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Welcome to the Gifted Education Program at Hoover Middle School!
GRADES 6, 7 & 8
This class is for students who demonstrate advanced abilities in reading and/or writing through the initial gifted testing or advanced scores on state and/or district standardized testing. Gifted Language Arts and Literature is an advanced class designed to meet the cognitive and affective needs of gifted students with high abilities in reading and writing. This integrated three-year program utilizes multidisciplinary projects, advanced reading materials and accelerated vocabulary to develop skills in critical thinking, reading, research, speaking and listening, and writing.
Meet the Teachers
Meet the Teachers
Regina O'Brien
Giftred ELA TeacherFamily & Consumer Sciences
regina.orbrien@aps.edu
Regina O'Brien has been teaching in the K-8 classroom for six years. She teaches Gifted & Enriched English Language Arts for Grade 8, and also teaches Family and Consumer Sciences as an elective at Hoover Middle School. In the past she has taught Computer Science, which is where she started her teaching journey by helping integrate technology into schools. She has a Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences from the University of South Carolina and is endorsed in English Language Arts, Gifted English Language Arts and Family and Consumer Sciences and Library Media Sciences.
You can learn more about Mrs. O'Brien and her classes by visiting her classroom website here:
Monica Kowal, Ph.D.
Giftred ELA TeacherChair, English Department
monica.kowal@aps.edu
Monica Kowal has been an educator for 19 years with experience teaching English at the middle school, high school and college levels. Mrs. Kowal teaches Gifted & Enriched ELA for 6th and 7th graders. She is a a native New Mexican (raised in Santa Fe) and she attended the University of New Mexico for her Bachelor of Arts in English. She graduated with a Master of Arts in Journalism in from New York University in 1998 and a Master of Science in Teaching Secondary English from Fordham University in 2005. She also holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from New Mexico State University.
You can learn more about Mrs. Kowal and her classes by visiting her classroom website here:
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