What elementary school did your gifted child thrive in?

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Anonymous wrote:DC is so interesting. Gifted children only exist in high performing schools.

Well because obviously only white or upper class children are gifted. The black and brown kids at my low performing Title 1 school couldn’t possibly be gifted.

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The only actually gifted child I know has autism.

DC schools have tons of “gifted” kids though - very bright, mature, parents that supplement, etc. OP’s child will be one of many.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly OP if your child is actually gifted, move or go private, because DCPS doesn't really handle actual giftedness. If your child is just regular smart, any school is fine for preschool and any school that has like 10% of kids scoring a 5 on the PARCC will be fine. And even if your child really is gifted, any well-performing school will be fine for K. You don't need to figure this out now.

Sorry but privates do not work with gifted kids. This is the biggest DCUM myth! The big 3 private could not accelerate enough for my kid. There weren’t enough kids at his level. It’s also a big myth that kids are gifted around here.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly OP if your child is actually gifted, move or go private, because DCPS doesn't really handle actual giftedness. If your child is just regular smart, any school is fine for preschool and any school that has like 10% of kids scoring a 5 on the PARCC will be fine. And even if your child really is gifted, any well-performing school will be fine for K. You don't need to figure this out now.

Sorry but privates do not work with gifted kids. This is the biggest DCUM myth! The big 3 private could not accelerate enough for my kid. There weren’t enough kids at his level. It’s also a big myth that kids are gifted around here.

exactly. the best place for a truly gifted kid is probably a public high school where they are allowed to take courses at a university. not sure if that exists here.

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Serious question: what should a parent with a (tested) high iq child say? The word gifted always leads to ridiculing comments. What should someone say instead? There are real questions to be answered, and perhaps having a different way of asking might help?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s because everybody assumes it’s the Lake Wobegon Effect, if you know what I mean.

+100. And everyone is blind to it because they honestly believe that all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: what should a parent with a (tested) high iq child say? The word gifted always leads to ridiculing comments. What should someone say instead? There are real questions to be answered, and perhaps having a different way of asking might help?

you should say nothing. “high IQ” likely applies to 50% of kids in a lot of DMV schools. There’s literally no good reason to ever IQ test your child unless there are concerns about cognitive disability or learning disability.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: what should a parent with a (tested) high iq child say? The word gifted always leads to ridiculing comments. What should someone say instead? There are real questions to be answered, and perhaps having a different way of asking might help?

Talk with the educational psychologist who administered the test. Don’t post to DCUM because you will get snark because little kids have a huge range of abilities. Come back and post in MS or HS when things are more clear on the gifted front.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: what should a parent with a (tested) high iq child say? The word gifted always leads to ridiculing comments. What should someone say instead? There are real questions to be answered, and perhaps having a different way of asking might help?

you should say nothing. “high IQ” likely applies to 50% of kids in a lot of DMV schools. There’s literally no good reason to ever IQ test your child unless there are concerns about cognitive disability or learning disability.

I don’t understand. If a child is struggling because of an intellectual development delay or similar, dcum is a wealth of information. If a child is struggling because of an intellectual difference in the other direction, posters like you tell parents to go away. Do you have a child with this second issue? If so, I’d like to hear why we should do nothing. If not, please stop making assumptions that parents asking for advice are having delusions of grandeur or whatever. We’re not.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: what should a parent with a (tested) high iq child say? The word gifted always leads to ridiculing comments. What should someone say instead? There are real questions to be answered, and perhaps having a different way of asking might help?

Talk with the educational psychologist who administered the test. Don’t post to DCUM because you will get snark because little kids have a huge range of abilities. Come back and post in MS or HS when things are more clear on the gifted front.

Honestly, if your kid has a high IQ *you already know it.* You don’t need a test. You will see that they excell in their classes and standardized tests and advance quickly. Intelligence is obvious; it’s not something you need diagnosed. If the concern is that the child is struggling in school, that’s a whole different story when testing may be warranted.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: what should a parent with a (tested) high iq child say? The word gifted always leads to ridiculing comments. What should someone say instead? There are real questions to be answered, and perhaps having a different way of asking might help?

you should say nothing. “high IQ” likely applies to 50% of kids in a lot of DMV schools. There’s literally no good reason to ever IQ test your child unless there are concerns about cognitive disability or learning disability.

I don’t understand. If a child is struggling because of an intellectual development delay or similar, dcum is a wealth of information. If a child is struggling because of an intellectual difference in the other direction, posters like you tell parents to go away. Do you have a child with this second issue? If so, I’d like to hear why we should do nothing. If not, please stop making assumptions that parents asking for advice are having delusions of grandeur or whatever. We’re not.

how is your child “struggling” due to their high IQ? if your child is bored and unchallenged you don’t need an IQ test to tell you that, or a special school, or any special guidance. you get the kid in whatever enrichment is available. for a FIVE year old you also chill out considerably and realize that academic advancement can come when they are older.

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Because it's all too common to think a bright and verbal 5 year old is gifted. 99% of these kids are just smart. The variation among children at that age is really wide and doesn't mean much about their abilities in the long run. Take it from a wizened old 2nd grade mom, OP-- my kid was toting Harry Potter in her backpack to PK4 and is now being perfectly well served at a regular Ward 3 DCPS. Because the other kids catch up.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: what should a parent with a (tested) high iq child say? The word gifted always leads to ridiculing comments. What should someone say instead? There are real questions to be answered, and perhaps having a different way of asking might help?

you should say nothing. “high IQ” likely applies to 50% of kids in a lot of DMV schools. There’s literally no good reason to ever IQ test your child unless there are concerns about cognitive disability or learning disability.

I don’t understand. If a child is struggling because of an intellectual development delay or similar, dcum is a wealth of information. If a child is struggling because of an intellectual difference in the other direction, posters like you tell parents to go away. Do you have a child with this second issue? If so, I’d like to hear why we should do nothing. If not, please stop making assumptions that parents asking for advice are having delusions of grandeur or whatever. We’re not.

how is your child “struggling” due to their high IQ? if your child is bored and unchallenged you don’t need an IQ test to tell you that, or a special school, or any special guidance. you get the kid in whatever enrichment is available. for a FIVE year old you also chill out considerably and realize that academic advancement can come when they are older.

OK, given a rising ninth grader who has consistently tested in the gifted range (+150), where in DCPS would this student find a place where they are appropriately served?

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: what should a parent with a (tested) high iq child say? The word gifted always leads to ridiculing comments. What should someone say instead? There are real questions to be answered, and perhaps having a different way of asking might help?

you should say nothing. “high IQ” likely applies to 50% of kids in a lot of DMV schools. There’s literally no good reason to ever IQ test your child unless there are concerns about cognitive disability or learning disability.

I don’t understand. If a child is struggling because of an intellectual development delay or similar, dcum is a wealth of information. If a child is struggling because of an intellectual difference in the other direction, posters like you tell parents to go away. Do you have a child with this second issue? If so, I’d like to hear why we should do nothing. If not, please stop making assumptions that parents asking for advice are having delusions of grandeur or whatever. We’re not.

how is your child “struggling” due to their high IQ? if your child is bored and unchallenged you don’t need an IQ test to tell you that, or a special school, or any special guidance. you get the kid in whatever enrichment is available. for a FIVE year old you also chill out considerably and realize that academic advancement can come when they are older.

OK, given a rising ninth grader who has consistently tested in the gifted range (+150), where in DCPS would this student find a place where they are appropriately served?

Maybe nowhere. But you're not entitled to be appropriately served. Kids with special needs are entitled to a free and adequate public education and everyone else is not really entitled to anything specific. Sorry if you don't like it but that's the law.

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The thing is, NW DC is well above average, IQ and school-wise. The number of my DC’s classmates parents who went to HYP is astounding (and those are only the ones I happen to know about.)