As far as I know, there are only a couple of kids in this gifted school get into DYS. Most people there don't know DYS when I ask. When we first met the teacher, I asked if she could help DS come up with a project to do for DYS application.(I was thinking protofolio option) She told me that she doesn't know what DYS is. That is why I signed up EXPLORE. DS is the only child in his grade who took EXPLORE this year. In the past only very few students took EXPLORE in the lower school of the gifted school. There is no data point for comparision. The baseline IQ for admittance to the school is 125. I don't know how many kids are HG or PG. Also I once discussed DYS with the principal. He told me that DYS would not help you much since you are in the gifted school already. He sounds like that they know better what to do with the gifted kids than DYS. All these makes me wondering if it is worthwhile to ask the teacher for a recommendation letter or even apply.
