Quote From: mustbecrazyOur boys go back to school on Sept 4th. We are looking forward to our 14 year old actually getting his work done this year. The doctor thinks that he may have bipolar disorder, based on behavior problems...still having official diagnosis of ADHD, since the two disorders have such similar symptoms. He just started on Lamictal...we hope that this is a successful med for him. I take it for my bipolar disorder, and it works very well. I will be keeping in close email contact with his teachers, to keep myself informed of what assignments there are, and whether he is doing his work.
Our 9 year old starts at the intermediate school in 4th grade. We will find out tomorrow who his teacher is.
Wow, advanced classes, that's great!!
Becky
I'm as surprised (pleasantly so!!) as anybody. I'm not sure on what they base the placements; I'll have to ask around. At one of the open houses, they mentioned that FCAT scores influenced placement to a large degree. So my question would be, which FCAT scores, the Sunshine State Standards (SSS) part (which was what I thought) or the norm-referenced segment, is used to assist in placement? Her scores were good-to-excellent all the way around; however, on the SSS, her reading score (high "Level 3") was not nearly as good as her math (high "level 4"), whereas on the norm-referenced portion, she scored in the 89th percentile in reading & the 76th in math! Go figure!
Are you happy w/the teacher your youngest son is getting? When does culinary school start for the oldest?
