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[quote=Anonymous]The HOPE is the most important factor, so I agree if his teacher is supportive it should go well.

When filling out the parent referral and the optional (but not really in this case, definitely do it) parent questionnaire, make sure to keep HOPE and the old GBRS traits in mind. Give very specific examples of these so-called "gifted" (OK, so I'm skeptical on some of them) traits and make sure you explain clearly how the examples demonstrate the traits. This gives you the best chance to convince the committee that your child really needs this opportunity.

The 2 pages of work samples should not be worksheets, but things demonstrating critical thinking and engagement. My 3 kids did - some of this in the era of 4 pages of sheets:

- a song written for the Reflections art contest with lyrics and tune, including the author statement that explains why
- a poem for Reflections including author statement
- a story for Reflections (we used Reflections a lot, ha)
- a math problem from NRICH Maths that required higher level math thinking
- a math problem she spontaneously made up in the classroom because was bored
- pictures of an entire play society she had made up because she was into creating social structures with figurines and buildings to go with them, with a write-up dictated by her describing the social structure
- a board game she made requiring math problems to move the pieces

Other than pushing the Reflections thing, I looked at their interests and we ran with them, turning them into something work sample worthy. Our AART said to have the kids describe the work sample in a few sentences, so where there wasn't already a description we did that.

I have no idea if this moved the needle or not, but all 3 of my kids got in. It definitely helped that their teachers were supportive and our AART is great, which means I'm sure school write-ups and packets were well-done.[/quote]

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