Goals

• To identify outstanding intellectual potential in students and recognize that demonstrated exceptional abilities require differentiated educational services that match student needs.
• To offer a continuum of services designed to challenge academically gifted and talented students and to provide opportunities for the development of intellectual behaviors.
• To integrate differentiated services into the school environment through collaboration, implementation, and evaluation among all teachers, parents, and administrators.
• To support the district’s commitment to this program by providing educators with appropriate staff development and resources to meet the needs of academically talented students.
• To communicate the nature and needs of academically gifted and talented students within the school and community in order to build awareness and develop an understanding of talented students’ needs.