<p>Does anyone know aobut Gifted Students Academy (UC Irvine) summer program? I have an 12 yrs D and would like to go to the summer program…, not sure how is it?</p>
<p>The program is OK for a 12 year old, but not very demanding. If your daughter is average gifted, try it, but if she is highly gifted you’d probably want to look for something on a higher level.</p>
<p>Our Dd went last year,(11) and really enjoyed the experience. She did Anatomy and Astronomy and is looking forward to returning. I’m not sure how challenged she was–I got the impression from her that she wasn’t particularly challenged, but she sure loved the enviroment of bening with a lot of kids who think the way she does, who don’t think her interests were weird, etc. They have an Open House-- I think its April 22 this year, if it’s practical your DD may enjoy attending.</p>
<p>Oh–she stayed in the dorm, which I think was part of the psitive experience. And we were told to put the comments from her teachers in her school file, that her attendence at the GSA could count “points” towards UC admission.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the info. I will say my D is highly gifted for her age…, there is not much challenge in her school and she gets board… </p>
<p>However, just for staying in the dorm which gets her very excited. </p>
<p>Do you have any other suggestions/ a good summer program for my D? She is 12, 6th grade, GATE Student.</p>
<p>Any suggestions are appreciated.</p>
<p>Well, it depends on where you have already looked…</p>
<p>I’d check Hoagies at <a href=“http://www.hoagiesgifted.com%5B/url%5D”>www.hoagiesgifted.com</a>
Do you want her stay in the area/California?
Check out Santa Barbara Unified’s gate pages, it has a good summer list…
Is there a specific interest she wants to delve into over the summer–we’ve spent a fair amount of time with mummies lately…</p>
<p>This next question might read funny, and you may already have this information, but highly gifted means a specific IQ cut off in the GATE world…which is a different meaning than in the parent talk world, if you understand what I’m saying…so keep that in mind.</p>
<p>Our daughter has been in GATE/honors for years, is an 11 y.o. 6th grader who is bored a lot of the time, even in her 7th grade math class. So we do a fair amount of afterschooling in her interest of the moment. She plans on attending UCI again this summer, but is trying to schedule it to avoid confilcts with GS commitments, her birthday and family vacation. It’s getting interesting already.</p>
<p>Hope this helps
Tommya60</p>
<p>Tommya60 - Thanks. I have not cheked Hoagies nor Santa Barbara site yet…, will do so. Yes, I would like her to stay locally if possible. (S. CA) So far, UCI program looks best for us. No matter what, it will be fun for her to away from home. If we decide to go UCI, is it OK to e-mail you and get more info?</p>
<p>Sure, anytime…</p>
<p>Tommya</p>