Hi all,
This is my first time asking a question on this fabulous forum. I am pretty helpless & looking for some guidance with my DD10,a 4�th grader.
Not sure if my DD would be classified as �Gifted Child� (I never had her test for it), but, she has always excelled at school and on MCAS, state wide assesment exam ( 99 percentile both in 3�rd grade Math and Reading). We had her take JHU CTY last week (Thanks to this forum for the awareness !!!) and her scores are in today:
Math 41/50 (Raw); 484 scaled; 99 percentile compared to grade 6.
Verbal: 39/50 (raw), scaled 457, 91 percentile compared to grade 6.
Now , the Issue:
Lately she has been getting terribly bored with school. There are actually days when she comes home in tears !!! We think she is being under challenged. After pleading with her class teacher, she has been getting some extra Math challenge packets and few extra writing assignments, which don�t seem to be helping her a lot. She has been requesting us to look into private schools. Our finances are extremely tight and affording private school is NOT an option.
We are from Massachussetts , which doesn�t seem to fund any �Gifted education� programs and from a school district which treats �Gifted� almost as a curse word. School will not consider grade acceleration either.
Now my questions:
1) Are her CTY scores good? Does it make sense to cosider DYS ? There are no centers in MA that offer EXPLORE . Going to PA for taking EXPLORE will be quite a hike for us.
2) Should I contact my DD�s school anyway? What possible options can I negotiate with them, apart from skipping few classes / grade acceleration.
3) Should I have her take IQ test to determine if she could be classified as gifted?
4) Or should I ignore her protests and hope things will be fine someday.(pretty hard !)
Thanks a bunch for any input!
Frustrated mom
