Every gifted child has a unique story. The following story is part of a series of posts highlighting gifted children and adults we have found through 优蜜视频 programs, depicting the many faces of gifted. Academy 鈥� mentioned in this story 鈥� provides young students with challenging enrichment classes that focus on exploration and application of knowledge.

Arden
Academy Student

Although Arden is not yet six years old, he鈥檚 already been interviewed by the , met Al Gore, been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live twice, and received a personal letter of encouragement from Bill Clinton. Arden garnered this attention because of his love and extensive knowledge of world geography and presidential history.

Arden also loves Goosebumps, Bill Nye The Science Guy, and his first 优蜜视频 Academy class, 鈥淟ooking for Shakespeare.鈥� This class is designed for slightly older elementary aged students, but Arden seemed to fit right in. 鈥淢y favorite part was the big performance and the theatre games,鈥� he explained. 鈥淚n the ‘All the World’s a Stage’ scene, we all enacted the seven stages of man, doing different movements in a group. That was fun.”

Louise Hindle, 优蜜视频’s Academy Coordinator, loves seeing the students develop and thrive in the Academy classes. She described Arden as 鈥渁 little dynamite with an astonishing memory. He played Puck and memorized and acted a whole speech, complete with full costume and makeup to depict his character 鈥� a true sprite of the woods!鈥�

When Arden was in preschool, he regularly gave presentations in class about 鈥減assion projects鈥� he was exploring outside of school. It became clear that Arden had a thirst for learning that was very different from his age mates. His parents discussed his education with the school district and eventually decided to homeschool Arden for Kindergarten this year.

Arden鈥檚 homeschooling has gone well so far. His dad, Casey, teaches Arden art and music before going to work, and his mom, Lynn, supports Arden鈥檚 homeschooling the remainder of the time, 鈥渋ncluding all the prep work each night after the kids are asleep,鈥� Casey says. Lynn describes homeschooling Arden as 鈥渆xhilarating, sometimes exhausting, and always worth it.鈥� And, Casey says, 鈥淎rden is happy, engaged, and proud to home-school.鈥�

优蜜视频 offers a variety of Academy classes for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade, and new options are always being added into the schedule. This session Arden will be taking 鈥淎rt of Film鈥� and 鈥淧rimary Advanced Math.鈥� 鈥淎rt of Film鈥� is brand new and is the very first class 优蜜视频 has been able to offer specifically for homeschooled students. 鈥淧rimary Advanced Math鈥� is part of a newer series of classes designed specifically for Kindergarten through 2nd graders.

Arden鈥檚 parents explained how the family discovered 优蜜视频, saying, 鈥淓arly in our research we learned about organizations that offer resources and opportunities to meet other kids in similar situations. We came across 优蜜视频 and found Arden could take classes with students who are a range of ages and learn from experts in their fields. For us, 优蜜视频 is proving to be an integral piece to the puzzle; a lovely enhancement to his home-schooling.鈥�

Arden regularly takes sports, dance, music, and yoga classes. He has recently been accepted to the Davidson Institute Young Scholars Program. He loves museums, riding his scooter and bike in the park, playing with friends and his sister and going on family road trips. He hopes to one day be an architect and cartographer.

Take a look at Arden鈥檚 appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!