What is the Gifted Education Program?
The Gifted Education Program provides academic services for students in kindergarten through grade twelve. It follows the guidelines found in the Virginia Plan for the Education of the Gifted and the Virginia Standards of Quality. It is designed to address individual learning styles, needs, and interests that encourage each student to develop to his or her greatest potential. How are students identified as gifted? Referrals are accepted throughout the school year and may be made by a teacher, principal, parent, or community member. A students name should be given to the childs classroom teacher, a resource teacher for gifted education, school counselor, or principal. The parent will be contacted by the resource teacher for gifted education to discuss the students academic profile. Students may be referred as early as kindergarten through grade twelve. All eligible students are identified with four components: grades from the previous semester, the teachers recommendation, an achievemen
