Announcing:Junior
Grade!
for 4,5 and 6 year olds
Schedule:
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9am to 12:30pm
What is the Junior Grade?
Junior grade is a special grade for gifted and precocious children ages 4,5,6 for whom placement in a regular
Kindergarten may result in a traumatic or stressful learning experience due to the following risk factors:
1. the child already reads
2. the child is emotionally sensitive 3
the child is cognitavely advanced and would not have a social peer group
4 the
child would not do well in a large class setting due to overexcitabilities as related to their gifted characteristics.
At Baywood Learning Center Junior Grade students may work at any grade level in accordance with their ability
regardless of the number of grade skips involved. Even though they may advance to several grade levels ahead academically,
they'll get to stay in their appropriate peer group. By allowing the students to advance at a pace that
is comfortable and safe, the student is not put into the stressful situation of feeling as though they need to hide their
abilities. this is especially important for gifted girls, who are more suseptable to the social pressure to "fit
in", and frequently start to hide their gifts, tragically, this can result in permanent loss in educational potential.
If you have any questions about
the enrollment process or Baywood Learning Center please email Grace Neufeld at:grace@baywoodlearningcwenter.org Enrollment to Baywood Learning Center is open to any child regardless
of race, gender, culture or religion. Children are placed based on their potential to benefit from our unique
and specialized program.
We serve grades K-12. Our school is very small with about 20 to 30 students. Therefore,
students are carefully selected to include children that share similar interests and to maximize opportunities for positive
social interaction.
Baywood Learning
Center specializes in serving the educational and emotional needs of gifted students regardless of previous academic
performance. We can accommodate some moderate learning disabilities on a case by case basis.
What Kind of Student Thrives at BLC?
The
BLC model is designed for the kind of child who exibits the following traits:
Ability to hyper-focus in areas of
interest
Demands indepth educational content
Can be self directed at least some of the time
Values automony
Needs choices and a voice in what they will do
Is advanced above grade level in at least one subject
Our
staff is trained to work with these gifted students and understands their intensities, passions, sensitivities and the need
for additional transition time.
Students who do not succeed in the BLC program are those needing more structure
and who get overwhelmed by choices. If you are not sure how your child might respond to our program you may wish to schedule
a day for your child to participate in our program.
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How to Enroll at Baywood Learning Center - Do the
following in any order
- Schedule a Site tour. Click here to sign up.
- for Junior Gradeschedule Shadow Day or Shadow classes (1-3 days) Child spends
a day or two at BLC. Sign up to attend the Junior Grade Shadow Class click here:
- Ice Age Adventure
- For the Teen Program schedule to take the Shadow Day class for that group; to be scheduled
and announced soon. If no testing has been done or if more information is needed after
the shadow day, an evaluation, assessment or testing will be required to be facilitated by Anne Beneventi,
Dr. Linda Silverman, Dr. Daniel Peters or other clinician accepted by BLC.
- Submit application
along with a letter stating why you believe your child needs a gifted education program and what features of
the Baywood Learning center program would serve the specific needs of your child (i.E small class size, child directed learning
style, social/emotional support, academic advancement, etc.). Include copies of any evaluations or testing that indicates
advanced cognitive abilities or gifted personality characteristics.
- Pay deposit or full tuition and
sign enrollment agreement
If you wish to enroll your child
in Baywood Learning Center you can use our new enrollment form online and pay with Paypal by clicking on the link "Online
Application" link. The processing fee for the application is $75, application fees are not refundable, but may be
deducted from your enrollment fee. After your application is processed, you will be contacted to schedule your child for an evaluation
by Anne Beneventi.
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New!
Gifted Teen Program
for
ages 13-17
SCHEDULE:
Mondays 1pm to 6pm
Tuesdays 1pm to 6pm
Wednesdays 1pm to 6pm
Thursdays 1pm to 6pm
Fridays 1pm to 6pm
some Features
include:
Early High School Graduation
con-current College classes
This program
is especially designed for highly gifted and profoundly gifted teens to support their needs for social opportunities, and
deep, rich, learning experiences in
*Biology,
*Astronomy
*All levels of Math
* Physics
*Philosophy
*History
*Video production
*Community service.
*Entreprenuership
*Independent
Projects
It is a biological fact that teens function better later in the day click here for more
info on this fact:
teens and sleep
Also teens need 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep every night. Because of their unique biological needs teens stay
up later and sleep in later. Our teen program schedule reflects this need and in so doing, provides an opportunity for teens to focus
on educational goals during their peak learning time.
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