• K-6

    Gifted pupils in grades k-6 have site-based Cluster Grouping or they may apply to the Gifted Academy

    • Pupils will be serviced in all areas daily by the Gifted Cluster teacher.

    • Gifted pupils in grades 3 thru 6 will have the choice of:

      • Site-based Cluster Grouping

      • Applying for acceptance into the Elementary Gifted Academy - Bret R Tarver Leadership Academy

    • The K-6th grade magnet program is a program servicing gifted students in all content areas. 

    • The elementary gifted academy homogeneously groups gifted pupils with their intellectual peers for gifted classes. 

    • Content includes a broad based interdisciplinary curriculum that produces products that are varied and complex.  

      • Depth of Knowledge questioning

      • Socratic questioning strategies

      • Curriculum compacting and extensions

      • Differentiation

      • Enrichment  

      • Higher order questioning strategies

    • The Gifted Academy program also utilizes:

      • Extension activities

      • Project-based research

      • Teacher Mentoring/Coaching 

    7-8

    Pupils who qualify for the gifted program in grades 7-8 will have the choice of site-based cluster grouping or attending Marc T. Atkinson Middle School Gifted Academy

    • Pupils will be serviced in all areas daily by the cluster classroom teachers. 

    • All sites will offer:

      • Opportunities for curriculum enrichment

      • Differentiation in content, process, and product

      • Extension opportunities for content

      • Depth of Knowledge questioning

      • Curriculum compacting

    • In the Gifted Academy, pupils are flexibly grouped homogeneously and heterogeneously within their gifted classes.

      • Differentiation of instruction is used to meet the needs of pupils gifted in various areas and to various degrees.

      • Curriculum content and pacing are determined through cooperative planning between teachers and pupils.