Gifted and Talented

SPARK Program

Social/Emotion development
Problem Solving, & Perseverance
Achievement in Academics & the Arts
Research/Rigor 
Knowledge

• Identified gifted students in Kindergarten-6th grades are provided gifted services through the SPARK weekly pull-out program with the site’s Gifted Coordinator and also within the regular classroom.
• The school site Gifted Coordinator serves as the pullout instructor, consults with and provides resources for classroom teachers, models gifted strategies in the regular classroom, and works with identified gifted students in small groups on special projects.

SPARK Program Highlights

• 21st Century Critical/Creative Thinking Skills

  • Convergent thinking skills
  • Divergent thinking skills

• Affective Curriculum

  • Academic Mindsets
  • Character
  • Goal Setting
  • Career and Leadership
  • Social/Emotional Development

• Cognitive Curriculum

  • STEAM
  • Independent study/PBL/Research
  • Social Studies/Integrated Lesson
  • Literacy
  • Mathematical thinking and reasoning

• Competitions
  (i.e. math, chess, engineering, geography, the arts, spelling)

• Curriculum Compacting

• Differentiation within the regular classroom

• Identified gifted students in Magnet Programs grades 6th-8th and Junior High grades 7th-8th are offered gifted services through content areas and electives.
• The school site Gifted Coordinator consults with and provides resources for classroom teachers, models gifted strategies in the regular classroom, and works with identified gifted students.

Middle School/Junior High Options for Gifted Students

• Differentiation within the regular classroom
• Elective (by semester)
• Pre-AP/Advanced
• MYP 
  Part of the International Baccalaureate Program) offered at Carver only
• Acceleration
  Educational intervention based on progress through an educational program at a faster normal rate or younger than typical age
• Competitions

High School Options for Gifted Students

• Honors/Advanced
• Advanced Placement
  Courses that will confer college credit upon successful completion of a standardized examination
• International Baccalaureate
  A system of challenging courses which prepare students for life in a global society (available at Booker T. Washington only)
• Concurrent/Dual Enrollment
  Students receive both high school and college credit for one university course