I'm sorry if this is a redundant topic. I did search and I didn't see a comparable topic before.
A few weeks back, my son's teacher (5th grade) recommended that he sit for the Johns Hopkins Talent Search. We had never even heard of the program. So he took the SCAT test and qualified for statewide "high honors" in both verbal and math, and was eligible for the program's summer residential camps.
We were proud of his accomplishments and began evaluating the Johns Hopkins' programs, including its summer program. My wife and I were ready to proceed with a course of action, including enrolling him in certain on-line courses for the next year -- followed by the summer residential camp next year, in 2014.
Last week, though, we were thrown for a loop when his teachers sent home information on the "Summer Institute for the Gifted." It is apparently a comparable program and his SCAT scores would immediately qualify him for the program.
The kid is a sponge and he seems to soak up whatever he's given. We feel obligated to provide him with these enrichment experiences.
As anyone here ever weighed/compared these programs against each other? We would greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide. As you can imagine, this isn't the kind of thing you can speak to your neighbors about without coming across as massive braggarts. And there does not seem to be much information on the internet on this subject.
We would greatly appreciate any information you can provide (through the comfortable anonymity of the internet
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