Here is the info I got from the Prep Academy:
The Kyrene Preparatory Program is a school within a school serving 6th through 8th grades. This program is designed to strategically group academically talented students in the four core academic areas of Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. This program provides a positive, challenging educational experience commensurate with student ability. These motivated learners experience science through exploration and application, and participate in a rigorous language arts class where they create outstanding literary works, as well as advanced grammar and comprehension skills. They also approach social studies through increased rigor and analysis and our advanced math program incorporates the vital link between application and rigor.
And this is their Criteria:
Criteria will include:
•Ability to exhibit advanced math skills as evidenced by upcoming assessments, 4th grade AIMS results, gifted testing*, and the district summative tests.
•Ability to exhibit advanced reading skills as evidenced on the AIMS and district summatives
•Ability to exhibit advanced writing skills as evidenced on the writing sample included in the application
•Ability to exhibit a motivated love of learning through 5th grade report cards
