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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][[b]quote=Anonymous]To 17:43, from a NP: how well can Commonwealth Academy accommodate highly gifted kids, who need a lot of acceleration and differentiation (to work at a faster pace as well as at a higher level)?[/quote][/b]

The classes are very small.  My DC took two summer courses - three kids to a teacher - one summer was Alegebra II - the second summer it was Pre-Calc - so he could take Calculus and have a grade before college's EA/ED dates on Nov. 1.   He's in the Honors diploma program, which not all kids take.  When you have 3 to 1 teachers it is almost like private lessons so the teacher can pace the class as fast as she or he wants.  During the school years, the high school offers an Honors track in Humanities and an Honors track in STEM.  Not all kids are in both or eiither so the classrooms are adjusted to the needs of the children.  There is never more than 10 students to a teacher in any class so the teacher can help all with differentiation.[/quote]

This is an example of why we stayed in public.  DC will be taking BC Calculus junior year and has not had to take extra summer classes to get there.  The private LD schools simply do not have the robust programs in math and science that our local public does.   He is also taking AP Statistics as a sophomore and next year will take AP Physics I and AP Chem.  Senior year he plans on taking AP Bio and AP Physics C.   [/quote]

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