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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My DS is in the Ryken program there, he absolutely loves it and he is doing well.   [/quote]
Can you tell more about the Ryken program.
Did your child have to have a diagnosed learning disability, or was a success in the intelligence test and the HSPT enough?
my dc did badly in 7th. Is there any chance that doing well in 8th will help?[/quote]

PP here.  Sure.

In the Ryken program, the students take the same classes as everyone else. What you do have is smaller class sizes for intense subjects like Math and Science.  Some subjects are co-taught, meaning there is another teacher in the classroom.  Overall, they try to get a feel how each child learns and try to compensate for the learning differences in presenting the material. It is not an IEP or special ed prgram and the teachers are not IEP or special ed teachers. Depending on the subject, there are some IEP-like accomodations (i.e., extra time on tests, can keyboard instead of write, a classroom set of books so DC with physical limits does not have to lug books back and forth) etc.)  My DC was able to connect with each teacher and that has always been a huge part of his success.

Well, I cannot totally answer your question, it is case-by case in a lot of ways.  I can tell you about my DS's situation. My son has a diagnosed LD (developmental delay) and some fine motor issues that require weekly OT.  He had IEP support in middle school, but was in a regualr classroom.  His grades in 7th grade were pretty good - a couple of A's, mostly B's and a D in math but he worked harder than any 7th grader should to get those grades (and so did we).  His most recent PET (in 7th grade) indicated that he was on the Executive Function Disorder spectrum but that has not been a major issue.  With time and writing accomodations, he did reasonably well on the HSPT.

The advice that I will give you is that you should be prepared to make the case for him.  The best thing about the Ryken admissions process is that it is case-by case.  There will be a lot of interaction with the admissions folks and the counselors and they will try to understand your unique situation.  We already had a kid in the school so we got "points" for that.  But we laid it on thick about how we felt that GC would help him reach his full potential because of A, B, and C.  We showed all of his testing, got more than the required recommendation letters and even had his OT write something up.   The common themes were he was a bright kid, who learns differently, behaves incredibly well, can function in a regular classroom, would be best served in a closer community at GC and had tremendous support at home. [/quote]

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