Grade 9 only: This course is designed to provide an introduction to essential skills for core classes in preparation for future advanced-level coursework. It also is designed to provide social-emotional support with issues related to giftedness. Research-based strategies, reading, writing, and speaking will be used to increase comprehension, strengthen skills, and enhance knowledge across content areas. This section is open to 9th-grade students identified as gifted in superior cognitive ability and/or creative thinking ability. ** Beginning with the 2022/23 school year, this course will become the prerequisite to the Gifted Support II course for 10th grade.