Our newly identified HG third grader attends a language immersion elementary school. Our daughter is socially well-adjusted and likes all of the non-academic parts of school. We also have cultural reasons to keep her there, but academically, the differentiation they have been able to provide so far IS NOT WORKING. Our daughter is miserable. The school is taking several steps to address our concerns, including involvement of the district gifted resource specialist shadowing our daughter for the day,and a meeting with her and the entire third grade team and us parents to make a plan.
My question is, can this work? Do you have an HG kid whose needs are being successfully met in a non-gifted, regular elementary program? We are exploring a stand-alone GT program in a neighboring district too, so we're going to have to make a choice.
