APS MS Gifted and Next Year In Person or Virtual

[Anonymous]

DD had been bored to tears in middle school, and even when school was in session she said she had a bunch of time just sitting and reading b/c other people were finishing up their work or broken out into special help sections. She gets some push in gifted services but it’s like suggestions to do another worksheet on top of the regular assignment — so not really engaging and still doing a lot of basic remedial work.

I feel next year in person will be even worse as they try to catch people up but still refuse to track classroom academic levels in anything but math.

DD has mentioned just staying virtual next year, then at least during the downtime of the school day she can get outside or grab a snack or work on something completely different rather than tied to her desk at school. The APS wide virtual I fear will be pretty basic and offer even less instruction and no push-in service.

I am almost considering just homeschooling till high school when real Intensified subjects across all academics are an option.

Any other suggestions on how to make the next few years better .

[Anonymous]

No one knows what next year is going to look like. She may no longer be as ahead as she was in the past. My kid is also happier at home, but he needs to go back in order to have to deal with people again.

[Anonymous]

Can you afford private schools? Catholic school is about $10K.

[Anonymous]

In your situation I'd probably try virtual, especially since it was her idea. Of course that's only is she is self-motivated and not inclined towards getting in to trouble. My child is younger but the time during DL has been good for him. He's been doing lots of independent drawing and art projects. I would keep him virtual if it was his preference (it's not, he loves being back in school)

[Anonymous]

If she wasn’t even being challenged before Covid, I would seriously consider a small private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you afford private schools? Catholic school is about $10K.

What good would this do? She’d be in person, which she can do in APS next year too, with no improvement in academics.

[Anonymous]

Same situation. We are going to Basis Mclean. It has strong academics and can give a solid education in middle school. You can come back to APS in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same situation. We are going to Basis Mclean. It has strong academics and can give a solid education in middle school. You can come back to APS in high school.

Isn’t Basis a Chinese scam? Well we weren’t thinking private unless it was like $10k, and even that is a lot.

[Anonymous]

Homeschool if you can. You’ll be able to go in depth and not waste time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you afford private schools? Catholic school is about $10K.

What good would this do? She’d be in person, which she can do in APS next year too, with no improvement in academics.

I think the Catholics are better academically than APS. That's been my experience anyhow. And they will at min be running a regular year next year vs. a catch-up year.

[Anonymous]

CAtholics may be better fir an average kid for academics. Not for a bright one. One size fits all for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you afford private schools? Catholic school is about $10K.

What good would this do? She’d be in person, which she can do in APS next year too, with no improvement in academics.

I think the Catholics are better academically than APS. That's been my experience anyhow. And they will at min be running a regular year next year vs. a catch-up year.

Not for a kid already bored to tears and receiving gifted services. As a pp said, Catholic schools may be good for average kids, but that’s not how OP describes her daughter.

OP, I would consider supplementation to get through middle school, spending some money on a writing program in particular, and aim for the intensified and AP classes in high school (or IB). If you feel like you can homeschool, go for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CAtholics may be better fir an average kid for academics. Not for a bright one. One size fits all for them.

This. We are pulling our gifted child out after this year because there is just nothing they can do. Or are willing to do.

[Anonymous]

Op, Basis Mclean is not a scam. My children have been there for 5 years. It has a very advanced curriculum in Stem and writing. It may be a good fit for your gifted child. Another good one is Nysmith.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, Basis Mclean is not a scam. My children have been there for 5 years. It has a very advanced curriculum in Stem and writing. It may be a good fit for your gifted child. Another good one is Nysmith.

There is a lot of debate about Basis.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/800064.page

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