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Skip up a year in science

by LBP

Sep 18, 2010

My 8th grade daughter is highly gifted. My school doesn't have a gifted teacher so I can't ask her.

Last year, DD and her science teacher didn't really mesh. DD would always read in class but when I mentioned at P/T confernces that then don't allow her to have a book, the teacher mentioned that she needed something to do since she always got done so quickly and her sitting quietly reading was a good buffer between a few other students.

DD was doing B-C work untill last semester when she forgot one major assingment and purposely didn't do the disection. She was given an incomplete. She wasn't able to go in on the makeup day to take care of the incomplete because of a funeral so she was assigned to do it at summer school.

Me, who was not happy with DD for putting herself in this situation said she had to do all of summer school. Principal and counselor were fine with this, so she was placed in the science summer school class. This was a work at your own speed ...See MoreMy 8th grade daughter is highly gifted. My school doesn't have a gifted teacher so I can't ask her.

Last year, DD and her science teacher didn't really mesh. DD would always read in class but when I mentioned at P/T confernces that then don't allow her to have a book, the teacher mentioned that she needed something to do since she always got done so quickly and her sitting quietly reading was a good buffer between a few other students.

DD was doing B-C work untill last semester when she forgot one major assingment and purposely didn't do the disection. She was given an incomplete. She wasn't able to go in on the makeup day to take care of the incomplete because of a funeral so she was assigned to do it at summer school.

Me, who was not happy with DD for putting herself in this situation said she had to do all of summer school. Principal and counselor were fine with this, so she was placed in the science summer school class. This was a work at your own speed class, and DD loved it. She flew through the material and her and the teacher made a really good connection. She ate up the material and even brought stuff home and did hours of "homework" for summer school.

Fast forward to this school year. DD walked into 8th grade science and found the same curriculum that she had during summer school. Needless to say she is bored. She also found out that the science teacher she liked so much is teaching 9th grade science (7-12 in same building).

She asked me this morning if I could possible talk the school into allowing her to skip up from 8th grade science to 9th grade science. She thought about just asking the 9th grade teacher for the book so she could self teach her self, but then realized she would then have the same problem next year.

She has already been placed in not just 9th grade math, but the accelerated 9th grade math class. BUt this has been standard practice in the past to allow a handful of the brighter students to do this. It hasn't been standard practice to do this in science.

Suggestions, how should I tackle this? As a parent I want to feed the need so to speak. In the past she has often tried to hide the fact that she was gifted and fake it by purposelly getting low scores. It wasn't until 6th grade that it started to be OK. 7th grade she did accelerated work in Math and English, but did then because the decision was made for her. She liked them, but didn't make the decision herself. So for her to be actively seeking out harder more complex material is of real imortance and I am taking her request seriously.

Please any suggestions, thoughts or ideas. All would be appreciated.

(Ps when she was tested she scored about 4-5 years above grade level and has already been skipped one year, which she requested back in first grade. She was skipped another grade, which again was partially self-initiated in 4th grade. When we went back to public school, they refused to recognize the second skip and placed her back in 4th, which was when we really started having problems.)

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D Your child should speak with the counselor and the principal, explain the independent study results from the summer and request the transfer to 9th science. Offering to test out may be helpful as is flexibility in changing her schedule.

You should speak to the school pysch about ways to help your child so that she doesn't feel the need to ...See MoreYour child should speak with the counselor and the principal, explain the independent study results from the summer and request the transfer to 9th science. Offering to test out may be helpful as is flexibility in changing her schedule.

You should speak to the school pysch about ways to help your child so that she doesn't feel the need to hide. You could make your child aware of the out of school science opportunities too - the Intel competition is big, but there are others.

On 9/18/10, LBP wrote: > My 8th grade daughter is highly gifted. My school doesn't > have a gifted teacher so I can't ask her. > > Last year, DD and her science teacher didn't really mesh. > DD would always read in class but when I mentioned at P/T > confernces that then don't allow her to have a book, the > teacher mentioned that she needed something to do since she > always got done so quickly and her sitting quietly reading > was a good buffer between a few other students. > > DD was doing B-C work untill last semester when she forgot > one major assingment and purposely didn't do the > disection. She was given an incomplete. She wasn't able > to go in on the makeup day to take care of the incomplete > because of a funeral so she was assigned to do it at summer > school. > > Me, who was not happy with DD for putting herself in this > situation said she had to do all of summer school. > Principal and counselor were fine with this, so she was > placed in the science summer school class. This was a work > at your own speed class, and DD loved it. She flew through > the material and her and the teacher made a really good > connection. She ate up the material and even brought stuff > home and did hours of "homework" for summer school. > > Fast forward to this school year. DD walked into 8th grade > science and found the same curriculum that she had during > summer school. Needless to say she is bored. She also > found out that the science teacher she liked so much is > teaching 9th grade science (7-12 in same building). > > She asked me this morning if I could possible talk the > school into allowing her to skip up from 8th grade science > to 9th grade science. She thought about just asking the > 9th grade teacher for the book so she could self teach her > self, but then realized she would then have the same > problem next year. > > She has already been placed in not just 9th grade math, but > the accelerated 9th grade math class. BUt this has been > standard practice in the past to allow a handful of the > brighter students to do this. It hasn't been standard > practice to do this in science. > > Suggestions, how should I tackle this? As a parent I want > to feed the need so to speak. In the past she has often > tried to hide the fact that she was gifted and fake it by > purposelly getting low scores. It wasn't until 6th grade > that it started to be OK. 7th grade she did accelerated > work in Math and English, but did then because the decision > was made for her. She liked them, but didn't make the > decision herself. So for her to be actively seeking out > harder more complex material is of real imortance and I am > taking her request seriously. > > Please any suggestions, thoughts or ideas. All would be > appreciated. > > (Ps when she was tested she scored about 4-5 years above > grade level and has already been skipped one year, which > she requested back in first grade. She was skipped another > grade, which again was partially self-initiated in 4th > grade. When we went back to public school, they refused to > recognize the second skip and placed her back in 4th, which > was when we really started having problems.)

Sep 21, 2010

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mama maria if she is in the 8th grade and has allready skipped two years and is still 4 or 5 years in advance of her peers then you need to do what we did with our kids, consider starting her in college early. my dd started college at 14 and my son at 15, just a few classes the first semester but then they went full time.

I dont know what state your ...See Moreif she is in the 8th grade and has allready skipped two years and is still 4 or 5 years in advance of her peers then you need to do what we did with our kids, consider starting her in college early. my dd started college at 14 and my son at 15, just a few classes the first semester but then they went full time.

I dont know what state your in but in ohio once a student has a highschool gpa (which your dd will have once she finishes the 9th grade math class) providing it is a 3.0 or higher gpa, here she would be allowed to take the college entrance exams, if she passes those exams she would be allowed to take classes in the areas she passed (so if she passes the math, she can take math classes, if she passes the english she can take english classes ect ect) all she would need in ohio is hs 3.0 gpa, dosnt matter what class or classes she took to get it, but once she has it she could take all the college entrance tests.

also the college classes can be taken durring school hours or after or on the weekends.

and dont try to fool yourself or your dd into believeing that a simple one year advancement in one subject is going to make any real difference to a kid who is 4 to 5 years in advance of their class AFTER haveing been skipped two years, it would be no more effective then an aspirn for a broken leg.

On 9/18/10, LBP wrote: > My 8th grade daughter is highly gifted. My school doesn't > have a gifted teacher so I can't ask her. > > Last year, DD and her science teacher didn't really mesh. > DD would always read in class but when I mentioned at P/T > confernces that then don't allow her to have a book, the > teacher mentioned that she needed something to do since she > always got done so quickly and her sitting quietly reading > was a good buffer between a few other students. > > DD was doing B-C work untill last semester when she forgot > one major assingment and purposely didn't do the > disection. She was given an incomplete. She wasn't able > to go in on the makeup day to take care of the incomplete > because of a funeral so she was assigned to do it at summer > school. > > Me, who was not happy with DD for putting herself in this > situation said she had to do all of summer school. > Principal and counselor were fine with this, so she was > placed in the science summer school class. This was a work > at your own speed class, and DD loved it. She flew through > the material and her and the teacher made a really good > connection. She ate up the material and even brought stuff > home and did hours of "homework" for summer school. > > Fast forward to this school year. DD walked into 8th grade > science and found the same curriculum that she had during > summer school. Needless to say she is bored. She also > found out that the science teacher she liked so much is > teaching 9th grade science (7-12 in same building). > > She asked me this morning if I could possible talk the > school into allowing her to skip up from 8th grade science > to 9th grade science. She thought about just asking the > 9th grade teacher for the book so she could self teach her > self, but then realized she would then have the same > problem next year. > > She has already been placed in not just 9th grade math, but > the accelerated 9th grade math class. BUt this has been > standard practice in the past to allow a handful of the > brighter students to do this. It hasn't been standard > practice to do this in science. > > Suggestions, how should I tackle this? As a parent I want > to feed the need so to speak. In the past she has often > tried to hide the fact that she was gifted and fake it by > purposelly getting low scores. It wasn't until 6th grade > that it started to be OK. 7th grade she did accelerated > work in Math and English, but did then because the decision > was made for her. She liked them, but didn't make the > decision herself. So for her to be actively seeking out > harder more complex material is of real imortance and I am > taking her request seriously. > > Please any suggestions, thoughts or ideas. All would be > appreciated. > > (Ps when she was tested she scored about 4-5 years above > grade level and has already been skipped one year, which > she requested back in first grade. She was skipped another > grade, which again was partially self-initiated in 4th > grade. When we went back to public school, they refused to > recognize the second skip and placed her back in 4th, which > was when we really started having problems.)

Sep 22, 2010

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