I suggest that you look at some of the classes offered by the CTY intensive studies program, too. Not only will your child study at the pace more suited to them but they will also be able to experience total immersion into the nerd/geek culture.
A startling contrast that I noticed was the excitement of the kids in the college bookshops at the start of each session - at a time (summer holidays) when most kids were ecstatic not to be in school anymore these kids were stoked to be 'going to school'!
Our DD12 has done several classes at CTY now (was only old enough for the intensive studies last summer) and has loved the experience - we live in a low density population area so sending her there gave her more chance to find her 'tribe'. She made solid friendships there and wants to go next year too.
Last edited by madeinuk; 11/16/17 07:47 AM.
