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    Congratulations to your DD, DAD22! That's a great step to take, and it will benefit her throughout her whole academic career. You must be delighted. smile


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    Thanks, aquinas, we are delighted about the skip. Now I have to figure out when to mention that the typical first grade math curriculum would be almost entirely review for her. There is supposed to be in-class differentiation, so there's hope. It's early, but with skipping her a grade, this school has already done more than what others on here have reported at some of their schools (we sure get some horror stories). At the moment I am pretty optimistic, and very relieved.

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    Congrats to you and your DD5, Dad22.


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    My 11yo boy got a Windows 8.1 laptop and on a whim decided to also install Ubuntu Linux. He did so without my help and is now learning about shell scripting. The Linux community and the Ubuntu Linux people deserve credit for making installation easier, but I'm proud of my boy too. The smaller children like Linux because they think the penguin logo is cute smile.


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    Just got a call from DS 5's school asking to skip him from K to first grade where
    He will be subject accelerated in reading to 2nd. While he is far ahead of these levels at least it's a start. Also the Principal is sending home information on their gifted program and permission forms for testing!
    We were prepared to fight at the first conference but he must have done
    Very well the first three weeks!

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    khombi, that's terrific!


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    Khombi, that is excellent news. We are in the same situation so it feels especially good to hear someone else has had a bit if success! Congratulations!

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    Thanks Aquinas and TNC!

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    DD8 took the SCAT for CTY entrance in June and finally we got a certificate and a letter saying she'll be invited to some awards next spring. I didn't tell her about the award ceremony yet. I'm sure she'll want to go, but it's a long time from now. For some reason, I've yet to receive the official scores, but they said they'd send them again. Which would be nice to have because school started yesterday and her IEP team seemed interested in having them.

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    Congrats, Aufilia!

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