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[quote=Anonymous]I don't discuss scores with other parents, but my 7th grader at a local K-8 tests in the 99th percentile.

I think it would be more helpful to set the score aside, except as confirmation your kid isn't bored because he checked out and missed vital information. Just ignore it and focus on whether he's actually bored (really, like a week into the year?) or if he's lonely or if he doesn't understand how to come up with interesting questions.

This is a little bit of a reach and I'm not trying to be insulting -- your kid is doing STEM camp and working ahead in math ... is he ahead in anything else? Does he read a broad range of fiction or do any creative writing? Music, theater, ceramics, woodshop? One of the best things about private school, IMO, is the time and money that allows the kids to work on the arts. I think too much focus on STEM, especially "hard" STEM that tends to sneer at things like natural history and botany, is limiting and leads to less engaged minds overall. 
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