“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
Standard 2: Comprehensive Programming within a Total School Community
The LEA provides an array of K-12 programs and services by the total school community to meet the diverse academic, intellectual, social, and emotional needs of gifted students.
Websites:
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Literature to Read:
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The Rhode Island State Advisory Committee on Gifted and Talented Education (General Information for Parents)
http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/parents.html#General
Families of the Talented and Gifted
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
http://www.sengifted.org/: This website includes resources for supporting the social/emotional needs of the gifted. The archived newsletters contain great articles to share with parents and teachers.
www.hoagiesgifted.org This website includes resources for "all things gifted".
The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children by Neihart, Reis, Robinson, Moon
This book spans all aspects of gifted children’s struggles and includes strategies for helping students and families cope and interventions to try.
A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children by Webb, Gore, Amend, DeVries, and two more. Amazon $14.40
The four authors, who have decades of professional experience with gifted children and their families, provide practical guidance in areas such as: Characteristics of gifted children; Peer relations; Sibling issues; Motivation & underachievement; Discipline issues; Intensity & stress; Depression & unhappiness; Educational planning; Parenting concerns; Finding professional help; and much, much more!
http://www.slideshare.net/aarmau/27-strategies-by-sue-jackson-of-damien-institute
This video discusses some ideas about gifted individuals. It is from the Damien Institute.
Extra-Curricular Activities:
Battle of the Books
AIG Academies - Takes place on Fridays. Academies rotate monthly, and are chosen by the students.
Journalism Class ~ Dolphin Tales School Newsletter (designed by students)
Chess Club ~ open to all WBS students in grades 1-5
Girls on the Run
Stride for Boys
Mathletes Club ~ High-achieving Math students in grades 4 and 5.
NHCS Subject Acceleration Procedures: NHCS Subject Acceleration Checklist.doc
Transiting to Middle School
Elementary AIG identification transfers with students to middle school. The elementary Gifted Education Specialist completes a middle school transition form on each identified AIG student. The form is hand delivered to the middle school gifted specialist along with work samples and other data.