Greenwich ALP: Navigating the Fifth Grade Transition

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Explore the transition to the Greenwich Public Schools Advanced Learning Program (ALP) for fifth grade, focusing on the content replacement and acceleration model.

Greenwich ALP: Navigating the Fifth Grade Transition

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My daughter was just accepted to the Alps program at Grant Public school. She’s in fourth grade and Alps is advanced learning program and it’s usually the top 10 to 15% of the class. It’s into this program both for math and an English in the Greenwich public schools in Greenwich, Connecticut. What there’s other students who have been in this program for a couple years this is gonna be our first year next year in fifth grade what should she be thinking about and how much different is the le

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