Lewis Palmer School District #38 - Gifted Education Overview

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Choice Enrollment runs through Feb 24th. For information, please see "Announcements." Registrations are being accepted for the 2012-13 school year. Visit the student registration page for more.

Lewis-Palmer Gifted Education

Parenting Identified Gifted & High-Ability Children PK-12

January 26, 2012 6:30-8:30 PM

Held at Lewis-Palmer Middle School

Breakout Sessions 6:30-7:00; 7:05-7:35; 7:45-8:15 PM

· High School Gifted Education

· Selective College Preparation

· Building your Resume and Interview Preparation for Selective Colleges

· Self-Advocacy Skills

· All Work and No Play? Fun and Challenging Activities for Gifted Children

· Perfectionism and High Emotional Intensity in Gifted and High-Ability Children

· Transitions from Elementary School to Middle School

· Cluster Grouping in Elementary

· Math Tracks, Options, and Opportunities

Marketplace of Enrichment Opportunities 6:30-8:30 PM

Representatives from Bear Creek Nature Center, Center for Bright Children, Children’s Chorale, Colorado College, Costa Rica Outward Bound School Leadership Course, Fountain Creek Nature Center, High Mountain Institute, Rocky Mountain Chess, Western Academic Talent Search, University of Northern Colorado, USAFA Falcon Sports Camps, and information from Bemis School of Arts, Challenger Learning Center, and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

PowerPoint Presentations
"Other Gifted Education Resources" folder "Jan 26, 2012 Gifted Ed Parent Night"

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Gifted Education

Lewis-Palmer School District Gifted Education
146 Jefferson St.
PO Box 40
Monument, CO 80132
719-757-1546

"Gifted and talented children" means those persons between the ages of five and twenty-one whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational programming needs. Children under five who are gifted may also be provided with early childhood special educational services. Gifted students include gifted students with disabilities (i.e., twice exceptional) and students with exceptional abilities or potential from all socio-economic and ethnic, cultural populations. Gifted students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior by virtue of any or a combination of these areas of giftedness:

General or specific intellectual ability;
Specific academic aptitude;
Creative or productive thinking;
Leadership abilities;
Visual arts, performing arts, musical or psychomotor abilities.

In Lewis-Palmer School District #38, the advanced learning assessment and identification process involves gathering a body of evidence through a variety of procedures and sources designed to reveal exceptionalities or potential. The purpose of a body of evidence is:

to ensure that the student's abilities are well recognized;
to look beyond just one area for information;
to include a more diverse population;
to match appropriate services to needs.

The body of evidence collected for identification in Lewis-Palmer School District #38 comes from the following four categories:

Intellectual abilities - 97th percentile or above on norm-referenced cognitive tests or subtests.
Academic achievement - 95th percentile or above on norm-referenced standardized tests.
Behavior characteristics - observation of behaviors with outstanding or exceptional factors.
Demonstrated performance - distinguished level of performance.

A body of evidence will be collected for every child considered for identification. No one assessment will qualify or deny a child from receiving services.

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