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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. 
I don't think my kid is "truly gifted".  Just never challenged or pushed in elementary school.

There have to be a lot of kids like this who breezed through elementary school.  No studying, finished homework daily in school, aced all exams, etc.  Has yet to come up against anything that she didn't get right away. 
I think this is great for elementary although i know many parents who would have taken this kid right to Kumon for extra supplementation.  We didn't and didn't want to.  Feel strongly that a kid should be a kid.

Just looking ahead to middle school at Deal I'm wondering if kids like this (I'm sure there are many) are challenged or stretched by the material or it will be more of the same.  
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You may feel like a kid should be a kid, but at some point the kid stops being a kid.  Most parents with bright kids that I know feel like this stops in middle school.  At that point, parents start supplementing.  Supplementing can be whatever you think your kid needs to be truly challenged -- whether that be Kumon or community activities that promote leadership and responsibility.  The point is, if you really feel like your kid needs extra, don't put all that responsibility on the school.[/quote]

OP here.  
Yes, I want my middle schooler to be challenged.  Which is the point of my post. 
My question being: 
-will that happen at Deal? I.e. is the curriculum challenging/engaging for a kid who hasn't had to work to succeed before?
-will it be fine but I will need to supplement at home or consider private options?

My intent wasn't to really ask those second questions but rather to just ask that if typically bright but not genius level kids (there have to be many of them in Deal feeders and beyond) are challenged/pushed/etc at Deal if [b]they never were before at the elementary level?[/b][/quote]

Some bright kids are more challenged at Deal than they were in elementary -- with 'advanced' math, more projects, a foreign language and somewhat more homework. And some still breeze through. It just depends on your kid, and it's pretty impossible to predict.[/quote]

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