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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... one child in my daughter's grade took calculus when she was in 7th or 8th grade, she went up to the high school for math after about 5th grade.  One or two others did the same after her, but these were truly extraordinary math students, not just kids parents thought were more advanced and pushed.  One was something like 3rd in the worldwide math Olympiad. both left GDS after 11th grade to begin college (I believe both at MIT) ...[/quote]
PP, thanks for your comments.  They are very interesting.  How did GDS offer those children advanced math?  When I look at GDS's math curriculum, it looks like it ends at around the same stage as most other schools' programs (i.e., a few electives beyond AP Calculus).  Did GDS just put these younger children into classrooms with the older math students?  Or did GDS create a separate math seminar that catered to the individual capabilities of each of these advanced students?  Also, how far did GDS let them progress?  Did they just work up through GDS's standard multi-variable calculus program, and then leave GDS for college early?

To ensure there is no confusion, I want to be clear my questions are not signaling any criticism or disbelief -- I am just hungry for more information.  Of course, it sounds like you have only second-hand knowledge about these kids at GDS, so I completely understand if you don't have any more info about these programs than what you've offered already.

For further reading, in case others are interested ...

GDS 
http://www.gds.org/ftpimages/416/download/Math%20Flowchart%2012-13.pdf
http://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=122737
Seems to end at basic calculus for some, or extend to more advanced topics (multi-variable, statistics, linear algebra, etc) for others who want more.

Blair magnet 
http://www.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php
Seems to end at basic calculus for some ("Analysis 1B"), or extend to more advanced topics (multi-variable, statistics, linear algebra, "sports statistics," etc) for others who want more.

Thomas Jefferson 
http://www.tjhsst.edu/curriculum/mathcs/index.php
http://www.tjhsst.edu/curriculum/dss/docs/ap-expectations.pdf
Notes multi-variable, statistics, and linear algebra as advanced electives, as well as a few others that feature dual enrollment with George Mason University.

Sidwell
http://www.sidwell.edu/upper-school/academics/departments/us-math-department/us-math-sequence/index.aspx
http://www.sidwell.edu/upper-school/academics/departments/us-math-department/us-math-acceleration/index.aspx
http://www.sidwell.edu/upper-school/academics/departments/us-math-department/us-math-courses/index.aspx
Seems to end at basic calculus for some, or extend to more advanced topics (multi-variable, statistics, linear algebra, etc) for others who want more.

St Albans
http://www.stalbansschool.org/document.doc?id=433
Seems to end at basic calculus for some, or extend to more advanced topics (statistics, linear algebra, etc) for others who want more, with potential for independent study on advanced math topics for any student who has exhausted the school's standard supply of math courses.[/quote]

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