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[quote=Anonymous]I taught her at home. Seriously. Every day from 3 - 4 was school time in our home. I bought educational materials that were 1 year advanced and she did them. AT the end of KG she was working on 2nd grade materials. The school could not stand me - really! I asked for her to be put into a 1st or 2nd grade reading group - she was reading at 5th grade level, and they said NO. I pushed back and they pushed back even harder. I just said fine, I will educate at home after school. Very frustrating as FCPS does not really know what to do with exceptionally bright kids in k-2. I was told, in fact, that b 3rd grade, she would taper off and be average. I responded that if that happened they would have greatly failed my child. Thankfully, that did not happen. However, FCPS AAP is only so good. Meaning that if a kid is getting all 4s with very little effort, it tells you the program is too easy for her. She isn't really being challenged. If she put more time into school work, she will still have the same outcome so she doesn't. I've asked her if she would like to skip high school and go to Mary Baldwin at 13. She replied that there is no way she is going to miss her prom or high school years.

Overall, I took k-2 as an opportunity to supplement her needs at home. We went to the nature center every Monday (early release) and would spend hours there. On Thursday's we went to Frying Pan Park to take part in the milking and see all the animals. Every day we had a stimulating activity after school. It was wonderful! Now she is in 5th grade AAP and a stellar student. She puts very little effort into her work and receivedsall 4s. I sometimes wish that the center offered more, but she is happy. We don't do so much activity these days. But with the nice weather coming, we will start back in to the Mon and Thu routine (she has 2 younger sibs in ES). During the summer, we try to go to a regional park or nature center 2 - 3 times a week. Mind you, I hate the outdoors and bugs, but know that offering my kids all that the area has to offer is a must. We usually go into DC more often in the spring and fall. The kids LOVE the zoo and the museums and art galleries. We go to Williamsburg 2x a year, and travel to a variety of other places.

All in all, any school - public or private - can only do so much, You need to take the lead. We had her tested in 1st grade and she was off the charts. The school told us that there was still nothing they could do - there are no special services for the highly gifted in k-2. Her GBRS were 16, NNAT was 150s, CogAT was 99%. [/quote]

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