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[quote=Anonymous]For the gifted program in Fairfax public schools, math and science are however your child can handle it. The more he/she is able to comprehend and is able to work or wants to work, he/she can go pretty far by high school. DS started in Fairfax G&T in 5th grade and is now currently in first year AP calculus in junior year of high and taking honors physics. He started out in AP physics his first week of school this year, but decided to take that his senior year once he understand the fundamentals of calculus. The road to get here for him had a lot of speed bumps. We had pushed hard for him to go fast but got to point when he said he really hated math. We eased off and had to let him learn at the right pace to master the material. We have had marvelous science teachers and the math teachers have been patient. Sometimes we should have listened to them more, looking back. We have good after school clubs but only a few go deep with activities (eg. robotics club, environmental club). We want him to pursue a STEM field in college and we're trying to be as encouraging as possible for the remainder of hi time in high.[/quote]

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