- Compilation of resources from the National Association for Gifted Children for coping during COVID-19
- Tips for talking to kids about COVID-19
- Keeping kids engaged at home
- Managing emotions during uncertain times
- Free toolkit for managing anxiety about Coronavirus
CONNECT WITH ADMISSIONS
VIRTUAL WINTER OPEN HOUSE
January 24, 2021 / 1:00 -2:00 p.m.
More info and registration
We encourage you to learn more about Sycamore, the admissions process, visiting our school, and more by exploring the admissions section of our site or by contacting our Enrollment Management team.
Duane Emery, Director of Enrollment Management
317-202-2510 / emery.duane@sycamoreschool.org
Erica Harrison, Assistant Director of Enrollment Management
317-202-2544 / harrison.erica@sycamoreschool.org
We are currently accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year as well as the 2021-2022 school year, and we would be happy to speak with you!
January 24, 2021 / 1:00 -2:00 p.m.
More info and registration
We encourage you to learn more about Sycamore, the admissions process, visiting our school, and more by exploring the admissions section of our site or by contacting our Enrollment Management team.
Duane Emery, Director of Enrollment Management
317-202-2510 / emery.duane@sycamoreschool.org
Erica Harrison, Assistant Director of Enrollment Management
317-202-2544 / harrison.erica@sycamoreschool.org
We are currently accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year as well as the 2021-2022 school year, and we would be happy to speak with you!
WHY GIVE TO SYCAMORE?
Philanthropic support from our Board, staff, families, alumni, and friends enhances every student's experience beyond what would be possible with tuition dollars alone. In fact, the Sycamore Fund provides the second largest contribution to the School’s operating budget, after tuition. It helps ensure the financial resources that have been essential to our ability to be flexible and offer the very best educational experience for our students.
Financial support will help provide:
Make a Gift
Financial support will help provide:
- Annual professional development for faculty.
- Financial Aid for 20% of our students.
- New school-wide health and safety protocols.
- Technology to support faculty and students.
Make a Gift
12 SIGNS: Can I Tell If My Child Is Gifted?
Parents are among the best identifiers of gifted children. You clearly know your child better than anyone, and your input should be welcomed and valued by any school you are considering for your child.
Typically, parents of gifted kids will notice characteristics of giftedness in their child at an early age. At Sycamore, we call these the “Twelve Signs” of a gifted child.
Read the 12 Signs.
Read the 12 Signs.
PARENTING RESOURCES
Parenting Resources Regarding COVID-19
Supporting the social and emotional wellness of gifted children is more important now than ever. Here are some resources that may help you talk with your child about COVID-19 from Sycamore's Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Samantha Outcalt.
VIDEO / We Are Sycamore
SYCAMORE NEWS
List of 4 news stories.
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Sycamore Returns to In-Person Learning January 5
With a change to Marion County Public Health Order #35, which had moved Sycamore to distance learning and was set to expire on January 15, all 1st-12th grade students in Marion County are allowed to return to in-person instruction as of January 4. For Sycamore, that means we return to school in person on Tuesday, January 5, our originally scheduled date to resume after Winter Break. Along with this change, the following conditions are specified:- Students and staff can be socially distanced. (At Sycamore, we are able to cohort and socially distance all our kids, as we have been doing all along.)
- Staff and students in 3rd grade and above wear masks. (We will continue our protocol of masks for everyone.)
Sycamore has been smoothly operating under our Distance Learning Plan, and we our thrilled to get back in school with all of our kids. We know parents and students have been making sacrifices and supporting us during this time. We deeply appreciate our families part in our success; we truly are all in this together.Sycamore will continue to assiduously adhere to the measures we have implemented with much success so far: mask wearing, social distancing, handwashing, and staying home when sick. We do not intend to relax our policies.While the CDC has shortened some quarantine guidelines to 10 or 7 days under certain conditions, the Indiana Department of Health prefers and is still recommending a 14-day quarantine, if possible. Absent some kind of extenuating circumstance, we will continue to require a 14-day quarantine period where recommended. We will be in close consultation with the IDOH on these matters.We also undertook a minor construction project here at school while the kids are away, removing a small room between two current 6th grade classrooms. That space was not being used instructionally, and removing it allows us to make both rooms larger and, therefore, be able to socially distance more kids. -
Sycamore Moves to Distance Learning November 19
At Sycamore, we moved to our Distance Learning Plan with 1st through 8th Grade on November 19. Although we have not experienced this at Sycamore, the number of infections in school children has also risen significantly. In Public Health Order #35 , all Marion County K-12 schools had to transition to total virtual learning no later than November 30. We continue to have Preschool, PreKindergarten, and Kindergarten in school in person. The order does not prohibit in-person learning at those ages. -
Two Sycamore Students Earn National Caroline D. Bradley High School Scholarship
Sycamore School has learned two of their eighth-grade students, Nate Liang and Emily Hackwelder, have been named national award recipients of the Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship for the class of 2025 from the Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA). They are two of only 28 national winners of a four-year high school scholarship for gifted learners to attend an optimally matched high school program. -
A Parent's Story: How A Sycamore Parent Saw Distance Learning Work
“Teachers were my heroes through the whole process.”For the mom of two Sycamore students, Sumi Maun was confronted with the challenges that many families were faced with in mid-March when schools closed their buildings and went to a distance learning model for the rest of the school year: suddenly, the kids were at home, doing their school work, while the parents were also working from home and having to figure out where everyone will do their work, how they will get fed, take breaks, and not feel like it was all too much.
High Ability and Enrichment Remote Learning Resources / Read more
Is your young child curious and talkative? Does he or she have a good sense of humor, learn quickly? Does he or she remember everything that you ever promised? You may have a gifted child.
WE ARE SYCAMORE.
There will always be students who need schools like Sycamore, to stimulate, educate, and motivate our best and brightest. We are educating kids, teaching them to think, both critically and creatively, and teaching them to love learning.
Today's students will be the leaders that will solve the problems of today and tomorrow. Sycamore is a prime example of institutional evolution and a story of response to a need. Our work will never be complete.
Today's students will be the leaders that will solve the problems of today and tomorrow. Sycamore is a prime example of institutional evolution and a story of response to a need. Our work will never be complete.
GIVE TO THE SYCAMORE FUND
The Sycamore Fund is the school’s highest fundraising priority. As with all independent schools, Sycamore relies on our community to give annually to help us fund projects and programs that make us the unique school we are. Your tax-deductible donation goes to work immediately, benefiting students in this school year. Your gift affects their daily experience and is a direct investment in:
- Professional development for our talented and dedicated faculty
- The latest advances in technology
- A vibrant art and music program
- An encouraging and competitive athletics program
Weather Announcements
If Sycamore School is to be closed due to extreme weather conditions, announcements to parents will be sent to home and cell phones via the school’s automated alert system. Announcements will also be made on local TV and radio stations and their websites. Closings will also be posted on the Sycamore School social media (Facebook and Twitter) feeds. We will also post information on this sycamoreschool.org
SYCAMORE SCHOOL EVENTS
Indiana’s Only Accredited, Private, Independent Preschool - 8th Grade School for Gifted Students
