My daughter is 15 and is a freshman in high school. She's a brilliant student and has made nothing but A's her entire life. She's in advanced math, english, and science classes and has been since 3rd grade.
However, she isn't challenged. It's almost as if she's already got the knowledge. She took a test put out by ACT in the fall. She explained that it was something like an ACT equivalent for freshmen.
Her scores are phenomenal. It says that she's in the top 1% of her high school but that she's also in the top 2% in the nation. In math, NOBODY scored higher than she did, even in the nation, as her score indicates a 100%, meaning that 100% of everyone who took that test scored at or below her score.
My problem is, how do I advance her thirst for knowledge? I considered having her start college this coming fall, taking a night class or two. She can handle it, but she's also active in her school, and I'm afraid that it would cause conflict in areas she needs to be involved in so she can obtain scholarships.
Her goal is to have a couple degrees, probably doctorates, in the Engineering and Technologies area. She hasn't narrowed anything down yet, but it will be scientific in nature.
She's already has her planning portfolio finished, where she's mapped out what classes she will be taking from now until the end of her senior year.
Can someone help me out? I'm not even sure what kind of advice to ask for! I'm just frustrated that the school doesn't seem to be able to keep up with her to challenge her more.
Thanks.
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My daughter is 15 and is a freshman in high school. She's a brilliant student and has made nothing but A's her entire life. She's in advanced math, english, and science classes and has been since 3rd grade.
However, she isn't challenged. It's almost as if she's already got the knowledge. She took a test put out by ACT in the fall. She explained that it was something like an ACT equivalent for freshmen.
Her scores are phenomenal. It says that she's in the top 1% of her high school but that she's also in the top 2% in the nation. In math, NOBODY scored higher than she did, even in the nation, as her score indicates a 100%, meaning that 100% of everyone who took that test scored at or below her score.
My problem is, how do I advance her thirst for knowledge? I considered having her start college this coming fall, taking a night class or two. She can handle it, but she's also active in her school, and I'm afraid that it would cause conflict in areas she needs to be involved in so she can obtain scholarships.
Her goal is to have a couple degrees, probably doctorates, in the Engineering and Technologies area. She hasn't narrowed anything down yet, but it will be scientific in nature.
She's already has her planning portfolio finished, where she's mapped out what classes she will be taking from now until the end of her senior year.
Can someone help me out? I'm not even sure what kind of advice to ask for! I'm just frustrated that the school doesn't seem to be able to keep up with her to challenge her more.
Thanks.
HO - nothing worse than being bored in school. They advanced me twice and I was never challenged and JCM was a joke academically. I'd say trust her to do what she feels she can do without overloading herself. She may surprise you.
HO - nothing worse than being bored in school. They advanced me twice and I was never challenged and JCM was a joke academically. I'd say trust her to do what she feels she can do without overloading herself. She may surprise you.
Blessings, Rhoni
Illinois schools don't and won't advance kids. There was a school in Wisconsin that considered advancing her a couple years ago, but decided against it because they felt she'd miss some important educational experiences, especially in the sciences, even though they did a lot of tests including an IQ test to qualify her for advancement.
Problem was, she'd already had those science experiences because of being in advanced classes in Illinois before we'd moved to WI. Now we are back in IL.
It's impossible for her to graduate early from here because they require 26 credits for graduation, and she can only get 7 credits per year. In addition, I don't want her graduating early if it will mess her up in obtaining scholarships. I need as much help as I can get, so her goal is to get as many scholarships as possible.
She's joining the debate team next year, so perhaps I can talk her into posting here and setting some folks straight....LOL!
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Honestly, I would have her start taking some of the general ed college courses as soon as she is able or the college/tech school will let her. Once she DOES graduate HS she will have a dozen or more credits in the bag and already be a semester ahead of everyone else starting.
Honestly, I would have her start taking some of the general ed college courses as soon as she is able or the college/tech school will let her. Once she DOES graduate HS she will have a dozen or more credits in the bag and already be a semester ahead of everyone else starting.
Absolutely! Good advice! The High School will let you take half day and take classes at the local college and she'll get a head start on her academic degree. I took the ACT also and it is much like the SAT but more specialized in general academics, such as; Math, History, Science, Language Arts, & reading comprehension. Sounds like you have a genious on your hands and she'll be good at whatever she chooses to do.
Girls tend to mature faster than boys so her getting out of High School early would not really affect her socially. She'll be fine! Tell her I said, "You go girl"!
Absolutely! Good advice! The High School will let you take half day and take classes at the local college and she'll get a head start on her academic degree. I took the ACT also and it is much like the SAT but more specialized in general academics, such as; Math, History, Science, Language Arts, & reading comprehension. Sounds like you have a genious on your hands and she'll be good at whatever she chooses to do.
Girls tend to mature faster than boys so her getting out of High School early would not really affect her socially. She'll be fine! Tell her I said, "You go girl"!
Blessings, Rhoni
Not here they won't until she's in her senior year. Her college classes don't and won't count for dual credit and she has to have 26 to graduate.
If she graduated early, it wouldn't be that early since her birthday is just 3 weeks after the cut-off for IL. She's always been one of the oldest in her classes for that reason. As for her social status, that's never been a problem. She's coming to the Jackson event and she's excited because she interacts with adults quite well. I'm thankful that she's not an outsider in regard to her peers because she interacts well with them also. She's always been outgoing, and for that, I'm thankful. It seems that kids like her are usually loners. She's not like that.
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Honestly, I would have her start taking some of the general ed college courses as soon as she is able or the college/tech school will let her. Once she DOES graduate HS she will have a dozen or more credits in the bag and already be a semester ahead of everyone else starting.
Her goal is to have over 40 credits by the time she graduates HS.....LOL!
If she starts this fall, taking 6-7 credits a semester, she'll have 36-42 credits.
In addition, some of the HS classes have dual credits also.
She's hoping to have her first bachelor degree by the time she's 20 and a doctorate by the time she's 24. But she's not even wanting to stop there! LOL!
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Honestly, I would have her start taking some of the general ed college courses as soon as she is able or the college/tech school will let her. Once she DOES graduate HS she will have a dozen or more credits in the bag and already be a semester ahead of everyone else starting.
Good advice. Actually there are laws. If she is tested and found gifted (if you ask for her to be tested, by law they must and have a limited number of days to do so) you can structure an IEP which is a taylored education plan for her. She will have legal rights just like a handicappped child would. It would increase her chances for scholarships if she has college hours to along with H.s. grades.
Good advice. Actually there are laws. If she is tested and found gifted (if you ask for her to be tested, by law they must and have a limited number of days to do so) you can structure an IEP which is a taylored education plan for her. She will have legal rights just like a handicappped child would. It would increase her chances for scholarships if she has college hours to along with H.s. grades.
They might do this in the big city schools, but the small town schools she's always went to don't have the funding this kind of thing requires. I've already been down this road before and one schools solution was to offer her more of the same work to do.
This school has certain funding for handicapped kids and certain funding for gifted kids. They are doing what they can for her, it's just that I want more than what they can offer. She's been tested no less than 4 times and has been in advanced classes since 3rd grade (except when she was in 6th grade because the school was too small and didn't have advanced classes).
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They might do this in the big city schools, but the small town schools she's always went to don't have the funding this kind of thing requires. I've already been down this road before and one schools solution was to offer her more of the same work to do.
This school has certain funding for handicapped kids and certain funding for gifted kids. They are doing what they can for her, it's just that I want more than what they can offer. She's been tested no less than 4 times and has been in advanced classes since 3rd grade (except when she was in 6th grade because the school was too small and didn't have advanced classes).
Hey, seems like she would be bumping the edges no matter what school she would be in. The educational system is so dumbed down, it actually promotes mediocrity. I hope she can find the right path because this country needs high performers in math and the sciences. College courses along with her HS courses sounds like the best choice, it is important to know her majors ASAP so that the courses she takes don't waste her time.
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