Melessa - I think that's great news that the principal is so responsive. One word of caution, though, about not telling the teacher. I do understand that teachers want to see for themselves, get to know the kid, etc. But when there are 20 some other kids they're getting to know, unless you have a very obviously advanced kid who's willing to show this to a stranger, it's not too likely that the teacher is going to notice without knowing what they're looking for. And I do think before any assessments are given that you make absolutely sure that if your kiddo gets to keep going and take higher level assessments. The teacher probably won't do this unless it's the norm at the school (and the kids on this board are not the norm). Just for an example, my extremely verbal early talker/early reader kid, super way advanced and astounding to people he knew well (getting comments like "the baby said that?!"), is an extremely quiet student in the classroom. He did not want to talk, and still doesn't much. Because math ability is more obvious, they noticed that, but the teacher actually told us our child might be behind verbally. And I don't blame her - that is what she saw. Just a little warning. And this teacher was told in advance about our son's abilities. If she had not known, she wouldn't have even been looking.
