Ds11 is in 6th grade, in a brand new gifted program at his Middle School. The core classes are Honors classes, then they mingle with the rest of the school for the other classes. He's also in 8th grade accelerated math. Apart from a misunderstanding at the beginning of the year, when they thought he was struggling in math and had been placed wrong, all is going great. (one week into the school year, he was struggling with a 7th grade concept that they were reviewing - they assumed he should have already done that work, and if he was struggling with something that he should already know, then he was obviously in the wrong class. Until I pointed out that last year he did 6th grade math, not 7th grade, and they realised it was all new to him. Now, all is well, and he got an A in 1st quarter math, and is maintaining an A again in 2nd quarter). The one surprise has been ELA - he has always hated to write, so I had assumed it would be a struggle. However, he's doing great ! When asked, he said "Just because I don't like it, doesn't mean I'm not good at it".
I've also been impressed with his organisation 9well, after the first few weeks, when it was all new). I leave for work before he gets up in the morning - but he gets up, gets his breakfast, calls me to let me know he's up, and bikes to school through rain or snow, getting to school on time. He then gets himself home, and does his homework (if he hasn't already done it at school), all before I get home. Love it
