San Jose - School Report Question and Answers
Services for gifted students who need academic challenge and students with learning difficulties:
A--this is a particularly important area to us as our children all seem to be advanced, operating above grade level and because our oldest skipped fifth grade, all of them need to be challenged above their grade level. Because SEAS is such a small school each child's various studies are tailored to his or her needs. For example, our fifth grader has proven to be quite advanced in math so her math teacher is moving her into the Middle School group. Our eighth grader is being challenged on a deeper level than his grade would dictate in Language Arts and is going to start doing High School level work in Social Studies. As far as learning difficulties, SEAS has U.S. credentialed special educators who work to the standards of U.S. laws. On staff they have a Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, and Reading Specialist. Again, because of the small class size the children work to their ability--be that above grade level, at grade level, or below grade level. - Sep 2013
I am not aware of any children attending with learning difficulties. However, I think with meetings & discussions with the director there could be an excellent plan implemented. My girls began reading by 4 years while in this program and are doing simple math. I think any gifted student would excel at PKA due to the Montessori concept. - Jun 2013
