See www.ibo.org and/or Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 11, pp. 52-66. You may also contact your local school district or State Department of Education to find the IBO program nearest you.
Not all colleges and universities accept IB credits. Check with the institutions you’re interested in to find out about their policy on this.
4. Consider distance learning and correspondence options Enroll in high-school correspondence, distance learning, or independent study classes. Distance Learning Options http://www.davidsongifted.org/SearchDatabase/topic/105271/entryType/2
Davidson Academy Online High School http://www.davidsonacademy.unr.edu/Online
Take distance-learning classes from a university, which may allow you to earn high school and college credit. See Peterson's http://www.petersons.com in addition to searching the Davidson Gifted Database at http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database and the Internet. 5. Participate in Talent Searches and/or engage in summer learning opportunities A number of Talent Search programs offer young students the chance to test themselves on challenging measures of academic aptitude and also offer summer programs. Application for the talent search exams is made in the fall. All of the Talent Searches are regional; they range from single-state searches to quite large ones. This article provides an updated list of the talent searches in the United States:
Talent Search Opportunities across the United States; many have summer programs http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10260
The Davidson THINK Summer Institute is one academic summer option. Additional summer learning opportunities can be found by searching the Internet and these pages:
Davidson Gifted Database: Summer Programs http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10069 and http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/topic/105217/entryType/2
National Association for Gifted Children: Summer Programs http://giftedandtalentedresourcesdirectory.com/
Hoagies’: Saturday and Summer Programs http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/summer.htm
Be sure that you select an academically serious program and not just an “enrichment” program that provides a bit of this and a bit of that. Often, you can gain one half to a full high school credit from your school by participating in a Talent Search summer program, but you need to arrange this with your high school before you get there. (Most summer students will still be in middle school.) Be sure to arrange with your school that you will have appropriate placement when you return from the summer; nothing could be worse for a bright student than repeating a required course like Algebra 2! Be sure to apply early because the good programs fill up very quickly.
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