Seminar Program in SD school district

[an]

[quote=sdduuuude]I think the key thing I gleaned from this thread is – each school is different. There are probably several that do it right, several that do it badly and several that do it in a way that makes it no different from regular school.[/quote]
That’s a big problem for me. I’ll be sending my kids to a private school for Preschool – 1st Grade. I was thinking of taking them out of private school and try and get them into the Seminar program. My initial impression was, all Seminar classes perform at a very high academic level that would push the kids to the maximum potential. But if not all Seminar class are the same and not all are different than regular classes, then I won’t even take the risk and just keep them in the same private school through 5th Grade.

[quote=sdduuuude]My boy/girl twins both tested GATE and we got the whole pitch on what it means – but I can’t say the quality of the GATE program will steer us away from the middle school we expect to attend, unless there are real problems with both the standard and GATE classes.

I was in higher-level classes as a high-schooler and was isolated from the rest of the class for freshman and sohpomore years. I must say, I hated that.[/quote]
My impression is, public school is more than sufficient for Jr. High and HS. There’s no single curriculum for all the kids, so, your kid can do as well as they want to.

[UCGal]

AN- even if your kids are going to private school you can have them GATE tested in the 2nd grade by SDUSD if you live w/in SDUSD. Seminar doesn’t happen till 3rd grade. So kids who test seminar (99.9 or higher on the raven) in 2nd can start in 3rd. So that is the earliest you could send your kids into the seminar program. You do not have to send them to your home cluster seminar program… it’s common to look at several schools then work with the GATE person at that school to get the choice forms in.

Also… if your child is close… like a 99.8… you should still pursue seminar if your interested… they don’t advertise this but if there are extra seats they look at high tested gate kids. But you have to ask. They won’t come looking for you.

fwiw, I know one of the seminar teachers at Erickson. They have a pretty solid program.

[UCGal]

AN- even if your kids are going to private school you can have them GATE tested in the 2nd grade by SDUSD if you live w/in SDUSD. Seminar doesn’t happen till 3rd grade. So kids who test seminar (99.9 or higher on the raven) in 2nd can start in 3rd. So that is the earliest you could send your kids into the seminar program. You do not have to send them to your home cluster seminar program… it’s common to look at several schools then work with the GATE person at that school to get the choice forms in.

Also… if your child is close… like a 99.8… you should still pursue seminar if your interested… they don’t advertise this but if there are extra seats they look at high tested gate kids. But you have to ask. They won’t come looking for you.

fwiw, I know one of the seminar teachers at Erickson. They have a pretty solid program.

[UCGal]

AN- even if your kids are going to private school you can have them GATE tested in the 2nd grade by SDUSD if you live w/in SDUSD. Seminar doesn’t happen till 3rd grade. So kids who test seminar (99.9 or higher on the raven) in 2nd can start in 3rd. So that is the earliest you could send your kids into the seminar program. You do not have to send them to your home cluster seminar program… it’s common to look at several schools then work with the GATE person at that school to get the choice forms in.

Also… if your child is close… like a 99.8… you should still pursue seminar if your interested… they don’t advertise this but if there are extra seats they look at high tested gate kids. But you have to ask. They won’t come looking for you.

fwiw, I know one of the seminar teachers at Erickson. They have a pretty solid program.

[UCGal]

AN- even if your kids are going to private school you can have them GATE tested in the 2nd grade by SDUSD if you live w/in SDUSD. Seminar doesn’t happen till 3rd grade. So kids who test seminar (99.9 or higher on the raven) in 2nd can start in 3rd. So that is the earliest you could send your kids into the seminar program. You do not have to send them to your home cluster seminar program… it’s common to look at several schools then work with the GATE person at that school to get the choice forms in.

Also… if your child is close… like a 99.8… you should still pursue seminar if your interested… they don’t advertise this but if there are extra seats they look at high tested gate kids. But you have to ask. They won’t come looking for you.

fwiw, I know one of the seminar teachers at Erickson. They have a pretty solid program.

[UCGal]

AN- even if your kids are going to private school you can have them GATE tested in the 2nd grade by SDUSD if you live w/in SDUSD. Seminar doesn’t happen till 3rd grade. So kids who test seminar (99.9 or higher on the raven) in 2nd can start in 3rd. So that is the earliest you could send your kids into the seminar program. You do not have to send them to your home cluster seminar program… it’s common to look at several schools then work with the GATE person at that school to get the choice forms in.

Also… if your child is close… like a 99.8… you should still pursue seminar if your interested… they don’t advertise this but if there are extra seats they look at high tested gate kids. But you have to ask. They won’t come looking for you.

fwiw, I know one of the seminar teachers at Erickson. They have a pretty solid program.

[Rhett]

[quote=AN]But if not all Seminar class are the same and not all are different than regular classes, then I won’t even take the risk and just keep them in the same private school through 5th Grade.[/quote]

What type of private school they attend, AN (just curious)?

[Rhett]

[quote=AN]But if not all Seminar class are the same and not all are different than regular classes, then I won’t even take the risk and just keep them in the same private school through 5th Grade.[/quote]

What type of private school they attend, AN (just curious)?

[Rhett]

[quote=AN]But if not all Seminar class are the same and not all are different than regular classes, then I won’t even take the risk and just keep them in the same private school through 5th Grade.[/quote]

What type of private school they attend, AN (just curious)?

[Rhett]

[quote=AN]But if not all Seminar class are the same and not all are different than regular classes, then I won’t even take the risk and just keep them in the same private school through 5th Grade.[/quote]

What type of private school they attend, AN (just curious)?

[Rhett]

[quote=AN]But if not all Seminar class are the same and not all are different than regular classes, then I won’t even take the risk and just keep them in the same private school through 5th Grade.[/quote]

What type of private school they attend, AN (just curious)?

[Echoooo]

alright, seems this old thread is alive again. I am frustrated with GATE in Poway due to the fact that my son was tested GATE (99.7 something), but he was not performing as he supposed to. As a fact, he has trouble understanding some instructions when doing math or reading comprehension. When I asked his teacher, she simply commented that “GATE students’ brain functions differently.” It seems that his angle of thinking is different.As a result, he is frustrated too. I really wish Poway has a program catering to GATE students. But again, I suppose every gifted students has his/her own area of giftness…

[Echoooo]

alright, seems this old thread is alive again. I am frustrated with GATE in Poway due to the fact that my son was tested GATE (99.7 something), but he was not performing as he supposed to. As a fact, he has trouble understanding some instructions when doing math or reading comprehension. When I asked his teacher, she simply commented that “GATE students’ brain functions differently.” It seems that his angle of thinking is different.As a result, he is frustrated too. I really wish Poway has a program catering to GATE students. But again, I suppose every gifted students has his/her own area of giftness…

[Echoooo]

alright, seems this old thread is alive again. I am frustrated with GATE in Poway due to the fact that my son was tested GATE (99.7 something), but he was not performing as he supposed to. As a fact, he has trouble understanding some instructions when doing math or reading comprehension. When I asked his teacher, she simply commented that “GATE students’ brain functions differently.” It seems that his angle of thinking is different.As a result, he is frustrated too. I really wish Poway has a program catering to GATE students. But again, I suppose every gifted students has his/her own area of giftness…

[Echoooo]

alright, seems this old thread is alive again. I am frustrated with GATE in Poway due to the fact that my son was tested GATE (99.7 something), but he was not performing as he supposed to. As a fact, he has trouble understanding some instructions when doing math or reading comprehension. When I asked his teacher, she simply commented that “GATE students’ brain functions differently.” It seems that his angle of thinking is different.As a result, he is frustrated too. I really wish Poway has a program catering to GATE students. But again, I suppose every gifted students has his/her own area of giftness…

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