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Anonymous wrote:I just want a well-established local private with a learning specialist or gt specialist who will regularly work to support the 145+ kids. Do any exist?

Not to my knowledge, but I wish one did! If anyone knows of one, please do let us know!

We spent a lot of time looking and found Nysmith to be the best option. They know how to educate out DC who has an IQ of 148.

120 is not gifted

Anonymous wrote:I just want a well-established local private with a learning specialist or gt specialist who will regularly work to support the 145+ kids. Do any exist?

Not to my knowledge, but I wish one did! If anyone knows of one, please do let us know!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The one kid I know who went there from our public was far from gifted.

Sounds like you're just jealous because you couldn't afford to put your DC in private school.

DP here. The kid who we know who went to Nysmith also was not gifted. He didn’t even quality for FCPS AAP.

It's obvious that you have issues because you couldn't afford private school.

Obviously because it’s racist. Duh.

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The DMV needs stable, well-run gifted schools that serve the 145+ students that need an exceptional level of academic challenge, coupled with age-appropriate social-emotional learning. Unfortunately, we don't have any of those.

I don't even need a whole school. I just want a well-established local private with a learning specialist or gt specialist who will regularly work to support the 145+ kids.

Do any exist?

In many suburbs of the DMV, there's an unusually high percentage of highly educated parents. Highly educated people generally have higher IQs. In some professions, the average IQ is 130+.

Since a child's IQ is typically within one standard deviation (roughly 15 points) of the average of their parents' IQs, an incredibly high percentage of kids in this area have an IQ of 130+ -- i.e. two standard deviations above average. Certainly there are plenty of kids in the 115-130 range (one standard deviation above average).

That means that if your child goes to a typical public school in, say, Bethesda (notable for its well-educated demographic), or a good private school anywhere in the area, the "typical" kid they're going to school with probably has a 120+ IQ.

Therefore, a school for the "gifted" with a 120-on-a-single-subtest minimum bar (and Nysmith will consider exceptions to that) isn't likely to be significantly different in terms of the student population (beyond, of course, serving a more diverse range of families that have lesser education or wealth).

The DMV needs stable, well-run gifted schools that serve the 145+ students that need an exceptional level of academic challenge, coupled with age-appropriate social-emotional learning. Unfortunately, we don't have any of those.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The one kid I know who went there from our public was far from gifted.

Sounds like you're just jealous because you couldn't afford to put your DC in private school.

DP here. The kid who we know who went to Nysmith also was not gifted. He didn’t even quality for FCPS AAP.

Yup, you are definitely jealous.

Anonymous wrote:The “joy-filled education” is laughable. Neither of my kids who went there describe it as such.

May I ask why you kept them there if they didn't like it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The one kid I know who went there from our public was far from gifted.

Sounds like you're just jealous because you couldn't afford to put your DC in private school.

No, though I wasn't sad to see that kid leave the school, that's for sure.

What a horrible comment. Stay on the public school forum, please.

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Sounds like you're just jealous because you couldn't afford to put your DC in private school.

NP - my DC is in private school with several nysmith alums. They’re all around average. My kid is not ‘gifted’ and I’d say they range from similar to her to maybe a little behind (based on course placements).

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Anonymous wrote:The one kid I know who went there from our public was far from gifted.

Sounds like you're just jealous because you couldn't afford to put your DC in private school.

DP here. The kid who we know who went to Nysmith also was not gifted. He didn’t even quality for FCPS AAP.

They consider all kids “gifted and talented”. More holistic approach.

Nobody ever used the whole name anyway. I was in Nysmith back when it was founded in the 80s, and I have never once in my whole life said I went to Nysmith School for the Gifted and Talented, which was its name at the time.

I'm guessing that there are likely many families whose kids scored high on that test and wouldn't want to send their kid to a school with the pretentious label of "gifted". If they have a narrowly defined population based on score, and that is the exact type of kid they serve - they should keep that metric in admissions, but losing the name I think is likely better for image.