I find that this time of year is hardest for our girls in school. I'm guessing that they are doing mostly review and not learning too much new and interesting.
Beth, my children are currently dual enrolled which means they take language arts seperately from the school and are at the school for lunch, recess, specials, science/social studies and math.
I've found that they can enjoy school as long as they get to work at their own pace in challenging material part of the day. For them, that's the part that they are at home.
Honestly, my youngest is liking this, my oldest would like to go to school only for math!
There is no easy answer, but traditionally this time of year has been really tough on our kids and I see behavior issues at home, not at school. I think that has to do with their teacher pleaser personalities.
I hope your DD can hang in the rest of the year and can benefit from the gifted programming next year.
Good luck with the job search, these are truly tough times...
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