Gifted Service Models

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Elementary School K-5

At the elementary level, identified gifted students are served through the Program Challenge Enrichment Program. Students attend gifted resource classes one day a week.  These classes are taught at the Elementary Enrichment Center.  Students experience curriculum with an academic content foundation based on the state and system curriculum performance standards.  The focus of the elementary gifted curriculum is interdisciplinary enrichment activities.  The content and pacing of the curriculum is differentiated to the extent that activities are clearly not appropriate for more typical students at that grade level. 

In addition, students identified as gifted should receive appropriate differentiated curriculum and instruction in their regular school classrooms on days they are not attending Program Challenge. 

Middle School 6-8

Middle school gifted services are delivered through advanced content courses in English/Language Arts and Mathematics.  When possible, placement in academic classes is based on the student's area(s) of giftedness.  The content of these courses is based on state and system curriculum performance standards, but the course content, pacing, process skill emphasis and expected student outcomes differ from the course more typical students at that grade level would take. 

In addition, students identified as gifted should receive appropriate differentiated curriculum and instruction in their other classes. 

High School 9-12

At the high school, gifted services are delivered through advance content courses in the academic areas.  Honors, Advanced Placement (AP), and ACCEL Program (Joint Enrollment) courses provide advanced learning experiences for the high school gifted student. The content and pacing of the curriculum is differentiated to the extent that activities are clearly not appropriate for more typical students at that grade level.