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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I dislike the term Highly Gifted Center bc people find it very off putting.[/b] But I do think these kids are often brighter than the bright kids who don't get in.  I don't see too many admission errors. [/quote]

What makes some people find the name off-putting?  [b]I dislike it because I feel a lot of those kids are really bright, but not gifted, so it's misnamed as far as I'm concerned (I'm PP that stated I dislike the name).[/b]

And why does MCPS call the ES HGC but in MS it's called a magnet?  It seems harder to get into MS magnet than ES HGC, so if anything, it should be named the other way around - ES magnet and MS HGC for STEM or Liberal Arts, or whatever.[/quote]

Well, I agree with you there.  The Center was expanded years ago in response to parent demand (because everyone thinks his/her child is highly gifted).  My sister, who has taught in the program for many years, says that some of what she used to do with her class is no longer feasible because the student population, while bright, is not *highly gifted* as it used to be.

RE calling the Center the HGC versus calling the middle & high school programs "magnets":  That's easy.  [b]The elementary school program is not focused on a certain subject-matter,[/b] whereas the MS and HS ones are.  Thus the difference.  If MCPS created a program that e.g. combined the TPMS math/science/computer science curriculum with the Eastern humanities one, it could correctly be called a "middle school center for the highly gifted."

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The math in HGC classes are the same as the "regular" classes.  It just so happens that most of the kids in HGC are also in compacted math.  So, to me, it seems like HGC is more focused on language arts/humanities (maybe some science), but it definitely doesn't include math.  In my DC's HGC class, there are a few kids that go to a different class for math because they are not in compacted math.  Since DC's class has more kids that are in compacted math, those kids that are not in it, leave the class.  But, let's say in a year, the majority or half the class are not in compacted math; then, it's possible to have the HGC class teacher teach on-grade math and not compacted math.

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