[This follows on the previous post, 5th Grade: A Cautionary Tale (Part Two) ] Although I filled out the paperwork in March, it wasn’t until June that we were able to get dates for a full, two-day psycho-educational evaluation for C. at the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Diagnostic and Counseling Center. I chose [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Live It, Learn It: A Piece of the Achievement Puzzle?
Posted in In the News, School, tagged achievement, experiential learning, field trips, hands-on learning, School on February 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday afternoon I accompanied C.’s Coming of Age class on a field trip to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. What makes this annual trip special is that the group is guided by a member of our interfaith community who is a child of Holocaust survivors. And not only does she work at the museum, [...]
Fame and Fortune ;-)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blogging on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just want to take a moment to acknowledge that this week we’re among the blogs featured in this edition of the Carnival of Education – Briefing the Next US President on 35 Education Issues. It’s being hosted by www.sharpbrains.com. The post they link to, “There’s Gifted, and Then There’s Profoundly Gifted,” continues to be the [...]
Where Do I Sign Up? Princeton Explores Possibility of Paid Gap Year
Posted in In the News, tagged gap year, princeton, study abroad on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Princeton University has announced that is exploring the creation of a program to send a tenth or more of its newly admitted students to a year of social service work in a foreign country before they set foot on campus as freshmen. Princeton’s president Shirley M. Tilghman says in this New York Times article, that [...]
Introversion and the Highly Gifted
Posted in Gifted, tagged emotional, extrovert, Gifted, introvert, overexcitabilities, temperment on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carol Fertig of Prufrock’s Gifted Child Blog put up a post last week entitled The Gifted Introvert. No real new information, but it’s a useful reminder that understanding–and honoring–introversion in highly gifted children is crucial for parents and educators. She writes: Many teachers (and parents) are extroverts. It is very difficult for an extrovert to [...]
It’s the Participation, Stupid
Posted in School, tagged AP, challenge index, high school, MCPS on February 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
If anyone had any questions as to whether pushing students into AP classes might affect the classroom experience for students who come ready to perform at that level, he or she need look no further than this story from Silver Chips, the Montgomery Blair High School newspaper: Blair workgroup initiates Honors and AP class support [...]
5th Grade Poem: Two Dimensions
Posted in School, tagged poem on February 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Written by C….. Two Dimensions Standing tall and straight Like soldiers in their rows Then falling forward with fatigue When one is removed The rumpled musty stained Pages of the old ones The crisp clean fresh Pages of the young ones Spines and covers Of red green yellow blue orange black Mystery comedy Fantasy reality [...]
5th Grade: A Cautionary Tale (Part Two)
Posted in Gifted, History, School, tagged Center for the Highly Gifted, Educational management team, elementary school, emotional, EMT, Gifted, MCPS on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[This is the continuation of an earlier post, "5th Grade: A Cautionary Tale (Part One)] EMT So I requested an Educational Management Team (EMT) meeting and made a point of asking someone from Division of Accelerated and Enriched Instruction to participate. As it happens the AEI Instructional Specialist assigned to our school was also assigned [...]
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