Reply to Best gifted programs in DMV?

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Best gifted programs in DMV?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Fairfax has an entitlement model of gifted education for 3rd to 8th grades, meaning that any child who meets the criteria can participate.  This means your kid is much more likely to be accepted, but also that the program is not quite as selective.  On the other hand, if his disability prevents him from performing well in the selective process, then the other classes will have fewer intellectual peers for him.  For high school, students can apply to TJ, which is very hard to get into.

Montgomery County uses an eligibility model for 4th through 12 grade, where students need to meet certain criteria, and then be selected from that pool.  So, the majority of gifted kids don't get services.  The programs are really good, but there are also a lot of gifted kids who stay in their homeschools.

DCPS doesn't really have anything. I don't know anything about Arlington, Alexandria, or PG.

If you feel strongly that he needs to be in a gifted program, then I would go with Fairfax.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics