Gifted Seminar
GRADES 6, 7 & 8
Gifted Seminar is an elective open only to gifted students and serves a diverse population at Hoover. This curriculum in this mixed-grade elective covers a variety of content and focus, including but not limited to:
Independent Study Projects
Whole-Class Studies
Seminar Discussion
Cognitive and Metacognitive Skills (Habits of Mind)
Creativity Development
Project-Based Learning
The seminar curriculum is designed to be customizable to serve the unique needs of each student and class configuration. It is designed to develop the creativity, critical thinking and communication skills of gifted students through project-based learning, problem solving and collaboration with intellectual peers. All gifted students are eligible for this gifted elective; however, priority will be given to those gifted students who do not qualify in a specific academic area (i.e. Mathematics or English Language Arts).
April DeAngelo
Gifted Seminar Teacher
april.deangelo@aps.edu
April DeAngelo earned her teaching degree in Pennsylvania and has lived in Albuquerque, N.M., teaching elementary and middle school gifted students, since 2013. She has been teaching gifted math at Hoover Middle School since 2017. She is highly qualified in Middle Grade Math and has a Gifted Endorsement. Mrs. DeAngelo's overall goal is to challenge the students and push them to “extend effort”. Students will experience difficult challenges in a safe environment where they learn from mistakes and are encouraged to persevere with grit and a passion for math. Mrs. DeAngelo lives in Albuquerque with her husband, two teenage sons (one in college and the other in high school), and their adorable dog named Iris. She enjoys many arts, including pottery, and jewelry-making; joins her husband fly-fishing periodically; and loves completing the mathematical calculations to help with home improvement projects.
You can learn more about Mrs. Deangelo and the gifted/enriched 6th & 7th grade math curriculum by visiting her classroom website here: