INVENT AMERICA! is a nonprofit K-8 education program, launched in 1987, that helps children develop creative thinking and problem solving skills through a fun, unique and proven learning tool-- inventing! INVENT AMERICA! gives teachers special tools to help them encourage these critical skills in kids, to prepare them for the challenges of the 21st century.
Math Kangaroo is a popular international not-selective competition in mathematics for students in grades 1 through 12. The competition takes the form of a multiple choice test. Each participant is seen as a winner and receives recognition and gifts on test day.
The Quest Program for Highly Capable Learners is a pull-out program offered in Puyallup, Washington. Their website offers information on the program as well as resources for parents. QUEST also offers a self-contained full-time program for 3rd/4th and 5th/6th graders at two locations.
Motivated learners as young as 4 years old are invited to join The Packer Foundation Young Scholars Gifted Program. The learning opportunities are continuous from the Preschool, Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School levels. Enrichment offerings are available in the fall, winter, and summer. The program offers opportunities for academically talented students, pre-k through eighth grade, from more than 100 private and public west suburban schools in DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Cook counties Illinois, as well as homeschooling students.
In this Newbery Award winner, newlywed mice Abel and Amanda are out for a picnic in the woods when they are caught in a sudden storm. As they hide in a cave, a wind scoops up Amanda's scarf, and Abel tries to retrieve it. He is swept away and finds himself deserted on an island, where he is stuck and has different trials in trying to survive and escape the island.
Sam's big sister Anastasia thinks he's weird. Their parents say he's precocious. But Sam knows, even on the morning of his birth, when there are bright lights, and he's cold, and someone is messing with his belly button, that he's just Sam. And as the younger brother of the original drama queen herself Sam deserves a book all to himself. From the early moments at the hospital, to his first steps and words, to his lively days of nursery school, Sam escorts the reader through his mischief-filled life. His highly developed--and hilarious--verbal skills allow readers to get behind the fascinating logic of a toddler.
This book by author Jerry Pallotta uses a variety of different apples to teach kids about fractions. Playful elves demonstrate how to divide apples into halves, thirds, fourths, and more. Young readers will also learn about varieties of apples, including Golden and Red Delicious, Granny Smiths, Cortlands, and even Asian Pears.
A clever book about a museum whose displays have been replaced with forgeries. Readers will enjoy learning about some of the world's greatest artists and their works while solving this mystery story and figuring out the spot the difference puzzles.
The Bob Books are tiny sets of 4" x 5" books, perfect for little fingers. The series builds early reading skills incrementally starting with the beginning phonics sounds and uses a logical, structured method that has children reading right away. Part of the draw of these books is that young children can say they read the "whole book," thus increasing confidence. Clever and engaging black and white line illustrations are used (a child might even enjoy coloring them). The clever and humorous drawings help maintain attention.
For ages 9-12, this book looks at all aspects of the human body from the vantage point of this amazing control center known as the brain. It is full of humor and wacky cartoons making it fun for young students of neurology.
These books by author Dav Pilkey are for ages 7-10. The story is a superhero spoof: two misbehaving fourth-grade boys, Harold and George, hypnotize their school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. The boys have their hands full when the captain escapes and starts chasing bad guys in his underwear.
Mrs. Tabby's four kittens are born a bit different: they have wings. She has always hoped they might be able to escape the harsh city slums, and their wings will make that possible. One day they do fly away to the country, only to discover that life there has it's own dangers.
This book is a a unique new resource for children gifted in math that can be used as a classroom math enrichment resource and is a highly recommended resource for homeschooled children. Children love the fascinating true stories that tie math and science together, and will be challenged by 1,000 problems at three levels of difficulty.
Written by Cheryll M. Adams, Ph.D. and Rebecca L. Pierce, Ph.D., this easy-to-use, teacher-friendly book is a must-have for any educator wanting to differentiate instruction for the gifted or regular classroom. Differentiating instruction has become an integral part of classroom instruction, and tiering lessons is a practical, easy, and efficient way to ensure the various needs and learning levels of elementary students are met.
This fantasy, the first in the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne for ages 4-8, begins in a mysterious treehouse filled with stacks of books. When Jack wishes to see a Pteranodon for real after looking at a picture of one, he and Annie are transported through time and have some thrilling adventures in the prehistoric past.
Travel back in time to a land where people and Dinosaurs lived together, where your best friend might have been a dinosaur. A Englishman and his son get shipwrecked on a land known as Dinotopia. Before long they can write in the dinosaur alphabet, and tell time by a dinotopian clock. Is it fact or fiction? More books follow in this series.
Written by MaryAnn Kohl and Kim Solga for ages 4-8, this book includes short biographies and information about the styles and techniques of more than 75 famous artists, from the Dark Ages up to the present day (Ghiberti to Christo and Wyeth). For each artist, an accompanying studio art project suitable for K-6 children is included, designed to focus on the media, design elements, style or type of art, or subject most associated with each individual artist. Materials needed for all projects are specified, along with directions and a sample of a child's work.
For ages 4-8, this book includes lists of common Japanese words in a colorful format. The words are listed in Hiragana as well as English pronunciation.
Books in the series include: If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln; If You Grew Up with George Washington; If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King; If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War; If You Lived in Colonial Times; If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620; and If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad. The books are written in question and answer format, and provide information about what life was like at that time in history.
The creative lessons covered in this book by master teachers cover all of the core academic areas for grades K-6. Lessons include standards-based ojectives, interdisplinary connections that can be explored and discussed amd assessments strategies for each unit of instruction.
For parents and educators, this book delineates methods of addressing the needs of mathematically talented students younger than 12. The approaches described are based on the authors’ experiences with hundreds of talented students. They discuss educational options allowing students to move systematically through the elementary math curriculum while matching the curriculum to the students' abilities and achievements. The book includes problem sets from the Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary Schools as well as practical ideas for classroom teachers, mathematics mentors, and parents.
for grades 3-6, this book series covers many scientific subjects: biology, ecology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, etc. Complete with illustrations, activities and experiments to help children understand science.
The book demystifies the research process and provides tools students need to shape their research into substantive, well-written products that communicate with readers. Combining research with compelling writing is challenging for upper elementary and middle school students, but when done well, reports embody the passion that every student brings to the subject she or he loves.
The KONOS Character Curriculum is a multi-level, K-8 curriculum guide which allows a homeschooling parent to teach several ages of children from the same materials. The units are designed around desirable character traits, and incorporate many elements appropriate for gifted pupils, including an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum, challenging hands-on projects, enrichment suggestions, and the possibility of placing a child at accelerated or varied levels within the curriculum. A nondenominational Christian curriculum, this program was originally designed for Mrs. Hulcy's own highly gifted children.
Meet Jack and Annie. Jack is an eight year old boy who seeks adventure. In every trip, Jack takes notes to learn more interesting facts. He carries his little backpack almost everywhere with his useful supplies inside. Annie is Jack's little sister. Annie is just one year younger than Jack. These two siblings have great times together in many different places. Annie is a sweet, honest, considerate girl who looks up to Jack.
This series, for students from pre-K through grade 6, presents math skills based on grade level standards. Each concept is clearly explained visually and auditorily at the top of the page and then the child can practice as needed. There are tests at the end of each chapter to measure progress.
This book by Kristy Fulton explores the "math logic puzzles" concept in puzzle solving. Students are taught the basic premises behind each challenging puzzle: real-life patterns and puzzles such as Fibonacci's triangle, tangrams, and Sudoku. Resources for teaching math patterns are also included. For grades 2-4.
For ages 7-12, this book is about Matilda, a little girl who at age five-and-a-half is knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. She has two of the most self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. Trunchbull. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.
This unique book uses picture books to teach elementary students math concepts. Author Colleen Kessler feels strongly that all students should be challenged to experience and learn new things every day. She covers problem solving, geometry, algebra, measurement and probability. Grades 2-4.
For grades 1-4, this book offers material that goes beyond calculation skills for children who enter the primary grades already knowing basic concepts. This curriculum allows parents and teachers to instill a deeper level of mathematical understanding and thinking skills in young children while nurturing a love of mathematics.
For ages 9-12, this book will make you feel like you've stepped into the mind of someone famous (and have fun) while using deductive reasoning to solve unique and challenging puzzles. Fifty Quizzlers pit right brain against left brain in a struggle to decipher famous (and not so famous) quotations. In addition to the 50 Quizzlers, this book contains biographies of all the figures quoted. Explore the motivating thoughts of some of the world’s most inspired minds.
Real-Life Science Mysteries puts an exciting new spin on scientific thinking by profiling real-life scientists, showing students in grades 5–8 ways they can use science in their everyday lives. With the more than 30 activities included in Real-Life Science Mysteries, students will be required to try their hand at solving common science problems and performing experiments while learning about real people from diverse backgrounds, all of whom share a love for discovering how things work, why things work, and how they can work better.
For ages 4-8, the Rotten Ralph series is about a naughty cat, but his owner Sarah loves him anyway. These books track the adventures of Rotten Ralph as he plays at home, goes to school, and celebrates holidays. The books are funny, well illustrated, and are great beginning reading books.
For ages 4-8, this book is about Jean-Francois Champollion, whose dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past. In 1802, when Champollion was 11 years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges during the next 20 years as he searched for the elusive key to the mysterious writing -- and the fulfillment of his dreams.
For ages 8-12, this tale centers on Alex, a small kid who is the class clown and loves baseball. He is a very realistic character with whom children can identify, and he does some crazy things (a lot with what he says) that result in some hilarious situations.
This book by Judith Wynn Halsted, M.S. offers a list of recommended books for gifted students from preschool through high school. The author describes how to use books as bibliotherapy to provide support, guidance, and insight. This is an in valuable resource for parents looking for books to recommend to gifted readers not only to enjoy, but also to gain perspective on themselves and others. Click here to read a review of this book.
For ages 9-12, this book is an information sandwich with everything on it with tons of fun facts about your favorite movies, music, books, and sports and games, along with kid survival tips and techniques. Find out how to defend yourself against vampires, what to do if you're afraid of the dark, and how to look great in your school picture. You'll also find hundreds of addresses for kid-friendly Web sites (as well as information on how to visit them safely).
For ages 4-8, this book is about letting your dreams become your reality, being who you are, and bringing joy and a sense of freedom to all who come in contact with you. Mr. Plumbean turns the disaster of the "big orange splot" of paint dropped on his roof by a sea gull into an opportunity to break away from the constraints of conformity. You will smile as you read how his daring actions liberate his whole "neat street".
Written by Judy Galbraith, this book is a classic introduction to growing up gifted, the GUIDE has now been revised and updated for today’s bright, creative, talented kids. Based on new surveys of hundreds of gifted kids, it speaks directly to them. It includes first-person advice from boys and girls that’s pertinent, realistic, and inspiring. It answers readers’ questions about why they think and learn the way they do, what 'giftedness' and IQ really mean, different types of intelligence, how to handle high expectations, how to make school more challenging, how to cope with teasing, how to make friends, and much more. Click here to read a review of this book.
For ages 4-8, this book is well-organized with scientific information, attention-grabbing facts and accessible procedures for activities and projects. Chock-full of entertaining activities that will help inspire enthusiasm for the natural sciences, this is a terrific way to introduce kids to the real-life meaning of scientific concepts.
The Roman Mysteries is a collection of eight novels by author C. Lawrence and is for ages 9-12. Four additional books are planned in the series. Welcome to Ostia, the port of Rome, and the world of Flavia Gemina in 79 AD. The daughter of a Roman sea captain, she embarks on thrilling adventures with her friends Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus.
For ages 4-8, this story by Natalie Babbit is about a kingdom which is having a civil war over the definition of the word delicious. No one can agree about what delicious is. The prime minister's adopted child is sent to poll the kingdom about delicious.
This collection of classics is unabridged, lavishly illustrated in color and in black and white, featuring drawings, maps, photographs, diagrams and paintings, many are dated from the era in which the stories were written. There are hundreds of extended captions offering lively explanations of history, geography, culture, customs, animal world, architecture, literature and science. Titles include: Around the World in Eighty Days; The Call of the Wild; Heidi; The Jungle Book; Tom Sawyer; Treasure Island; and, Little Women.
For ages 4-8, Kenneth Grahame's classic book is about the adventures of several riverbank characters.
A 1940s Newbery Award winner for ages 9-12, this book by Ruth Stiles Gannett was reprinted for its 50th anniversary (with its two sequels in the same volume). In the first book, Elmer Elevator runs away with an alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon who is being exploited on a faraway island. Elmer outwits the various animal residents of the island using his own ingenuity and cleverness, and frees the dragon. Read more about their adventures in the two sequels.
Math need not be a lonely endeavor! This is a collection of 116 mathematics problems designed especially for groups. The problems focus on proportional reasoning, spatial visualization, and learning to generalize from patterns -- central pillars of any math curriculum. The book includes help for the teacher, a topics grid, and connections to several high-quality middle-grades math programs.
This book is intended for children in grades K-4 with developing visual perceptual skills. It has excercies in mazes, visual discrimination, visual closure, visual memory, visual sequential memory, and visual spatial relationship.
ASK (Arts and Sciences for Kids) is geared toward 2nd to 4th graders who are full of curiosity and imagination. With ASK, they'll explore the world with the greatest inventors, artists, thinkers, and scientists of the past and present, discovering how the ideas that shape our lives were formed. They'll read articles written by award-winning children's writers and follow serial stories about a group of young explorers who are excited about discovering the world. Each issue of ASK focuses on a single theme and encourages students' skill with puzzles, word plays, riddles, activities, cartoons, posters, lively art and photos.
Creative Kids magazine is the nation’s largest magazine by and for kids. The magazine bursts with games, stories, and opinions all by and for kids ages 8–14.
Each issue contains articles by acclaimed writers and scientists -- information that talks "to" (and not "down to") young readers. ODYSSEY helps children keep pace with the rapidly changing world of science by presenting its most exciting discoveries while preparing children for the challenges and rewards of the future. With ODYSSEY students will get the hottest news in all areas of science from around the world; read interviews with leading scientists; navigate the night sky with ODYSSEY's monthly star charts; and use activities to breathe life into science learning.
Ranger Rick is a monthly magazine about wildlife, for ages 7 and up. There is a featured animal each month accompanied by stories, poems, and fun activities to help kids learn about animals.
This distance learning program through EPGY offers English courses from the fourth-grade level through the Advanced Placement level. Students are placed into English Expository Writing courses based on age and standardized test scores.
Located on 94th Street between Park and Madison Avenues, Hunter College Campus Schools offer an elementary school for children from kindergarten to sixth grade and a high school from seventh to twelfh grade. The school is publicly funded and committed to serving a gifted student body. Students are taught to think critically and creatively. The curriculum emphasizes mastery of the arts and sciences. During the fourth through sixth grades teachers provide opportunities for students to explore topics in-depth. In addition to the material taught by homeroom teachers, children study areas known as "specials", which are taught by a specialist in the fields of foreign language, music, cultural arts, mathematics and others. Each year, 48 students are enrolled in the kindergarten program.
Schoolcraft College offers a Kids on Campus program that offers a large variety of exciting educational programs for children grades 1st - 12th. Classes are offered during the fall, winter, and summer semesters at times convenient for children and parents.
Montclair State University’s Academically Gifted and Talented Youth Program provides accelerated, inquiry based courses designed to meet the unique intellectual and social needs of high ability students. Gifted students in grades 1-11 have an opportunity to enroll in fall and spring weekend courses as well as a six week summer camp. Kindergarten students are eligible for spring semester. Students in grades 11 and 12 may enroll in college courses as part of our High Jump Program.
Consisting of approximately 100 programs designed to stimulate and challenge East Tennessee’s gifted students, from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, these classes are instructed by area experts and encourage student participation in hands-on activities.
Academy Hill School is a coeducational private day school for grades K-8, located in Springfield, Mass. According their web site, the student to teacher ratio is small, curriculum is compacted and learning is accelerated and enriched. Children are instructed individually and in small groups.
ACE Academy is a private, independent school for gifted students in Austin, Texas. ACE combines strong, integrated academic curriculum with a global outlook. Emotional intelligence, fine arts, foreign languages, robotics, multiple electives, and independent study provide gifted students with the ability groupings, depth, and pace they require to thrive. ACE Academy offers grades Pre-K (3 years) to high school.
At The Alexander Dawson School, we challenge our students every day with a careful blend of core academics, world languages, fine arts and athletics. Together, these disciplines prepare children for a future that demands they know the essentials and so much more. Dawson students are taught, mentored and coached by a highly qualified, dedicated faculty and staff which shares a vision that all students will achieve their individual potential in all aspects of the School’s curriculum and offerings.
Anderson is a private coeducational day school for elementary and middle school students, located in Fort Worth, Texas.
This school offers an extremely individualized curriculum.
Anova, a tuition-funded private school, will open in the fall of 2010 with three multi-age classrooms, serving students in Kindergarten-Grade 6. Anova will grow into a Pre-Kindergarten-Grade 12 school, offering accelerated students opportunity according to ability not age.
Barthelmes Conservatory is a non-profit organization offering a year-long music program. This after school schedule provides music education and is tailored to the needs of musically gifted and talented elementary and middle school youth displaying the potential to pursue music as a professional career.
Berkeley Hall School is committed to serving a diverse student body and seeks applicants with records of strong academic ability and achievement, solid citizenship, and high moral values. Parents must embrace the academic and ethical standards of the Berkeley Hall community and be willing to participate as partners with the school in their child's education.
This Washington state accredited private school for Preschool through 3rd Grade offers inquiry-based and hands-on programs for gifted children. Children are grouped by ability rather than age. IQ testing is required for admission; acceptance into the program generally requires a result greater than the 90th percentile for preschoolers or 95th percentile for kindergarten students.
The Brideun School for Exceptional Children is a private coeducational day school for grades 1-8, located in Lafayette, Colorado. The school is sponsored by The Center for Education Enrichment, and is designed to provide a balanced educational program for bright yet inconsistent learners. The four cornerstones of their program (Math; Science and Technology; Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences and Language Arts) offer a solid individualized curriculum. Brideun further combines mentoring for the enrichment of strengths and the support of their special education team to provide a comprehensive learning community for asynchronous students.
Located in Broomfield, Colorado, Broomfield Academy is a nationally accredited private elementary school offering small class sizes, individualized learning plans and an advanced curriculum. The school admits children ages 3 to 12 and offers a well-rounded curriculum including world language, music, art, technology, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, and physical education. Broomfield Academy also offers a before- and after-school program for working parents.
This coeducational public cyber school for K-8 grade students provides a new form of public school that students can attend from home. This is a free program that combines the strong parental involvement of homeschooling, the expertise and accountability of publicly funded education, and the flexibility of online classes. Parents pay no tuition for students to attend CCA. Students are considered to be enrolled in a public school and receive the loan of a desktop computer and a printer. Students are required to take all state mandated, standardized tests in person at locations designated by the school. Students are accepted from anywhere in the state.
Connections Academy® (CA) privately operates K-8 virtual public schools. Parents or other “Learning Coaches” deliver instruction using daily lesson plans and a Personalized Learning Plan for each student, whose progress is tracked through a Learning Management System that includes a computer and Internet connection. Connections Academy schools operate under management contracts from charter schools or school districts.
Cyprus Schools include three options: Classical Montessori, Cyprus Classical Academy, and Cyprus School of Music and the Arts. Since its founding, Cyprus has gained a reputation as being a quailty choice for a Montessori preschool program and an option for elementary for gifted and talented children. They now offer Cyprus School of Music and the Arts for private instrument lessons, group music classes, martial arts, and quality classes in the arts.
DaVinci Academy is a private coeducational day school for gifted children in grades K-8, located in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois.
DaVinci Academy believes in giving gifted students a solid educational foundation to build upon, and in preparing them for success throughout life. DaVinci Academy believes four important aspects of development - academic, creative, emotional, and social - enable the gifted child to reach his or her potential. All four aspects are incorporated in the child's learning experience at DaVinci.
Dunham Academy is an academically selective, private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in San Rafael, California. Dunham Academy was founded and incorporated in 1998 in San Rafael, California by Jennifer and Daniel Dunham as a nonprofit educational institution to meet the needs of the area's large population of academically talented students where families seek for their children an academically rigorous, independent education in a challenging and enriching environment.
Edlin School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Reston, Virginia. This school was established by two teachers with gifted children who found their needs were not being met in existing institutions. It is a nurturing place, relatively flexible, and quite small. There is a dress code; Willingness to make some accomodations for HG/EG/PG children.
Emerson School is a private coed day school for academically gifted students in grades K-8, in Ann Arbor, Mich. It has achieved success in developing the talents and strengths of the individual thanks to outstanding teachers and an innovative curriculum . The mission of Emerson School is to provide a whole child, multiple method approach to instruction for gifted and for academically talented students.
This non-profit organization was established in France in 1978. It arranges long-term language immersion exchanges for students ages 9-16. American students are paired with a student of their own age in France, Spain, or Germany. After the two are matched, they spend a year together: six months in their own country, with their own family, and six months with their exchange partner’s family. Teens 14 and up can participate for a period of as short as three months.
Evergreen School is a private coedcuational day school for grades PK-8, located in Shoreline, Washington.
The Evergreen School challenges and nurtures highly intelligent, creative children, fostering responsibility, love of learning and self-esteem. Evergreen offers an enriched curriculum using innovative educational techniques including independent and small, flexible group learning.
At Feynman School, the focus is on real understanding, not rote learning. Kids tinker, get their hands dirty, think and question in a fun, dynamic setting. In fall 2010, the school opened a preschool, pre-kindergarten classes and kindergarten class. Each year, they add a level and will reach eighth grade in 2019.
This is a private, progressive secular school based on a constructivist model of education. The K-5 curriculum is designed specifically for gifted students.
There is multi-dimensional learning, including social and emotional development, and a low student-to-teacher ratio of 8:1. Students are placed where they will be most comfortable socially and academically, not on their chronological ages.
IMACS is designed to give children a competitive edge by teaching them how to think critically using logic and reasoning. Headquartered in Plantation, Florida, IMACS offers after-school and weekend classes for gifted and talented 1st-12th grade students in math enrichment, computer programming and virtual robotics, electronics, university-level mathematics, and university-level computer science. Classes are held at various locations throughout South Florida and at affiliate locations in Connecticut, Missouri, and North Carolina. Some IMACS locations also offer a fun-filled Hi-Tech Summer Camp. Secondary school students not able to attend a local teaching center may take online courses through the distance learning division, eIMACS.
Las Cruces Academy is a private, non-profit, secular school for gifted and academically advanced children who thrive in this alternative to other schools. The focus is on languages, math, and science, but the Academy fills out a good education with a variety of other subject areas.
The Logan School for Creative Learning is a private coed day school for children ages 5-15, located in Denver, CO. The Logan School provides a challenging environment that addresses the intellectual, emotional, and social needs children. Students have an individualized curriculum for his/her unique readiness level, learning style, and personal interests, and decisions are made each year about appropriate placement of students, depending upon their needs and progress.
The Long Island School for the Gifted (LISG) is a private coeducational day school for gifted students in grades K-9, located in Huntington Station, New York. This is an academically rigorous school with a fairly traditional approach to education. The curriculum for each grade level is about 2 years ahead of other (non gifted) schools. Each graduating ninth grader enters high school having already earned several credits and is in a position to accelerate through the high school curriculum.
This school stands as the Rocky Mountain pioneer in gifted and talented education. The holistic, well-rounded educational program focuses on the mind and the heart and nurtures the social, emotional, physical, and creative needs of gifted children, as well as academic ones. Mackintosh Academy employs the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme curricular framework, which helps ensure that each individual student is engaged, challenged, pushed to be an independent thinker.
Montessori Center Academy, a private organization in Pennsylvania, offers alternative curriculum that encourages peer and cooperative learning. The school is also concerned with individual learning styles and aptitudes to maximize each child’s potential up through the sixth grade.
The Nueva School is a private coeducational day school for gifted and talented students in grades PK-8, in Hillsborough, Calif. It's vision is to create a dynamic educational model where gifted and talented children learn to make choices that benefit the world.
Open Window School now serves students in grades K-8. Vista Academy, the OWS middle school division, offers a unique and challenging program to students in grades 6-8. Open Window School/Vista Academy offer a differentiated curriculum at all grade levels targeting the needs of students.
Peabody School is a private, coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Peabody School is an independent, nonprofit, nondenominational school for intellectually advanced children. The School's mission is to provide an enriched educational environment that engages each child at his or her own level and promotes development at a rate commensurate with ability.
Pear Tree Point School is a small private coeducational day school for grades PK-5 in Darien, Connecticut. Its mission is to provide a challenging and stimulating academic program in a nurturing environment so that children of average and superior abilities can thrive. It is dedicated to developing the potential within each child, using the best in curriculum, research-based teaching, technology, and staffing to create a stimulating and nurturing learning environment. In addition to helping children reach high standards of academic achievement, our faculty creates a close-knit community, where children experience a strong sense of belonging and enjoy the self-confidence that comes from reaching goals.
Pegasus School is a private, coeducational day school for gifted students in grades PK-8, located in Huntington Beach, California. The Pegasus School promotes academic excellence in a supportive environment that develops active learners and creative problem solvers who are eager to apply their knowledge to real life experiences. We are committed to providing unique opportunities to achieve through a challenging curriculum that also encourages character development and traditional values.
Quest Academy is an Independent School educating and nurturing gifted students in grades PreK-8. The school offers a liberal arts curriculum that challenges and inspires gifted children along with character education and service learning. Small classes are designed to allow for teachers to meet the individual needs of students through differentiation and individualized learning plans. All classrooms use state of the art SmartBoard technology.
The Rhoades School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Encinitas, California. The Rhoades School was established in 1980 to provide a safe haven for the intellectual, creative and human potential of very able children. The children at the Rhoades school receive individual attention from a faculty and staff committed to contributing to each student's fulfillment and happiness as adults.
The Sage School is a private coeducational day school for ages 4 - 14, located in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The school is set in three divisions: Primes (ages 4 - 7), Juniors (ages 7 - 10), and Seniors (ages 10 - 14). Students are grouped by instructional level, not by chronological age, and their progression through the curriculum is determined by mastery of skills. Each student has an individual learning path that allows them to learn at a pace and depth matching their abilities. The school provides a complete curriculum as well as extracurricular clubs and programs for students to participate in. Details regarding Curriculum, Tuition, and the Admission process are available on the web site.
San Tan School for the Gifted offers tuition-free, K-6, self-contained gifted classes. Each student follows an individualized curriculum path ensuring they are kept at their cutting edge.
The Seabury School is a private coeducational day school for grades Pre K-8, located in Tacoma, Washington. The Mission of the School is to: empower and enable gifted students to fulfill their potential and become confident and competent learners and citizens.
Seattle Country Day School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Seattle, Washington. Our mission is to provide an extraordinary educational experience for children of high intellectual and creative promise.
The school offers a multicultural arts and education program. They currently enroll approximately 100 students with a total teaching staff of 19 including specialists in drama, Spanish, music, karate, dance, physical education and art.
Stargate Charter School is a public coeducational charter school for grades K-8, located in Thornton, CO. Stargate School is a high quality, progressive and well-managed school that challenges each student's intellectual abilities, provides for character development and instills a life-long love of learning.
Sterling Montessori Academy and Charter School is comprised of two separate educational entities. The Academy serves children ages 3 – 5, and is a tuition based program. The Charter School serves children ages 6 – 14, which includes Kindergarten through 8th grade. Each institution has individualized admissions procedures.
Summers-Knoll School is a private coed day school for gifted students in grades K-8, located in Ann Arbor, Mich. Through individualized instruction, students can progress at their own academic pace and are not pitted competitively against each other, but challenged to improve relative to their own performances. Summers-Knoll students learn to take on increased responsibility for their own learning as they mature.
Sunridge Learning Center is a public Montessori school for grades K-6. Please contact the Sunridge Learning Center for more information.
Sycamore School provides a full-time educational program to meet the needs of academically gifted students. The faculty sets criteria for evaluating students' academic progress, and it promotes and expects the development of personal responsibility, task commitment, self-discipline, independent learning, and respectful conduct. High standards of behavior and performance, as well as high aptitude, are expected.
This small private school is for "intellectually excited" students and focuses on science, math & technology. It has its own weather station including Doppler, TV station, hypospherium, planetarium, observatory and state of the art computer labs. The 4th through 8th grade program has been well established for over 15 years, and the Primary school (grades K-3) opened in 2000.
The Avery Coonley School is an independent school whose mission is to provide a learning environment that is appropriate both for academically bright and gifted children, preschool through eighth grade, who are motivated to learn and have demonstrated the potential for the scholastic achievement necessary to succeed in a challenging academic program, in order that they may become positive, productive, and respectful members of society.
The Melrose School is a private coed Episcopal day school for grades PK-8 in Brewster, New York. The school's mission is to educate students while encouraging them to develop self-confidence, moral and spiritual values, and intellectual proficiency. Our belief is that education should teach rigorous intellectual habits and develop skills that will enable the student to excel not only academically, but in all areas of life. We, as a school, recognize that quality education requires collaboration among teachers, parents and the student and are committed to maintaining an atmosphere that promotes this relationship. We strive to instill a strong foundation so that our students are prepared to succeed in the challenging world.
The South Bay's only school for the gifted, grades 4-12, with a strong AP program and capacity to handle gifted and challenged children. Students get a classical education, which challenges them to read great books and ideas in each of the arts and sciences. The intellectual freedom and rigor encourage students to think critically and imaginatively as they develop character and leadership abilities; they will become mature adults who can solve the world's problems.
University Child Development School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-5, located in Seattle, Washington. Each child has unique talents, unique ways of thinking and understanding. Each child develops those talents at varying rates. UCDS welcomes this uniqueness, and structures its classrooms so that each child is involved in appropriate kinds and levels of learning.
Wayland Academy is a small private coeducational day school for gifted students in grades K-6, located in Framingham, Mass. Wayland Academy believes that elementary school is a crucial time to lay the foundation for future academic success. Children should be provided with a structured and intellectually stimulating environment in which they feel secure and know that their accomplishments are valued. Their main goal is to provide each youngster with a superior educational background in a warm supportive environment in which he or she is motivated to do their utmost.
Avid Academy for Gifted Youth provides extra-curricular Math and Physics Olympiad and Problem Solving Programs to gifted students in grades 3 - 11. The Academy prepares students to take on the most rigorous math and science curriculum sequences. They can guide students and their families in developing their math talent through enrichment and accelerated classes, elite summer camps, and high school math and science research programs.
Math in Focus offers the authentic Singapore math pedagogy with fewer topics taught in greater depth at each grade level. The program features visual representations and modeling strategies to solve complex problems; a consistent concrete-pictorial-abstract progression; and strong development of both conceptual understanding, place value, and computational fluency so students that understand the “how” as well as the “why.”
A K-8th grade charter school, serving
advanced, gifted, twice-exceptional and typical learners who want to excel! AACL provides personal learning plans, advanced content, hands-on porjects, thematic units, and is tuition free with no admission requirements.
This elementary and middle school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
This elementary school, as well as other schools in this district, have been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
The mission of Balboa Magnet School as developed by the members of the school community is to engage all students from all social, cultural, economic and linguistic backgrounds in a stimulating, well-balanced educational program. This program encourages students' strengths and creativity enabling them to effectively meet the challenges that await them in adult society.
Opened in the fall of 2006 with grades K-3, Beacon Academy, a tuition-free public school, has two classes per grade covering K-8. Enrollment is approximately 400 students and the school is located in the lower level of the Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove. What makes Beacon Academy different from most other Core Knowledge schools is the inclusion of comprehensive Spanish instruction at each grade level. Spanish is used daily to enrich specific lessons in many classrooms. Beacon Academy is not an immersion school but a FLES-language program that includes daily instruction in Spanish along with supplemental Spanish instruction in other curricula areas. This school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
The Academically Accelerated Individualized Model (AAIM) is a full-time elementary gifted delivery model. The curriculum of AAIM is flexible, based on the abilities of the students. Curriculum is integrated and includes basic skill development, interpersonal skill development, enrichment activities, and academic acceleration based on need and the developmental level of the student. Students are recommended by their gifted teacher and must go through a portfolio process to be admitted to this model.
Buist Academy is a gifted & talented elementary and middle school for exceptionally bright children.
Candeo Peoria a non-profit, Arizona state-approved public charter school serving children in grades K-6.
At this school, all students are tested in math and reading. Then, they are placed according to their level either in independent study groups or even the next grade level for these subjects. They also have a pull-out gifted enrichment program.
This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students. Pull-out services, including math acceleration, are provided in the Cottage (a modular near the southeast corner of the building), while other services are provided by the classroom teachers.
Challenge School is a public coeducational day magnet school within the Cherry Creek School District, for grades K-8, located in Denver, Colorado.
This public elementary school has been identified as working with gifted students in terms of grade and subject acceleration within certain classes. They have also worked with students to respond to individual needs. They also have a high ability program, which has been flexible for profoundly gifted kids.
Charyl Stockwell Academy (CSA) is a public charter elementary and middle school serving K-8. With high academic expectations and providing character education, CSA offers small class sizes, continuous progress, and a mastery learning system in non-graded, multi-age classrooms. CSA also offers a program specifically for gifted students.
Chatsworth Elementary School is a public "multi-age magnet" day school for grades K-5, located in Reistertown, Maryland. Students are placed in mixed groups of K-1, 2-3, or 4-5 grade students. Enrollment is accomplished through a lottery system. The multi-age environment is conducive to ability group regardless of age.
This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students in subjects.
Dimensions Academy is a self-contained classroom-based program designed to meet the needs of highly/profoundly gifted learners, in grades 4-8.
Discovery Academy is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Edgewater, Florida.
The director and founder of this school is the parent of a profoundly gifted child and has created a learning environment that appears to be very gifted-friendly. The school claims that most of their students are working above typical grade level by 2-3 years. Each student is assessed and given appropriate level materials in every subject.
This public charter school, which has grades K-8 with K-5 as elementary and 6-8 as middle school, allows grade acceleration as well as subject acceleration in math.
This private, coeducational day school for grades K-8 is dedicated to serving the educational needs of gifted and talented children. Students are allowed to move as quickly as they can through basic subjects without unnecessary repetition or drill. They then have time to pursue those subjects at a more complex level, to explore new areas, or to develop other skills and talents.
The Gifted and Talented Program is available for all Edison students who qualify based on potential. Identifiable characteristics, extraordinary abilities and accomplishments and/or demonstrated needs. High acheiving students may be placed in the Highly Gifted and Talented (HGT) classrooms on a space available basis as well as meeting specified criteria.
Edison Regional Gifted Center is a school built upon the dedication of great educators and very supportive parents. Since 1975, Edison Regional Gifted Center has welcomed thousands of gifted and high-ability students through its doors and graduated some of the most well-prepared, disciplined and top-performing students in the state.
Established in 2009, The Elko Institute for Academic Achievement is northeastern Nevada's first K-8 public charter school. Beginning in the 2010-2011 school year, students will be grouped by ability rather than age. In 2010, 200 students attended this school with enrollment based on a lottery system.
Explorer Elementary has adopted an enrichment program to support the reading program used by the classroom teachers. Accelerated Reader (AR) is a nationally recognized program developed by Renaissance Learning. While it is primarily motivational, Accelerated Reader also provides a measurement of student reading practice.
Founded in 1948 by a group of parents looking for an uncommon education for their children, Far Brook is an independent, nonprofit, coeducational day school for students from nursery through 8th grade. Far Brook values character as much as achievement, process as much as product. Our curriculum is unified by inter-disciplinary studies of thematic units and great historical eras which allow a child to relate himself to the universe and to the history of mankind.
The Sarasota County north area Magnet Program for Gifted Students is housed at Fruitville and provides services for eligible students in an elementary school setting while preparing them to move on to other sites for the middle school years. This program is for students enrolled in grades 1-5.
Students attend G·tec once a week for approximately 1 1/2 hours after school. The curriculum has been carefully developed by the director, in consultation with a team of dedicated and respected leaders affiliated with higher learning institutions such as Columbia University, Wayne State University, Pace University, Pratt University, Whitney Museum, New York Botanical Garden, Mystic Life Aquarium, Eastchester High School, and more! Students are exposed to a balanced program of visual arts, history, science, and computer literacy.
This public elementary school in Hoover, Alabama was identified as having an acceleration policy in place for highly and profoundly gifted students.
This elementary school, as well as other elementary schools in this district, have been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
Horizons Program in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a public school program for highly gifted students in grades K-7. Horizons is built around the concept that highly gifted students are special and unique. Their learning style is so radically accelerated that their educational experience must differ from regular education. Students in the program advance academically 1.5 to 4 years in one school year.
IGNITE is a pull-out program for gifted students in 2nd through 6th grades who meet the eligibility criteria under the State Gifted education plan. IGNITE offers enrichment opportunities that incorporate universal themes with classroom learning. IGNITE teachers may with students from as many as seven schools with multiple grade levels represented in each class section. Each certified gifted student recieves 2-3 hours per week of gifted services. There are 19 service schools and transportation is provided for students to attend IGNITE away from their home schools.
Iles School is a public coeducational gifted magnet school for students in grades 1-5, located in Springfield, Illinois. Gifted and talented students throughout the school district coming together at one site has produced the model for self-contained classes for gifted and talented students at Iles.
This elementary school has been identified as allowing subject acceleration for profoundly gifted students in mathematics.
Judson Montessori School is a private coeducational day school for ages 3-14, located in San Antonio, Texas. The mission of the Judson Montessori School is to provide a personalized education, using the
Montessori method and philosophy, to support each student's development while fostering a love of learning. The school offers a faculty:student ratio of 1:10 as well as after-school enrichment programs. We see ourselves as partners with parents,
guiding students to achieve their full potential in academic, social, physical, intellectual, aesthetic, and moral development from early childhood through adolescence.
Kennard Classical Junior Academy is a public, gifted/magnet school for grades PreK-5th. Noted for a rigorous course of study, its curriculum encourages students to approach learning creatively. Students explore, experiment and engage in critical thinking as they gain lifelong learning skills.
Lakewood City Schools provide an exceptional program for gifted students and encourage subject acceleration as well as artistic and creative learning.
This K-4 public elementary school was identified as allowing fluidity for 3rd and 4th graders in math. The district, Illinois District 90, has been supportive of subject acceleration in math allowing students to take accelerated math at any point between 3rd and 8th grade. The two elementary schools have run an accelerated 4th grade math class that compacts the Everyday Math 5th and 6th grade curricula into a single year for as few as one and as many as six children in a class.
This K-5 school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students. They also have an accelerated math and reading program.
Lowell Elementary School is a public coed day school in Seattle, Washington. Lowell is home to one of the Seattle Public School District's all-city-draw programs, the Accelerated Progress Program (APP). APP offers accelerated instruction for students who perform within the top 1% on standardized tests. It offers a challenging curriculum designed and taught in a socially and ethnically diverse setting. The APP curriculum matches the student's competency level while allowing them to remain with children their own age.
Manchester GATE School is a 2-6 grade magnet school in the Fresno Unified School District. This elementary school offers a multitude of opportunities in academics and extra-curriculars for gifted and talented students.
This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
Maxwell students leave the school proficient in both English and Spanish. This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
This public charter school, designed for children of extremely high intellectual ability in grades K-8, provides numerous enrichment classes. The goal of the Academy is to provide an environment tailored to the unique needs of gifted children.
Millburn School is a public coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Wadsworth, Illinois. Millburn is committed to efficiently preparing students to become productive, responsible members of a changing world by providing a nurturing environment that stimulates a voluntary desire to learn and educational experiences that rigorously promote the realization of individual potential and excellence in achievement.
This program provides a learning environment for students in grades 3 through 5 that enriches, accelerates, and extends the MCPS curriculum. It is designed to meet the needs of highly gifted and motivated learners in mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies. The program focuses on critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, and communication skills.
"New Horizons Academy exists to assist children who have learning differences. Students with learning differences are those who do not achieve to their full potential in conventional education programs using traditional teaching methods. New Horizons Academy offers specific educational programs for students with learning differences in the area of giftedness, processing difficulties and attention problems."
Located in Orlando, FL, the New School of Orlando is a private coed day school for grades K-8 with an approach based on Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory that exposes children to all aspects of intellectual exploration.
"The Newcomb Academy school community believes that each student must be prepared for a global society by developing the study skills and organizational skills for academic success in school and college, being physically and emotionally fit, communicating articulately, contributing as a member of the community, appreciating diversity in our multicultural world, and being technologically literate."
This day school accepts students Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade. The curriculum cornerstones are mathematics and reading; students also work on computers, science, social studies, French, logic, music, and art. Students are grouped chronologically by age and move through classes as a group. Two teachers per classroom facilitate individualized student learning plans. Details regarding curriculum, tuition, and special events are included on the web site.
ODC is a centralized, full-time, gifted school designed to house students in grades two through five. Parents of children interested in attending this school must complete an application. All applicants are assessed in terms of determining the best educational environment to suit his or her academic needs.
This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School is a coeducational public school in grades K-7 for Pennsylvania students. Students and parents connect to the school, the lessons, assessments, teachers, and each other online. Each student who enrolls in the Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School will be loaned a computer system from the school—including a computer, printer, and other necessary hardware—and an Internet connection. As a public charter school, PAVCS does not charge tuition.
Pine Crest is home to one of the six Centers for the Highly Gifted in Montgomery County Public Schools. Selected students from the elementary schools in the Blair, Einstein, and Kennedy Clusters attend our Center. The goal of the program is to provide exceptionally gifted and motivated 4th and 5th grade students with a full-time instructional program that is accelerated and enriched. It is designed for students who learn at a faster pace and who can handle advanced concepts of greater complexity.
Located on the northeast edge of downtown Denver, Ebert Elementary is the home of the Polaris Program (serving grades K-5). The Polaris Program at Ebert is a program dedicated to meeting the needs of highly gifted and high achieving students. It has operated as an independent site in the Denver Public Schools, and is the only such school.
The ACCESS Alternative Program is designed for only the most highly capable students in the Portland, Oregon area. An interested parent group formed a committee to propose a school for highly gifted students and in February 2002 the PPS Board approved the ACCESS Alternative Program with an opening 2003.
In the School District of University City, the Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students (PEGS) provides an enhanced curriculum appropriate for exceptionally gifted students in grades 2-12.
Rainard School is a private coeducational day school for academically gifted students through 12th grade, located in Houston, TX. Rainard School embraces the needs of gifted children by nurturing the individual's intellectual growth, social skills, and emotional development in an environment that inspires the joy of learning.
In 2009, two elementary schools, Aztec and Zuni, merged to form Redfield. Redfield offers several gifted-related programs, including pull-out programs, self-contained gifted classes and Gifted Culture Model Classrooms. They also have multi-age classrooms and the Accelerated Reader program.
Ricks Center for Gifted Children is a private coedcuational day school for preschool through middle school grades, located in Denver, Colorado. In cooperation with the College of Education [at the University of Denver], Rick's Center provides model program services to students who show exceptional, differentiated ability and learning needs.
Ridgecrest is a regular elementary with a zoned population while also being home to a full-time gifted program called The Center for Gifted Studies, a magnet program serving gifted students. Students come from all over Pinellas County for this program - from the Skyway area to Tarpon Springs, and from Tampa Bay to the Gulf. The program is part of the Choice/Magnet Options offered in the district.
This elementary school has been identified as allowing subject (math) acceleration for profoundly gifted students, as well as early acceptance.
The San Jose Highly Gifted Magnet Center is a public school in California for profoundly gifted students. It encourages personal development within an environment of peers with supplemental activities such as a Shakespearean drama program, field trips, a supplemental science program, and yoga/dance.
Science & Arts Academy (SAA) is an independent, non-denominational, co-educational, not-for-profit day school for students preschool through middle school. The unifying mission of SAA is to provide a stimulating environment in which intellectually or creatively gifted children can realize and learn to celebrate their full academic and artistic potential.
The Self-Contained Gifted Program located at Sonoran Sky Elementary School serves highly and profoundly gifted students in grades K through 6. The Self-Contained Gifted Program is designed for high achieving, highly gifted students whose needs may not be met by the other gifted programs offered in the district. In this program, students generally work two or more years beyond grade level with intellectual peers.
Soundview School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Lynnwood, Washington. We believe that highly capable children enthusiastically nurtured in a strong academic and creative environment will become highly capable young adults for whom adventure, honor, and success are joyously routine.
Spring Hill is a public elementary school where the talents of bright and gifted children are recognized, nurtured and developed to their full potential. The school's accelerated and enriched curriculum supports academic success and encourages a spirit of inquisitiveness and creativity.
Steppingstone School is dedicated to addressing the unique, individualized, and often-asynchronous developmental needs that face many gifted children in the elementary age group. By nurturing and supporting gifted children through academic, social and emotional development, Steppingstone believes that the child's chance of success can be greatly enhanced. Steppingstone's mission is to provide an environment that will enable our students to become confident, generous, and inquisitive learners who will have the foundation upon which to become leaders.
The Greenville County Gifted Center provides an innovative learning environment for students with high intellectual potential in grades 3-8. Students will be supported in distinctive ways to develop as thinkers and well-rounded young people who make responsible, ethical contributions to the
cultural, social and community activities of a global society.
Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 currently houses 500 students in grades two through eight of Elizabeth's Gifted and Talented Program.
This New York public school (PS334) provides accelerated education for students in grades K-8. Its program is designed to meet the specific needs of children with superior intellectual potential. Their commitment is to the whole child: balancing social, emotional and academic development in a stimulating environment where children can become producers as well as consumers of knowledge.
The Country Day School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Madison, Alabama. We believe that learning should be a joyful experience, consisting not only of the mastery of academic skills, but also of growth in creative and critical thinking. Since confident students become successful adults, programs center on activities designed to build skills and self-assurance. As students are taught to become proficient in reading, writing, speaking, listening, computing, thinking, and analyzing, they learn to value their own unique gifts and to recognize those of others.
The Einstein Academy believes that education is a collaborative experience. Parents, teachers, and students work together as a team to maximize each student's learning potential. This school guarantees class sizes will never exceed 12 students.
Gifted and Talented Program for grades K-5: For our students identified as Gifted and Talented, The Rice School offers the inclusion model of the G/T program. Students remain in the regular classroom and are provided with differentiated learning opportunities that include modifying the depth, complexity, and pacing of the general curriculum. After-school courses are also offered to promote our G/T students pursuit of independent research.
This private, nonsectarian academy serves gifted and talented students, pre-K through 8th grade, in the north metro Houston, Texas area. In groups of two to 12 students, each student receives instruction tailored to his/her particular needs. In addition, students have the opportunity to travel to museums, art galleries and work places in order to enhance classroom learning.
The Weiss School has gained recognition throughout the state in student competitions, teacher accolades and school-wide commitment to gifted education. The core curriculum combines a firm foundation of skills and knowledge with the development of reasoning and thinking abilities that allow Weiss students to become lifelong learners.
Public elementary school with a Gifted & Talented Magnet program, Grades 1-5. Tyler Elementary School’s purpose is to educate all students to their highest level of academic performance, regardless of previous academic performance, socio-economic status, race, or sex. We provide an atmosphere that enhances each child’s social/emotional growth and positive self-image. Our teachers and staff accept the responsibility to maintain high expectations for each student.
This elementary school, as well as other elementary schools in this district, have been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.
Within Webster Elementary School is housed two very special programs. Classrooms for Livonia's Alternative Classrooms for the Academically Talented (ACAT) Program and the Northwest Wayne County program for students who have cognitive impairments. The community of Webster Elementary School dedicates itself to ensuring a safe, nurturing, learning environment that facilitates personal growth and meaningful interactions of all children and adults. Students will leave our school empowered to think clearly, care deeply, and act wisely.
Windsor Park Elementary, an exemplary campus, is a full-time magnet school for Corpus Christi I.S.D. gifted and talented students in grades one through five.
Space Voyage programs bring to life the importance of math and science, reinforces concepts identified in academic content standards, build confidence through genuine achievement and offer a fun place for kids to imagine the possibilities, learn and grow. Parents of gifted children report that the program is challenging and supportive of their gifted children. The Summer Camp offers 10 weeks to choose from for ages 5-16.
The Gifted Students Network (GSN) teamed with Amuseum, Davis Science, Math and Technology Magnet School and Newport Sea Base to offer the Saturday Academy from 9 a.m. to noon for Exploratorium-age students (grades 1-4), plus a series for Upper Academy students (grades 5-8) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Summer Residential Programs sponsored by the Gifted Education Resource Institute offer "accelerated and enriched learning experiences in mathematics, science, the humanities, and the arts" for academically talented youth. Enrichment programs for ages 4 through 4th grade, as well as residential summer camps for students in grades 5-12 are available. The program also presents the opportunity for students to interact and establish lasting friendships with cognitive peers.
Kids and College is an expanded enrichment program for all students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12th. Classes are designed for four different age categories to help all students explore new interests, gain additional skills, and start the process of life long learning. Programs include: Discovery Crew PreK to 3rd Grade; Kids on Campus 4th to 8th Grade (Summer Program); Investigators 4th to 8th Grade; Home School Connections 4th to 12th Grade; and, G.O.L.D. 9th to 12th Grade.
Drury University and Springfield Public Schools work together to sponser a summer experience for gifted students grades K-1, called Summer Pals, and for grades 2-5, called Summer Quest. Class size is limited to 16 students. Courses are taught by highly qualified, effective teachers who understand and use both enrichment and accleration. Courses are hands-on, activity oriented and highly motivating. The goals of Summer Quest are: To provide opportunities for students to interact with peers of similar academic abilities and interests, to encourage students to use their intellectual and creative abilities, and to allow students to pursue areas of interest they would not have a chance to study.
At the University of Iowa, Belin-Blank Center Summer Programs students can enjoy taking challenging courses, connecting with interesting classmates, and learning from inspirational teachers. Explore a variety of cultural and recreational activities that encourage friendships and extend your learning outside the classroom.
Experience college life as you live, study, and play in university classrooms, laboratories, dining halls, and recreational centers.
This day camp, located in Westchester County, New York, offers two enrichment sessions in the summer, one three-week and one four-week session. There is a program specifically for gifted pre-K students and another program for gifted students in K - 9. Students can attend the morning workshop, or stay all day and attend the afternoon challenge as well.
College Gate is a non-profit organization offering classroom based academic summer enrichment programs for students currently in kindergarten through 3rd grade.College Academy is a classroom based academic summer program for students currently in grade 4 through grade 8.
Gifted, talented and high-achieving students in kindergarten through eighth grade have the opportunity to take courses in creative writing, visual and performing arts, world cultures, math and sciences, art, and technology through this program at Manchester Community College in Connecticut.
Expeditions for gifted, talented and creative 3rd and 4th graders is an educational summer program designed to provide an enjoyable, stimulating learning environment aimed at meeting the particular needs of these students in the company of other capable learners.
The Read, Write & Type!™ Learning System provides systematic instruction with engaging games and lively graphics to help children learn to read. As children progress through the 40-lesson adventure, they become empowered to tackle the new words they encounter both in their reading and writing. But most of all, Read, Write & Type!™ is fun and easy to use.
The Summer Program for G/T Students (STARS) at Xavier University in New Orleans is a two-week commuter program for gifted/talented children in grades 1-8. Students choose from many diverse enrichment classes, including creative dramatics, science and technology.
The University of Louisiana Monroe's Summer Program for Talented and Gifted Students is a commuter day camp offering two-week sessions for elementary students. The curriculum has been designed to enhance cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills for high achieving students.
Summer Laureate University for Youth is a three week summer educational program in Little Rock, Arkansas for grades K-7 that provides unique learning experiences for students to explore and expand their talents and abilities in a university environment. The Summer Program offers a variety of classes taught by a staff that includes graduate students seeking masters' degrees in teaching the gifted and talented, certified master teachers, and other experts.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Center for Gifted Education offers several summer programs for academically, creatively, and artistically talented students. Creative Exploration for Preschoolers: A 2-week program for high-ability pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) children. Interdisciplinary classes meet 1 1/2-2 hours per day and emphasize advanced developmental skills, interpersonal communication, and creativity. UL Lafayette Academic Enrichment Program: One of the nation's oldest and largest enrichment programs for academically and artistically talented students; summer mini-courses for qualified students from kindergarten through the 8th grade. Summer Scholars Residential Program: A one-week residential program for students with high academic, artistic, or leadership potential.
Explore Earth's features, creatures, and cultures in a one week long day camp program offered in the summer at the Natural History Museum (ages 3-13) or the at the Page Museum at the Tar Pits (ages 7-13). Hands-on experiences and behind the scenes tours and fun activities for children. Full day or half day option.
The Whiz Bang Science Program at Colorado College is a two-week program for elementary students entering grades 1-6. Students enrolled in the program participate in a wide variety of interactive, hands-on exploratory science activities designed to foster science process skills through guided scientific investigations.
Education Unlimited® provides academic summer camps & precollege summer programs for students entering grades 4-12. The California summer camps and Massachusetts summer programs include public speaking camps, summer college admissions prep programs, science camps for girls, summer acting camp, creative writing camp, computer camp, video production camp and East Coast college tours.
Offered through Stanford University, the Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) hosts a series of summer programs for gifted students. Summer programs include: the Summer Institutes Residential Program (ages 13-17), the Summer Institutes Residential Middle School Program (ages 11-14), e-learning courses (ages 5-18) and a virtual summer school for adult students.
The Gifted Students Academy Exploratorium is an all-day innovative program for gifted and talented students presently in grades 1-4. The Exploratorium is an integrated program of art, creative writing, computers, math and science. The Exploratorium provides a multimedia approach with computers and the web, science, art, language arts, and recreational activities. Introduction to life on a college campus while experiencing hands-on laboratory activities and experiments make the one-week program memorable. Sessions are from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily with an hour lunch in the UCI Dining Hall.
This mixed media electronic project kit helps kids learn the basics of electricity and electronics. Contains a control panel with LED digital display, photoelectric cell and light emitting diodes.
This website contains books and educational software designed to help children receive higher grades and improve their test scores. Products are designed for chidren grades PreK-8.
Dedicated to the promotion of student achievement, this distance learning school (grades PreK-6) seeks to integrate learning and technology into its online curriculum. Animation, audio, and video instruction enhance learning activities and students are offered the option of an assigned teacher. Compass also provides a free placement test for children - helping parents and educators determine appropriate course work.
This mixed-media program is a fun, educational, entertaining upbeat music CD and video series for kids ages 3-8. These CDs and videos feature Spanish songs, counting songs, spelling songs, songs about manners, and a poetic story. They also feature everyday children from local communities interacting and learning with Ms. Maria. COOL SCHOOL WITH MS. MARIA is a program that offers children an opportunity to learn while providing entertainment to captivate their attention. It’s a fun, musical, educational tool for parents and teachers.
This online curriculum resource is filled with learning opportunities for grades PK - 4. There are worksheets, games, information, jokes, printouts, craft ideas and more about many topics.
Jump start offers a wide range of educational software. They offer products for Toddlers up to the 5th grade.
Tin Man Press originates and publishes thinking-skills materials for the elementary school grades. Books and card sets are used in gifted programs and conventional classrooms, and also by home schoolers and parents. Tin Man Press offers a variety of fun activities including the "Think About" series, "Brain Stations", and the "Discover Series" of 24 card sets.
The WordMasters Challenge is a fun and mind-stretching classroom competition for Language Arts students in grades 3 - 12.
This curriculum uses peridodicals and an interactive online community to encourage reading. Weekly Reader is a leader in the educational field and a publisher of materials for elementary and secondary schools.
This site offers a free reading incentive program encourage kids in grades K-8 to read. With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids have more than 4,000 popular and acclaimed titles.
Busy Teacher's Cafe is a K-6 resource website for busy teachers where you can find resources, ideas, lessons, free printables and more.
This website provides free stories for children in grades 3-5 (ages 8-11), designed to help them recognize and appreciate their strengths and talents. Power Smarts are the 8 multiple intelligences identified by Harvard research psychologist Howard Gardner. Each story comes with optional discussion questions to spark conversations and develop face-to-face conversational skills.
This website is designed to help your children appreciate science. We looked at some of the best science projects from some of the best museums in the country. Then we adapted them for the Web. Some of these activities are entirely electronic. Your child will do everything on screen. Others require you to go to your kitchen or backyard. They are designed for students in kindergarten through second or third grade.
This website is produced by Houghton Mifflin School Division, which publishes a variety of educational materials, including textbooks, resource materials, and technology for K-8 teachers and students. Launched in January 1996, Education Place is the longest running website of any educational publisher. With more than 18,000 pages of engaging content to explore, visitors to award-winning Education Place can delve further into the subjects they most enjoy to find helpful teaching resources, textbook support, educational games, and more.
"Welcome Elementary School Students! If you are a student in Kindergarten to Grade 5, you will find lots of fun and interesting information on this site, including computer games in Math, Social Studies, Science and English. There are also links to help with homework, and sites that give you information about topics that you are studying in school."
Make custom handwriting worksheets with text in basic print, denelian and cursive
Internet Public Library has put together a useful resource for those trying to participate in or run a science fair. Science Fair Project guidelines include: Getting Started; Choosing a Topic; Completing the Project; Displaying Your Project.
Challenge Math is designed for upper elementary students who are seeking to improve their problem solving, logic reasoning and analytical skills, seeking challenge in math beyond regular school curriculum and preparing for national math competitions. Challenge Math gives out 2 assignments with 5 challenging problem solving questions each every week. Problems are non-routine problem solving questions that are adapted to many math competitions.
Head of the Class website offers free curriculum-driven learning based on the curriculum of all 50 states. Also offered is thousands of pages of instruction, videos, multimedia presentations, worksheets and applications all free of charge.
Hooda Math is a website designed by a math teacher that includes games, tutorials and worksheets. Every game on HoodaMath.com is personally screened by a former public school mathematics teacher as well as approved by thousands of other school teachers.
The first in the Reading Blaster series, Reading Blaster Ages 4-6, helps students master essential prereading skills through alphabet, phonics, and word-knowledge activities. Problem-solving challenges develop basic literacy skills and prepare students with the thinking skills needed for comprehension.
This website is designed for those interested in computer programming. Children are given the opportunity to create software and cartoon simulations and share them over the web. Designed for children ages 8 and up, Scratch can be useful for teaching mathematical and computational ideas.
The Quirkles® are 26 imaginary scientists that help children everyday, all over the world, develop a love and appreciation for science. They offer a fresh new way to integrate literacy and science at school, for educational programs, or at home. Vocabulary builders, two related science experiments, and a character education lesson are also included in each of the 26 alphabet-series books. For a complete introduction and to get to know each Quirkle, start with "About The Quirkles" and work your way across the main menu bar above. Have fun exploring and please contact us with any questions you may have!