WWYD.......Where would u go ..school related

[cntrygal]

I have an 11 yr old she is currently in the 8th grade taking 3 high classes. Algabra, biology and french 1. She attends a public school. While having a meeting with school last week reguarding history the guidence counsler and principal...told me that the school can no longer meet her needs and we should look at other options for high school. So now I have to figure out what the best option would be for her.

I am open to any and all ideas. I am willing to move just about anywhere. Only requirement is that i need to find a job but i dont care what i do.

Options i've started looking at:

combination of continuing at our public sublimented with online courses


private high schools both all girl and co-ed.

I am tring to find but with no luck yet the high school where u get your hish school diploma and associates degree at the same time.

Her ultimate goal is to go to Harvard and to be a Pediatric cardilogist or heart transplant surgeon and maybe on her days off she would work as a flight surgeon on a med flight helicopter.

[mamacatnv]

There is a school for profoundly gifted kids in Reno, NV called the Davidson Academy. Check it out, people have moved from all over the country to put their kids in school there.

This is not for smart kids, this is for the profoundly gifted smart kids. It is on the campus of the Univ. of NV Reno. My DS had a 15 year old physics genius in one of his classes a few years back.

It is a free public day school.

http://www.davidsonacademy.unr.edu/

[cntrygal]

Originally Posted by mamacatnv

There is a school for profoundly gifted kids in Reno, NV called the Davidson Academy. Check it out, people have moved from all over the country to put their kids in school there.

This is not for smart kids, this is for the profoundly gifted smart kids. It is on the campus of the Univ. of NV Reno. My DS had a 15 year old physics genius in one of his classes a few years back.

It is a free public day school.

http://www.davidsonacademy.unr.edu/

This is just the type of place im looking for. She is taking her SAT in dec so that too may open up some opportunities for her

[abdmom]

Originally Posted by cntrygal

This is just the type of place im looking for. She is taking her SAT in dec so that too may open up some opportunities for her

She should be taking the SSAT for admissions to high school.

[suemom2kay]

No energy to read the whole thread. Flight helicopters are staffed with Nurses and Paramedics; not nary a doctor.

[pandamom]

Originally Posted by cntrygal

This is just the type of place im looking for. She is taking her SAT in dec so that too may open up some opportunities for her

My dd took the SAT's in 7th grade as part of Northwestern's talent search. A few months after the test she started to get a bunch of offers from elite boarding schools to apply for scholarships and admission. She's in 9th grade now and still gets a couple of mailings a month.

[phorsenuf]

Originally Posted by cntrygal

I have an 11 yr old she is currently in the 8th grade taking 3 high classes. Algabra, biology and french 1. She attends a public school. While having a meeting with school last week reguarding history the guidence counsler and principal...told me that the school can no longer meet her needs and we should look at other options for high school. So now I have to figure out what the best option would be for her.

I am open to any and all ideas. I am willing to move just about anywhere. Only requirement is that i need to find a job but i dont care what i do.

Options i've started looking at:

combination of continuing at our public sublimented with online courses


private high schools both all girl and co-ed.

I am tring to find but with no luck yet the high school where u get your hish school diploma and associates degree at the same time.

Her ultimate goal is to go to Harvard and to be a Pediatric cardilogist or heart transplant surgeon and maybe on her days off she would work as a flight surgeon on a med flight helicopter.

Just following the rule.

[monsterkitty]

Why can't they meet her needs?

[sookie]

Sometimes, I think it is important to let 11-year-olds act like 11-year-olds. Even if they are gifted.

Because if you don't do that, they can be socially awkward.

Pushing her to think about some of this stuff before it is time will be premature.

Moving might be difficult on her. She probably has friends and family she depends on. That probably helps her more academically than you realize.

A lot of schools will allow children to attend local community colleges for high school credit at the junior and senior level. This is widespread and very common. There is also AP credit - again, widespread and common.

I would look at local HS that allow them to attend local junior colleges for credit at the junior / senior years of high school, so that she can receive dual credit during 11th and 12th grade.

Pediatric cardiology is one specialty; trauma or general surgery is another. So a surgeon generally wouldn't practice in both of the settings you describe. You would probably pick one or the other. When she is much older maybe she could shadow some doctors to see what she would like - usually, towards the end of undergraduate school / college completion.

[Jennasis]

Why can't the school meet her needs?

[cntrygal]

Originally Posted by monsterkitty

Why can't they meet her needs?

Originally Posted by Jennasis

Why can't the school meet her needs?

Because they cant give her a rigorous enough education. we a a very rural school we have 500 in grades k - 12. we offer only 3 AP courses art biology and english. I am the parent who has gone to every parent conf to ask for more homework more project harder materials for her. Only to be told we already are giving her more more and harder work and she really bealong in a higher grade. She was reading at 2. In second grade she read Moby Dick while the rest of her class was reading things like Bailey School Kids and the Magic Tree House books

[phorsenuf]

AP art?

[Bonniec]

Originally Posted by Iforgetmypassword

On my days off, I lay around and do nothing. Sometimes, I do laundry, or cook. Maybe clean up around the house. Being a flight surgeon on a med flight helicopter never crossed my mind. I think I might start doing that.

*snort*

[Southernmiss]

Originally Posted by cntrygal

Because they cant give her a rigorous enough education. we a a very rural school we have 500 in grades k - 12. we offer only 3 AP courses art biology and english. I am the parent who has gone to every parent conf to ask for more homework more project harder materials for her. Only to be told we already are giving her more more and harder work and she really bealong in a higher grade. She was reading at 2. In second grade she read Moby Dick while the rest of her class was reading things like Bailey School Kids and the Magic Tree House books

How far away is your nearest large public high school?

Would they offer more diversity for your DD?

[Bonnie151]

Originally Posted by cntrygal

Because they cant give her a rigorous enough education. we a a very rural school we have 500 in grades k - 12. we offer only 3 AP courses art biology and english. I am the parent who has gone to every parent conf to ask for more homework more project harder materials for her. Only to be told we already are giving her more more and harder work and she really bealong in a higher grade. She was reading at 2. In second grade she read Moby Dick while the rest of her class was reading things like Bailey School Kids and the Magic Tree House books

Honestly, I think parents worry too much these days! The above describes me to a T as a child. I went to a very small high school - it didn't offer any AP classes. I was bored but I still graduated 4th in my class. #1 in the class went to Harvard, #2 to Columbia, #3 to Stanford and I went to Bowdoin. There's plenty time for a challenge once she gets into college. We focused on other activities - I played the violin and joined a travelling youth orchestra. I may have been bored with academics, but overall I had plenty stimulation/challenge/whatever you want to call it... #s 1-3 in my class also had activities that they developed and focused on and I'm sure those helped with their college admissions.

I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with being bored in school if you have other interests or hobbies outside of the classroom. If your ultimate goal is for her to get into a competitive college, I don't see why that can't be achieved in a small rural school.


ETA: I should add that I'm in no way implying that I'm profoundly gifted! Definitely not! Maybe the OPs daughter is, but taking algebra, biology & French in the 8th grade was normal back when I was in school & just meant you were in the top stream, not some sort of child genius!