Private School for Gifted Elementary School Child

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Which private schools are specifically for gifted children who do not have any learning disabilities?

[Anonymous]

St. Anselm's Abbey School uses the OLSAT and the SCAT (the CTY Talent Search test) for admissions. Both are designed as screening tests for gifted students.

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You will not find any schools that don't have kids with learning disabilities. But I promise you, they aren't contagious.

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Anonymous wrote:St. Anselm's Abbey School uses the OLSAT and the SCAT (the CTY Talent Search test) for admissions. Both are designed as screening tests for gifted students.

It starts in middle school (6th grade)

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Where ru located? In nova most go to Nysmith or Basis

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Anonymous wrote:Where ru located? In nova most go to Nysmith or Basis

Umm, no they don't. Lots of high iq children have parents who fundamentally disagree with the educational philosophies of those two schools. OP, "gifted" isn't one size fits all. There are exceptionally bright students at almost any school, private or public. What are you looking for? Deep thinking? Acceleration? Independent work? Emphasis on non-academic areas? Those things should drive your decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:Where ru located? In nova most go to Nysmith or Basis

Umm, no they don't. Lots of high iq children have parents who fundamentally disagree with the educational philosophies of those two schools. OP, "gifted" isn't one size fits all. There are exceptionally bright students at almost any school, private or public. What are you looking for? Deep thinking? Acceleration? Independent work? Emphasis on non-academic areas? Those things should drive your decisions.

True. But those are the two schools that meet OP's criteria, even though many, if not most, parents wouldn't consider them at all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where ru located? In nova most go to Nysmith or Basis

Umm, no they don't. Lots of high iq children have parents who fundamentally disagree with the educational philosophies of those two schools. OP, "gifted" isn't one size fits all. There are exceptionally bright students at almost any school, private or public. What are you looking for? Deep thinking? Acceleration? Independent work? Emphasis on non-academic areas? Those things should drive your decisions.

True. But those are the two schools that meet OP's criteria, even though many, if not most, parents wouldn't consider them at all.

They may market themselves that way...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where ru located? In nova most go to Nysmith or Basis

Umm, no they don't. Lots of high iq children have parents who fundamentally disagree with the educational philosophies of those two schools. OP, "gifted" isn't one size fits all. There are exceptionally bright students at almost any school, private or public. What are you looking for? Deep thinking? Acceleration? Independent work? Emphasis on non-academic areas? Those things should drive your decisions.

This. Figure out the educational format you think is best for your kid and go from there because in this area there are lots of super high IQ kids with and without disabilities in every private school out there. Your kid won't be the only "gifted" kid anywhere.

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Always good to be with the strongest peer set possible. Good luck.

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Public. Honestly. The strongest kids are in public. The bright kids who didn't get into the public programs? Those are the kids in the "private gifted schools."

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Anonymous wrote:Public. Honestly. The strongest kids are in public. The bright kids who didn't get into the public programs? Those are the kids in the "private gifted schools."

Really? My preschooler can read, write, spell, add, subtract, multiply, divide and she is not yet in K. She can read clocks, knows days, weeks, months and years. She loves maps and even knows the 50 US states with capitols, the different continents and oceans. Public can meet her needs?

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Anonymous wrote:Public. Honestly. The strongest kids are in public. The bright kids who didn't get into the public programs? Those are the kids in the "private gifted schools."

Really? My preschooler can read, write, spell, add, subtract, multiply, divide and she is not yet in K. She can read clocks, knows days, weeks, months and years. She loves maps and even knows the 50 US states with capitols, the different continents and oceans. Public can meet her needs?

Yes. Sounds like quite a few kindergarteners in public.

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Anonymous wrote:Public can meet her needs?

How do you define her needs?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public. Honestly. The strongest kids are in public. The bright kids who didn't get into the public programs? Those are the kids in the "private gifted schools."

Really? My preschooler can read, write, spell, add, subtract, multiply, divide and she is not yet in K. She can read clocks, knows days, weeks, months and years. She loves maps and even knows the 50 US states with capitols, the different continents and oceans. Public can meet her needs?

Yes. Sounds like quite a few kindergarteners in public.

+1 That is not terribly unusual.