ECLIPSE

BIG news on the Super Genius front.  We got a letter in the mail today that Wm has been invited to participate in the ECLIPSE Program for gifted kids (or, as they call them in the letter "Superior Cognitive Ability" children). This is the first time ever that it has been extended to kids going into 3rd grade (it has historically been 4th and 5th grade only).  The reason this is a big deal is that Wm would have to leave his current school and go to a different school - leaving all his friends and familiar things behind.  He would be with the same small class of ECLIPSE kids for grades 3, 4, 5 at his new "home school."  The new school is still in The Ville - but a few miles away.  Where he goes to Before School would still drop him off there, but I would have to pick him up.  No more walking! The craziest part is that we have ONE WEEK to make up our minds.  Since Wm is one of the first 2nd grade invitees, we were not included in any tours or info sessions in February - like other parents.  So we are going on very limited info. I have set up a meeting with the principal and called the G&T Program to see if we can tour the ECLIPSE classroom he has been assigned to in order to help us decide.  This could be very big for Wm!!  No matter what - it's super exciting!!  Wm has been feeling increasingly bored and isolated in his current class, so this could be just what the doctor ordered!