Mission
The mission of gifted education is to maximize the potential of gifted and talented students by providing programs and services that match the unique characteristics and needs of these students.
Gifted Program Goals
Goal I: To support the core areas of learning at a pace, complexity, abstractness, and depth appropriate for gifted learners.
Goal II: To develop an understanding of concepts, themes, and issues that are fundamental to the disciplines as well as society and to develop an appreciation for the interrelationships among disciplines.
Goal III: To develop inquiry skills at a level of complexity, abstractness, and depth appropriate for gifted learners.
Goal IV: To develop the skills of critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making at a level of complexity, abstractness, and depth appropriate for gifted learners.
Goal V: To develop proficiency in communicating abstract and complex ideas, relationships, and issues.