Pangburn
Gifted and Talented
We are committed to provide a program for identifying and meeting the needs and interests of our gifted and talented students. The identification and placement of these gifted and talented students will be based on documented objective and subjective evidence of above average intellectual ability, creative ability, skills, products, and task commitment/motivation.
The goals of the Gifted and Talented Program at Pangburn School District are:
1) to develop the student’s thinking, creative, and reasoning abilities as well as his decision-making and communication skills,
2) to help the student become a more independent and self-directed learner,
3) to provide new and challenging learning experiences that are not ordinarily included in the regular classroom curriculum,
4) to guide the student in personal growth and social development, recognizing and responding to personal strengths and needs of self and others, and
5)to provide the format for gifted students to some together to challenge each other and to encounter other students with similar skills and talents.
The United States Department of Education under the direction of Public Law 91-30, Section 806, established the following definition for purposes of federal education programs. Gifted and talented children are those identified by professionally qualified persons who, by virtue of outstanding abilities, are capable of high performance. These are children who require differential educational programs and/or services beyond those provided by the regular school program in order to realize their contribution to self and the society. Children capable of high performance include those with demonstrated achievement and/or potential ability in any of the following areas, singly or in combination:
• General intellectual ability
• Specific academic aptitude
• Creative or productive thinking
• Leadership ability
• Visual and performing arts
• Psychomotor ability