Hi - our DS5 will be starting K in the fall. Since we got so many ideas from this board, we put a few of them into practice and started advocating early. We contacted the district's gifted coordinator, armed with SB-V results that said DS was HG+. She was very helpful and coordinated a meeting with the school psychologists. The gifted coordinator wanted to make sure we met with everyone before teacher selection time, to make sure we'd get an out-of-the box teacher. They met with us and suggested achievement testing, which we did last week. We also did some social emotional testing. We got prelim results (yep, he's smart, and yep, he's 5), and we meet with the group again next week to discuss next steps. We feel extremely lucky and happy to have these wonderful public school folks on our side even before we're enrolled.
Our concerns: We hope that DS will be able to learn math/reading at his level or above, while also having fun and learning things where he's age appropriate (e.g., writing). We are full of hope at this time.
