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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

[b]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][/b]

You must have a very gifted SN child, then.  Our SN No. 1 child could not even make it through pre-calc with an IEP at Langley.  She was behind in most of her math coursework coming from McLean School.  She took the standard no. of courses in math and science but never got to Pre-Calc and Calculus (now taking in college) and never could handle the crush of the AP courses, which were truly taught at the college level at our high school.   It was just too much stress for her but the IEP helped.  DC2 was also behind coming out of a mainstream private into Commonwealth so did algebra I freshman year, Honors Algebra II in the summer, Honors Geometry in Sophomore year, Honors Pre-calc in summer, Honors Calculus in junior year (now), and Honors linear equations this summer plus a college-level course at NOVA or GMU.  Next year Honors statistics or linear algebra depending on what DC2 takes during the summer.  He is way ahead of the other child who went through public on an IEP.  But by no means would I say that his schooling at C/A has been anything less than "robust".  I've seen his math homework and writing assignments.  I can't even begin to help him anymore.  A lot about a child's ability to do high levels of math - especially if SN - starts in the pre-high school years.  If they enter high school behind, then they will always be behind.
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Yes he is gifted, but this thread is about GT/LD/ADHD and he is all of that.  He is on track to take matrix algebra and multivariable calculus senior year.  What type of LD does your DC have?  I was under the impression that Commonwealth was mainly for ADHD and not for LDs like dyslexia- unless they were mild/moderate.  What kind of AP science classes does Commonwealth offer? [/quote]

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