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In order to be eligible for testing. Regional Gifted. Of Access and Enrollment at 773-553-2060. Gifted Program in the Chicago Public Schools.
Hi moms, I was wondering if any of you had had any experience with the Chicago Public school's gifted program tests. I hear a diverse number of things, like it only lasts 15 min - how good can that be to test a 4 yo?!! - but I can't find any information on what involves.
Has anyone had their kids taken the test. Was it stressful?
My daughter is 4 and has had excellent pre-K training so far. Unfortunately our neighbor school doesn't have a very good program and I though to expand our options to magnet/gifted schools.
However the child of a friend score in the 89 percentile and was selected by NO school with a gifted program. Is this even possible? Thanks so much for any advice! Now is the time to look at the Chicago Public Schools website for information about testing and deadlines for selective enrollment schools.
It is very competitive and you are not alone. My daughter tested and did not get in to any of the classical or magnet programs. However, we requested a catalog and directory of schools which gives information about demographics and test results. There are some great schools with pretty good test scores that are not magnet schools, but are part of a cluster program. You can also call ###-###-#### for more information.
Just remember you are the one that is really teaching your child to excel. All the Best, D.
L., Contact the McDade School for information on their 'Gifted' Kindergarten program. Ted Lenart use to be the regional gifted center. Waterworld the movie download. In order for students to be accepted it must come through the recommendation of the classroom teacher who would contact the gifted office and have the team test a student.
You may contact Louise Mintz (the Assistant Principal) at Lenart for further information. My daughter graduated from Lenart. It is now located on the south side.
Andrew Carnegie (62nd Dorchester) has an International Baccalaureate Program you might want to check into. CPS does have deadlines for filling out application so call CPS.
Retired Principal & former Ted Lenart Parent. My son tested into the gifted program and is currently attending and loves it. The test is truly only 15-20 minutes and my son came out smiling and happy - it is definitely not stressful to the child and there is nothing you need to do to 'prepare' them. The way I understand it, the coursework is 1 to 1.5 grade levels ahead of grade.
At kindergarten, he receives homework each night, so there is a commitment that you must make to it. The 'passing' score varies from year to year because I believe the test takes into consideration grade, diversity and gender - not just their score. You will need to have your child tested now to receive scores in March to apply for fall 2009 program. My son is at Pritzker and his teacher is amazing!! Best of luck!
Someone in the South Loop Elementary community passed this note on to me that seems to explain that a new RGC will open within 5 miles of South Loop. It’s unclear what grades it will have initially or where it might be located, although it seems like it WILL be an option on the form this Fall.
It appears that current SL RGC kids will stay in the present building, but the program will be phased out there, but WILL fill empty seats each year. FYI, Coonley has reached capacity this year and pending a decision about an expansion (funded by TIF money allocated by Alderman Pawar) is loosing some classroom space that is currently allotted to “extras” (ie computer lab, science lab) to make space for more classrooms. Regarding the Phase Out of South Loop Elementary’s Regional Gifted Center. A few people have asked me about the recent (and massive) cuts to Illinois education funding that were voted in this week. Some of the cuts: The state board reluctantly slashed foreign language, arts and agricultural education programs. They sliced teacher and principal training programs and wiped out gifted education.
(Wow, Illinois has agricultural education programs?! I would like to see a city version of that: Urban Education) It certainly is disturbing to see “wiped out gifted education.” My brain was racing with thoughts on where I’d want to send my son if his program was wiped out before school starts. Neighborhood school?
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Butter up some magnet school principal? Homeschooling if I’m still unemployed? Beg for a spot at his current school? Boarding school? (Actually I just threaten that one from time to time.) I spoke with the Asst Principal at our school today who had heard nothing about any upcoming changes and said he’d just spoken with the CPS Gifted Office today and they were moving forward for the school year full steam ahead. Speculation is that CPS doesn’t actually get much (if any?) money from the state for the gifted programs so hopefully it won’t make an impact in any way. Not like putting all the kids from the gifted programs back into the neighborhood schools would be a bad thing given that it would raise the bar a bit in the local schools, but then what would we freaks have to obsess about?
This is the web site for the group that lobbies for gifted education in Illinois. I thought I’d see something here but nothing yet. I wonder if this cut in state funding moves IL to #50 out of 50 states. We’ve been hovering at #49 for a while.
Maybe we’ve finally earned the last place spot! Which reminds me, I did actually ponder moving to the suburbs for a brief moment when considering a school change — that’s how dire it’s become. Well, it appears that the GEAP office either lost a bag of mail or it is hidden away at the central post office somewhere. My son’s GEAP results letter has not arrived, nor have those of several friends. Today I sent his father to the CPS office to retrieve it. I have to admit, I was a bit apprehensive. I’ve heard of a few kids who’s scores dropped from last year.
And while I know logically that it doesn’t mean anything, I just really didn’t want to see it. I know so much of that score depends on the kids’ mood, etc. I have repeated this mantra to others until I am blue in the face and I firmly believe it. Yet of course when it comes to my own child I fear it means that he’s leveling off to the norm.
So, he did indeed drop a few points on his gifted test score. Didn’t get into any 1st grade programs as he’s now sitting at what is probably right below the minimum needed to get in anywhere. So it’s all a crapshoot with a few questions here or there making or breaking your entry into a program. He’s a bright kid who squeaked his way into a gifted program last year because he had a good test day. If he were testing for Kindergarten this year it would be whole different ballgame, what with all these smarties testing so well.
Of course I worry a little that in a few years he won’t be able to keep up with the accelerated curriculum unless I browbeat him constantly. But in the end, who cares? As long as he enjoys learning, that’s all that matters. And of course getting into a selective enrollment high school. (ha ha.) Speaking of browbeating, for those who wonder what Kindergarten homework is like, the work is easy, it’s the mental engagement that seem difficult, at least in this household.
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Homework last night consisted of writing 5 words. This took a good twenty minutes as I dealt with the following behavior: -Writing the word “poop” where a word should go -Drawing a poop and writing “poo” where a word should go -Acting like a robot, making robot noises -Tipping chair so it toppled over then denying he caused it -Poking his armpit repeatedly with pencil -Claiming that he “cannot control himself” when I question his behavior And THAT is why I don’t like homework.