Secondary
Gifted and Talented students in grades 7-12th participate in a 45 minute seminar class that meets daily; identified students are also served in Pre-AP and AP courses. The curriculum in the gifted and talented program follows the state-mandated skills and the program Scope and Sequence building and extending skill development. Students are involved in cross-curricular explorations on topics completely alien to anything they will encounter in their regular classrooms. The program focuses a great deal upon research skills and affective development at this level recognizing both as vital to independent learning and productivity in life.
Students are exposed to the arts through plays, art exhibits, etc. broadening their range of interest and exposing them to experiences foreign to our rural area. The secondary program is valuable in providing students a sense of "gifted continuity" which honors continued explorations in the creative process and recognizes that adolescence is a time of stress for most gifted teens and thereby provides them a safe haven for affective growth.
Students are exposed to the arts through plays, art exhibits, etc. broadening their range of interest and exposing them to experiences foreign to our rural area. The secondary program is valuable in providing students a sense of "gifted continuity" which honors continued explorations in the creative process and recognizes that adolescence is a time of stress for most gifted teens and thereby provides them a safe haven for affective growth.