23     Subject: Moving from FCPS to APS

Arlington "slower pace"?! Hysterical, at least wrt North Arlington.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2017 18:19     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I missed this earlier. Only 1 out of 36 2017 APS applicants admitted to Yale and 1 out of 30 to Princeton. Not impressive. At all.

http://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/college-admissions-snapshot/


Wow. Not many from Arlington getting into the Ivy League or top SLAC's like Amherst (0/12), Williams (1/16) and Swarthmore (1/20).


APS demographics are for folks who want solid education but value the slower pace and easier commute vs fairfax. Not striving to expensive Ivys and SLACs makes sense. Sure several applied but few did the investment that is needed to get into ivy these days b/c they have different perspectives.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2017 18:03     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I missed this earlier. Only 1 out of 36 2017 APS applicants admitted to Yale and 1 out of 30 to Princeton. Not impressive. At all.

http://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/college-admissions-snapshot/


Wow. Not many from Arlington getting into the Ivy League or top SLAC's like Amherst (0/12), Williams (1/16) and Swarthmore (1/20).


Same with FCPS, aside from TJ. I guess TJ eats up the spots for this area.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2017 17:08     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
Anonymous wrote:I missed this earlier. Only 1 out of 36 2017 APS applicants admitted to Yale and 1 out of 30 to Princeton. Not impressive. At all.

http://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/college-admissions-snapshot/


Wow. Not many from Arlington getting into the Ivy League or top SLAC's like Amherst (0/12), Williams (1/16) and Swarthmore (1/20).
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2017 16:58     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Unless you're coming from McLean High School or TJ, you won't regret the move to APS. [/quote]

I'd add a few more to this list:
Langleyd
Madison
Oakton
Woodson
Marshall
West Springfield

All of these are better than anything in Arlington.
[/quote]

I'd add Robinson and Lake Braddock [/quote]

Agreed.[/quote]
+1
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2017 16:43     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
I missed this earlier. Only 1 out of 36 2017 APS applicants admitted to Yale and 1 out of 30 to Princeton. Not impressive. At all.

http://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/college-admissions-snapshot/
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 19:37     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
Anonymous wrote:Does Arlington also group kids by ability for language arts and math? So instead of push in where a teacher teaches a variety of levels, students switch classes and one teacher teaches the higher kids and another teachers a lower level for that subject.


At our ES, kids do switch for math and LA. There are also sub-groups within those groups.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 19:34     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
Does Arlington also group kids by ability for language arts and math? So instead of push in where a teacher teaches a variety of levels, students switch classes and one teacher teaches the higher kids and another teachers a lower level for that subject.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 19:24     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would you give up AAP for the non-existent services that APS offers?


DP, but not every FCPS kid is in AAP...


And APS offers G/T services, just not on the AAP model.


Oh please these "services" are a JOKE. If you have a kid who is truly achieving above grade level, G/T in APS isn't going to do squat for him or her. Also in ES each school has one G/T instructor. ONE. Most of those elementary schools are over 700 students, so think about that ratio and attention your kid is (or isn't) getting. And by the way if other posters are true on this chain, the enrollments are just going up, so the chances of your child getting any meaningful attention is already slim but soon to be shrinking...


Why the hostility? I made a statement that APS offers G/T services (true), and that those services are not on the AAP model (also true). The AAP program has many strengths, but also disadvantages. The same is true for the Arlington approach. It depends on what you are looking for, what your educational philosophy is, and what your/your child's goals are. But you 1) don't know my child; 2) don't know what school he is in; 3) don't know his academic strengths; and 4) don't know what services he is receiving. We have been happy with the services, and like the fact that he receives push-in support. You apparently do not like that approach and prefer the AAP model, which is of course fine, but that does not make Arlington's G/T services a "JOKE."


+1

I don't know how they do it at all schools, but the teachers and GT teacher handle it very well at our ES. There is also a great group of reading and math specialists that help kids on the other end of the spectrum. I'm truly amazed at how much interaction and support the kids get all across the board. Maybe the smaller class sizes help with that.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 19:09     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Unless you're coming from McLean High School or TJ, you won't regret the move to APS. [/quote]

I'd add a few more to this list:
Langleyd
Madison
Oakton
Woodson
Marshall
West Springfield

All of these are better than anything in Arlington.
[/quote]

I'd add Robinson and Lake Braddock [/quote]

Agreed.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 18:21     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Unless you're coming from McLean High School or TJ, you won't regret the move to APS. [/quote]

I'd add a few more to this list:
Langleyd
Madison
Oakton
Woodson
Marshall
West Springfield

All of these are better than anything in Arlington.
[/quote]

I'd add Robinson and Lake Braddock [/quote]

yeah, right
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2017 18:51     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
[quote=Anonymous][quote]Unless you're coming from McLean High School or TJ, you won't regret the move to APS. [/quote]

I'd add a few more to this list:
Langleyd
Madison
Oakton
Woodson
Marshall
West Springfield

All of these are better than anything in Arlington.
[/quote]

I'd add Robinson and Lake Braddock
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2017 18:50     Subject: Re:Moving from FCPS to APS
Unless you're coming from McLean High School or TJ, you won't regret the move to APS.


I'd add a few more to this list:
Langley
Madison
Oakton
Woodson
Marshall
West Springfield

All of these are better than anything in Arlington.