What? WHAT?

A few weeks ago, Melee' came home with a piece of paper he wanted me to sign which would say that we wanted to nominate him for the Gifted and Talented Program. They send home paperwork with the kids from time to time telling that it's time for nominations. I always figure that YOU'RE the teacher, YOU should nominate them if you think they might qualify, so I've never asked for a nomination form. I was a little hesitant to sign it, but he was super gung ho about it So the next day I called the counselor to find out what the GT program was all about. He already takes AP courses (Accelerated Program) and I didn't know what the difference was.

The counselor explained that at the Jr. High level, there's really nothing to the GT program. If they're in GT they're required to take at least one AP course (which he is already doing) and they get to go on a Field Trip every year. She said that all the kids that she has in GT, got their designation at the elementary school level. She said that some kids just really had an attachment to the label of GT. She always has a few kids every year who try to test for GT in Jr. High but that the I.Q. test in Jr. High is a higher level test than the elementary level, and that she has never had anyone qualify in Jr. High. She said that if the kids who qualified in elementary had to re-qualify there would not be near as many kids in the program. She went on to say that as long as he understood that if he didn't qualify, it was not a negative reflection on him in any way, she thought it would be fine for him to take the test. So we gave him the pep talk, made sure he understood that no one had ever qualified in Jr. High, and told him we were proud of him for wanting to try for it.

Guess who the first kid to qualify for GT in Jr. High is????