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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know how important the teacher recommendations are?  My DS is new to MCPS this year (3rd grade) and his teacher is a 1st year teacher.  I'm just wondering that without much of a "history" in the school and with an new teacher (who also lacks much "history"), will he be disadvantaged?[/quote]

I don't think it's a terrible disadvantage. Even kids who have been at the school for years are new to their 3rd grade teachers, who I believe write the letters. My child also has as new teacher, so we'll give some her some additional information about his strengths, why we're looking at the center, etc.[/quote]

We were totally new to MCPS in 3rd grade and still got into the Center for 4th.  One thing you might want to request, which can be done right away, is to have your child do the "global screening" for Gifted and Talented which is usually done with all second graders in the spring.  If you were not in MCPS, your child did not get that.  It is the "terranova" testing.  The purpose of this is to identify kids who might benefit from GT services in their home school (whatever that means in terms of what's available at your school -- the opportunity to skip a level in math, William and Mary reading, etc.)

This testing is different from the HGC testing that doesn't take place until Dec. or Jan.  Ask for the global screening/terra nova, and you will get some data about your child's testing capabilities now.

You should also make sure that your child's grades from their previous school are transferred to your MCPS school.  If your child is demonstrating a history of straight A's and extremely positive teacher report card comments, that helps bolster the argument that your child is not being challenged at their present grade level (no matter which school).  [/quote]

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