Private School for Gifted Elementary School Child

[Anonymous]

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?

Responding to the post above: I recommend that you contact MD EduGuides at [e-mail]. This is a new company that will tailor a program for a child who possibly needs more than just what the publics or privates are able to offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is exceptionally gifted? Is that the same as >99%, "very superior"?

It’s generally accepted that an IQ of 130 is gifted - very superior and in the 97.7th percentile, I believe. Yet there are various degrees of giftedness. Mildly gifted, gifted, highly gifted, exceptionally gifted, and profoundly gifted. There seem to be different interpretations of the top scores and how they’re classified, yet most consider an IQ around 150 to be exceptionally gifted and in the 99.95th percentile. The higher the score, that .9+ percentile seems minuscule, yet it can show a vast difference in abilities. Profoundly gifted can be an 1Q of 160+, in the 99.996th percentile.

[Anonymous]

Wow, this thread really drives home the thread about the recent HS suicides.

[Anonymous]

Do you consider your child's gifted by any chance? Please be aware that talented and gifted in public school translates to "average" in a lot of top private schools. If you are going by the wiipsi......that has been an ineffective gauge of my children. One bombed the wiipsi but yet managed to get into a top 10 college (with no 'learning difference' tutoring etc), the other scored very highly and has been a decent but not stellar student.
Good luck to your quest on finding a school free of learning differences - newsflash, they are in every top independent school you care to mention and, for he most part, you have no idea they are there.

Posts like these make me queasy.

[Anonymous]

OP, FWIW, I have a PG kid who could do what your child does at that age and he has been happy as a clam in regular old public school. He has a lot of friends, plays several sports, and participates in a lot of other after school activities.

I do know some kids are different and very serious about school at a young age but I think most kids, even if they are very advanced and/or "gifted," just want to be regular kids. Do not underestimate the value of having your child at the neighborhood school with friends she can bike down to visit down the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, FWIW, I have a PG kid who could do what your child does at that age and he has been happy as a clam in regular old public school. He has a lot of friends, plays several sports, and participates in a lot of other after school activities.

I do know some kids are different and very serious about school at a young age but I think most kids, even if they are very advanced and/or "gifted," just want to be regular kids. Do not underestimate the value of having your child at the neighborhood school with friends she can bike down to visit down the street.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Home school the child, please. This whole thread is assholery even by dcum standards.

This is currently the dumbest post on DCUM.

Not at all. Prodigies rarely amount to anything. If the op had judgement, they would try to normalize the child’s social development. This is in fact assholery.

What OP is describing is hardly prodigy material. In fact, apart from memorizing the capitals, which I can't see why aren't parent would find much value in that, I know of several kindergarteners in public who are reading at least a grade ahead and who are advanced in math as well. This probably describes 3/4 of the K class in my DD's public school. Besides, what makes you think homeschooling would be good for gifted child? What about social skills? Are you capable of teaching a gifted child at home?

Home schooling is just bad advice, plain and simple. And I think OP will be surprised to learn just how many kids are very much like hers once she gets to elementary.

Spoken by someone who obviously knows nothing about homeschooling. OP - If you are in MCPS, there may or may not be other kids like yours, but what is certain is that the teacher will take no responsibility for advancing your child each year. They are evaluated on closing the achievement gap, not extending it. Most of the talented kids I know sat reading their own books for hours each week, which can be fine, if they are happy. I opted to homeschool so that we could spend that valuable time on science, history, art and foreign language. Amazingly, my kids also gained social skills. Hint - homeschoolers actually see other people during the week, and can interact with many age groups. That said, it gets better in public high school, but that is a long time to wait. I have also used private school for some of my kids. Depending on the school and grade, certain subjects can also be boring for highly gifted kids, but there are so many other things to occupy them during the school day. In public ES, the majority of time is spent on reading and math. In private, there FL, more art, more music, engineering type classes, lots of science, travel study, daily PE, etc. that are great for all kids.

[Anonymous]

It cracks me up that people assume gifted is the same as hot housing and that gifted schools just provide more work. BaASIS, for example, isn’t a gifted school. It’s a rat race and completely different. Recognizing what works best for your child early on sets a good foundation for the rest of their academic life. Gifted schools don’t produce egghead oddball kids with no social skills and is interest in non academic subjects. Quite the contrary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It cracks me up that people assume gifted is the same as hot housing and that gifted schools just provide more work. BaASIS, for example, isn’t a gifted school. It’s a rat race and completely different. Recognizing what works best for your child early on sets a good foundation for the rest of their academic life. Gifted schools don’t produce egghead oddball kids with no social skills and is interest in non academic subjects. Quite the contrary.

Which schools here are gifted schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It cracks me up that people assume gifted is the same as hot housing and that gifted schools just provide more work. BaASIS, for example, isn’t a gifted school. It’s a rat race and completely different. Recognizing what works best for your child early on sets a good foundation for the rest of their academic life. Gifted schools don’t produce egghead oddball kids with no social skills and is interest in non academic subjects. Quite the contrary.

Which schools here are gifted schools?

None.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It cracks me up that people assume gifted is the same as hot housing and that gifted schools just provide more work. BaASIS, for example, isn’t a gifted school. It’s a rat race and completely different. Recognizing what works best for your child early on sets a good foundation for the rest of their academic life. Gifted schools don’t produce egghead oddball kids with no social skills and is interest in non academic subjects. Quite the contrary.

Which schools here are gifted schools?

None.

None?

How about Feynman, Nysmith and London School for the Gifted.

[Anonymous]

Loudon, not London.

[Anonymous]

This thread is insufferable, that is clear. Only difficulty is trying to determine whether the pro gifted or gifted doubters are more annoying. The insecurities of some of the posters on both sides is frightening. For the sake of your children, get a backbone and be kind to others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is insufferable, that is clear. Only difficulty is trying to determine whether the pro gifted or gifted doubters are more annoying. The insecurities of some of the posters on both sides is frightening. For the sake of your children, get a backbone and be kind to others.

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What are pro-gifted? Pro gifted education? Is that what you mean? IF so, please show us their insufferable statements you claim are here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is insufferable, that is clear. Only difficulty is trying to determine whether the pro gifted or gifted doubters are more annoying. The insecurities of some of the posters on both sides is frightening. For the sake of your children, get a backbone and be kind to others.

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What are pro-gifted? Pro gifted education? Is that what you mean? IF so, please show us their insufferable statements you claim are here.

Attempts to defend this or that as gifted vs. critiques of what others think constitutes gifted. Both rather annoying! Both here!