DD seems positive about her new gifted school so far and has made a friend whom she seems to adore, which is kind of huge. I don't really have a handle on things yet. Reading seems to be entirely free reading so far (maybe they are evaluating, but DD says not since Day 1). She is excited about science, which was awful at her old school and looks much better here. They seem to put a lot of emphasis on writing, which is good. However, spelling words are much too easy and it sounds like they are going to stick to "We teach one grade level ahead" for math. Time will tell. It looks like she is going to have a lot of homework, which, fortunately, is probably fine.