Name: Young Scholars Circle
Price range: $$$

The Academy of Engineering & Technology (AET), opened in the fall of 2016 at Tuscarora High School. All AET students are enrolled as full-time students in Loudoun County Public Schools, attending the AET and their home high school on alternating days.

Students who are admitted to the AET programs will be required to commit to a 2-year integrated course of study.

Admissions Criteria

The following criteria will be used in the admissions process to determine selection for one of the AET pathways and admission for the SY 2017-18.

Successful completion of Geometry by end of 8th grade (students who plan to take Geometry in summer school or Virtual Loudoun-Term 2 cannot be considered)
Student in good standing, passed all courses
7th grade Mathematics SOL scores*
California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory scores, CCTDI, (given in LCPS middle schools on Dec 5-9)
Writing Prompt scores (given in LCPS middle schools on Dec 5-9)
Interest Statement (given in LCPS middle schools on Dec 5-9)
AET pathway choice

*Private & home school students applying to the AET will be given a Mathematics assessment, the date and location TBD

AET Writing Workshop Classes

TJHSST, Academy of Science (AOS) and Academy of Engineering & Tech (AET) Jumpstart Writing

Get ahead of the game and target three birds in one stone! Loudoun County residents can apply in both TJHSST, AOS and AET.

Writing skills is not an overnight skill. Your student needs to start early on. Learn the structure, organization and techniques of Math Problem Solving Essay and Student Authored Information Sheet (SIS). Learn how to brainstorm and write an essay in a timed setting. All students need to bring their fully charged laptop in class. Practice on authentic and retired TJ prompts given to successful students for the past few years.

Learn more about the Jumpstart Writing Workshop for grades 6-7.

AOS, AET and TJHSST Writing Workshops

Our courses are accelerated and have small group instruction. TJ Prep classes are ongoing throughout the year. Class sizes are limited to fewer than 10 students per class. Courses are offered on weekends, with 4 sessions a month.

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AOS, AET & TJHSST Writing Workshop Content:

Problem Solving Essays – we teach for strategies on how to form ideas, organize, develop and edit a problem solving essay; different techniques on persuasion and argumentation; six traits of writing; how to write a problem solving essay in 30 minutes. Learn more.

Reflective Essays – we teach for strategies on how to reflect and form, organize and develop ideas on one’s own experiences in a narrative format; also analyzing varied reflective essays. Learn more.

Expository Essays – we teach for strategies how to brainstorm ideas and sub ideas, form a coherent paragraph and add vice and style to their writing. Learn more.

Take the Writing Sample SIS question

Based on our past experiences, successful TJ applicants start their writing workshop as early as the 7th grade!

If your child enrolled at Young Scholars Circle late and you are not confident of your child’s writing skills, then it would make sense to take writing workshop classes at least twice a week until the week of the TJ Final Round.

If your child has been with us since 7th grade and/or has been taking writing workshop classes since Summer or Fall, then it would make sense to maintain the once a week schedule.

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