We shape gifted students into gifted humans – people who are comfortable in their own skin, who think clearly and potently, and who engage the gifts they’ve received with humility and a joyful determination to make the most of their lives. At Sycamore, gifted learners find a home. It is important for our brightest students to have an intellectual peer group, and at Sycamore they find one.
At Sycamore School, students learn at a rate and intensity that fits them. It is accelerated, but it’s the rate and challenge that stirs intelligence to life and delight. Here, gifted students achieve greater learning success. The greatest challenge in educating a highly-intelligent student is engagement – and giving minds that cover ground in a big hurry a ton of ground to explore. At Sycamore School, high intelligence is normalized. Rather than being “different” and feeling like an outsider, gifted is the norm at Sycamore, which allows kids to be themselves.
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You know what’s best for your children. You have deep insight into how they experience the world, what the world tells them about who they are, and what truths they should hold onto. As a parent, you have already made certain promises to your children. You have promised to keep them safe. To love them. To discover who they are, and to do what you can do to help them grow in that identity. You have promised to help them develop a vision for their life. To equip them. And to send them into the world as prepared as they can be.
And here’s the promise we make to those who choose a Sycamore education: we will help parents of gifted children fulfill their promises, and help gifted children grow into the promise within them…. Read More
This TED Talk by Peter Benson is a great investment of 20 minutes. It's a strong reminder of why Sycamore exists. From Diane Borgmann, Head of...
The Sycamore School library has added a number of new books. We asked Head Librarian Naomi Patterson to let us know what is new and...
