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Our weekly Community Board provides a short list of non-Davidson opportunities that might benefit your Young Scholar family, such as gifted programs, engaging events, and great resources for bright families. Here are the latest opportunities in this week's edition of the Community Board. You are always welcome to suggest a program or highlight other resources as well. For Young Scholar or Davidson-specific events, check out our Upcoming Events . Please note that the decision to participate in any programs or opportunities listed below is entirely up to you. The Davidson Institute neither encourages nor discourages you from taking part and has no control ...

Our weekly Community Board provides a short list of non-Davidson opportunities that might benefit your Young Scholar family, such as gifted programs, engaging events, and great resources for bright families. Here are the latest opportunities in this week's edition of the Community Board. You are always welcome to suggest a program or highlight other resources as well. For Young Scholar or Davidson-specific events, check out our Upcoming Events . Please note that the decision to participate in any programs or opportunities listed below is entirely up to you. The Davidson Institute neither encourages nor discourages you from taking part and has no control ...

Question: I have a 16-year old, Jr in high school 2e child. He was always good at and loved math. At one point he was on track for Calculus in 10th grade. Now, he can't make it past Algebra II. As near as I can figure out, he doesn't like just learning the algorithms, he wants to understand why things like the quadratic equation work the way they do. We're doing an online charter high school with access to many programs. Tried Silicon Valley but he didn't like the format of various unconnected YouTube videos and webpages. Tried a short course through art of problem solving, which he liked, but the chat only format gave him too much leeway to zone out. ...

Question: Hello! My Bay Area scholar is thriving at school and has been recently accepted into research program and needs help with following: He is planning to take SAT and is looking for a tutor or coaching place for Reading and Writing section of SAT. We reached out to several places but are worried they wouldn’t work for him. Please kindly suggest some good places that have worked for families whose children excelled in math and struggled in English. We need help with only English part. Need help with AP Language and Composition. We are looking for 1-1 help for not just doing well but actually learning the skill to write effectively and become a ...

Hello, Thank you for joining us in our Parent Consulting Circle on October 1, 2025. Below we have a general recap of the discussion, resources mentioned during the session, and additional ideas and information based on the topics discussed. Twice-Exceptionality and Sleep : The first question of the session was from a family that was struggling with their 2e six-year-old’s sleeping habits and schedule. They said that she prefers to stay up late. The parents also mentioned that they are interested in moving bedtime up earlier. To begin, it’s incredibly common for PG/2e families to have difficulties around sleep. One reason for this is that PG brains ...

Question: My 8 year old DYS is scoring above "12 grade in the ninth month of high school" on her public school administered reading comprehension standardized tests. We've elected not to accelerate in elementary school. She does some quality enrichment extracurriculars in math and music, and we are guiding her through recommended reading lists. She's happy. With this last set of scores, however, I can't help but feel we are supposed to be doing more for her, but I don't know what. What are folks doing for their college-level readers? Dear Young Scholars Parent, Thank you for your question. For many families in our community, receiving new testing data ...

Question: What tests do you recommend for us to advocate for math acceleration with the public school? We live on the borderline of Vermont and New Hampshire, both of which states do not have mandated gifted programs in public schools. We have a 4th grader who is learning algebra with me on his homeschooling days (we do one day homeschooling every week). He has been sitting in all the classes in the other four days of school including math, which he gets disengaged half of the time. I checked out the school district's information on math curriculum for 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grades, and have a feeling that he might be between 8th and 9th grade levels. ...

Our weekly Community Board provides a short list of non-Davidson opportunities that might benefit your Young Scholar family, such as gifted programs, engaging events, and great resources for bright families. Here are the latest opportunities in this week's edition of the Community Board. You are always welcome to suggest a program or highlight other resources as well! For Young Scholar or Davidson-specific events, check out our Upcoming Events. Please note that the decision to participate in any programs or opportunities listed below is entirely up to you. The Davidson Institute neither encourages nor discourages you from taking part and has no control ...