Another School Update

Zach has been acting out in class and I decided to send his teacher a email basically saying Zach is complaining of being bored. I wanted to know if this had any connection to his acting up in class. This is the email reply!!

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Ms. McKee,

I completely understand your concerns about Zachary. I have also noticed that Zachary is not excited about doing any of our assignments (because he already knows it all). He is the highest student in my class. Many of the other students have never been exposed to letters, numbers, colors etc… So, our curriculum does start off at the very beginning of kindergarten learning. Also, unfortunately we do not have a K-1 split class.

However, I do not want Zachary to be sitting in class bored and unhappy. So, I would like to refer him for “Gifted Classes.” I called the coordinator of the Gifted Programs at the district office and she is going to call be back tomorrow with more information. Referring a child for Gifted usually requires some paperwork and parent approval. Hopefully, it will not be too long of a process. However, in the meantime I will put together a curriculum that is at his level and will hopefully challenge him. However, having him with an individualized enriched curriculum will require him to work independently while the other students are working on the main curriculum.

Mostly when Zachary is acting up is when we are lining up or taking bathroom breaks. (Most of the boys think this is a time to push or touch one another). So, the whole class is still working on mastering procedures and following rules.

So, hopefully I will get some more information about “Gifted” tomorrow and we can go from there. We will be having a curriculum night sometime is September. The date is TBA. Please let me know if you would still would like to meet this week because I am often here late into the evening. Please keep me posted on how Zachary is feeling and what he thinks about kindergarten so far.

Thank you,
Kelly Grant