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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the responses! I wasn’t sure about GC because their Ryken program with separate classes seems more for LD kids who don’t test in the gifted range, but I’ll investigate further. [/quote]

My response about the Ryken program belonged here not in response to the SSFS post. Apologies.

My son is 2E and is thriving in Ryken with a 4.0, etc [/quote]

So happy your son has found a good fit!

Is there any stigma to being in the program since some of the classes are separate?[/quote]

My son has so many friends, and most are not in the Ryken program. In fact, the majority of his friends are NOT in the Ryken program. He meets them in electives, study hall, lunch, other activities, through other friends. He has a few very good friends in the Ryken program, but two of them he’s known since kindergarten.

He LOVES school, and it wasn’t until he got to GC that he felt understood. His teachers finally accepted him for who he was - a truly amazing mind with a few needs. Very few compared to his peers. He doesn’t even use his accommodations usually bc he feels like the classes are really chunked appropriately for him. I am a HUGE advocate of the program. You start with the training wheels on and the take them off when you’re ready. That happens sooner for some, later for others. In my son’s case, he will hardly be in the program this year (2 classes) By senior year, he will just have the language class, which is typical. We have worked hand and hand with the Ryken director to appropriately challenge him and remove those safeguards when it was time. [/quote]

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