North Carolina Department of Public Education's website has a page dedicated to military affiliated children. North Carolina is one of the states that agreed to the Interstate Compact Accord which states services shall not be interrupted due to a PCS (Permanent Change of Station). To learn more about how NC supports military-affiliated children, click the button below.
Purple Star Schools is a program created by Military Child Education Coalition,
Fort Liberty CYS (Child and Youth Services) is a great starting place to discover the many services available to military-affiliated children of all ages. The School Liaison Officers (SLOs) are a part of the MWR (Morale, Welfare, Recreation) and can help you advocate for gifted education.
Serving North Carolina's Gifted and Military-Affiliated Children:
This presentation is the slide deck for a presentation I created for The Diverse Gifted Child (GIFT 6200) during my studies for AIG add-on licensure. The presentation focuses on serving gifted children, especially around Fort Liberty, NC. It compares local school districts and explains the steps North Carolina takes to ensure a smooth transition for exceptional, twice-exceptional, and general education military-affiliated children. The presentation focuses on gifted military-affiliated children, however the information presented therein applies to most military-affiliated scholars.
Photo Credit: Corey Dickstein
Source - Stars and Stripes
Each of the links below will take you to that area’s gifted program pages. If your child has already qualified for gifted programs, North Carolina has signed the Interstate Compact which transfers services between states to ensure a continued gifted education for gifted children. In order to learn more about the services offered, select the county in which you plan to (or already) live. There are two links for each county/area. The first link will bring you to the official website and description of the AIG Program. The second link will bring you to the NC Report Card system for each county so you can look at the data from NCDPI. Please remember many of the items on the NCDPI report card are based on the End of Grade (EOG) Assessments scholars take. These are high-stakes tests that do not show the picture of the whole child. I encourage you to dig deeper than test scores when selecting a district in which to live, which is why I’ve included a wildcard for each county! The third link for the counties is something I found in my digging that I think will help you to get a sense of that county’s gifted program. There is a short description of each of the wildcards below their links.
AIG Website: https://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/page/gifted-education
NC DPI Report Card: https://ncreports.ondemand.sas.com/src/district?district=430LEA&year=2023
Wildcard: https://academically-and-intellectually-gifted.webnode.page/
The Wildcard link is a page dedicated to AIG / ESOL students in Harnett
AIG Website: https://www.ccs.k12.nc.us/Page/2636
NC DPI Report Card: https://ncreports.ondemand.sas.com/src/district?district=260LEA&year=2023
The Wildcard link is a video information meeting on parenting gifted children posted by Cumberland County on their facebook page. It was posted in 2021. The presenters share Cumberland County’s views on AIG students.
AIG Website: https://www.hcs.k12.nc.us/departments/academically-and-intellectually-gifted/department-home
NC DPI Report Card: https://ncreports.ondemand.sas.com/src/district?district=470LEA&year=2023
The Wildcard link is an example of a Hoke County school’s AIG website (in this case West Hoke Middle School).
AIG Website: https://www.ncmcs.org/academics/advanced_and_intellectually_gifted/academically_and_intellectually_gifted_program
NC DPI Report Card: https://ncreports.ondemand.sas.com/src/district?district=630LEA&year=2023
The Wildcard link is a document created by Moore County AIG Services for parents to help explain their program and the nomination process.
AIG Website: https://www.lee.k12.nc.us/page/aig-and-advanced-learning
NC DPI Report Card: https://ncreports.ondemand.sas.com/src/district?district=530LEA&year=2023
Wildcard: https://www.facebook.com/LeeCountySchoolsAIG/
The wildcard for Lee County AIG is their own facebook page run and supported by Lee County employees. Check out the posts and see what this district considers to be social media worthy.