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What is the REACH program?
What is the REACH program?
The Coweta County School System (CCSS) provides gifted education services to eligible students through REACH. The REACH Program for identified gifted students is an outgrowth of CCSS’s commitment to student success. Following Georgia Board of Education regulations, REACH is designed to meet the unique needs of students who demonstrate a high degree of intellectual and/or creative ability, exhibit an exceptionally high degree of motivation, excel in specific academic fields, and need special instruction and/or ancillary services to achieve at levels commensurate with their abilities. CCSS encourages, fosters, and supports differentiated educational efforts that meet provisions for the special needs of gifted learners through an array of service delivery options and educational opportunities. Activities for REACH students include more elaborate, complex, and in-depth study of major ideas, problems, and themes than that addressed in the regular educational classroom. The successful attainment of these goals is dependent upon a collaborative effort among the educators, community members, parents, and students.
Goals of our REACH Program
Goals of our REACH Program
● Gifted students will develop advanced research skills and methods.
● Gifted students will develop and practice creative thinking and creative problem-solving skills with a variety of complex topics within the area of study.
● Gifted students will develop and practice critical thinking and logical problem-solving skills in the pertinent academic area.
● Gifted students will develop advanced communication skills.
● Gifted students will develop an understanding of self and how their unique characteristics may influence interactions with others.
How are students at Willis Road served?
How are students at Willis Road served?
Coweta County School System’s REACH Program for Gifted Students focuses on developing and refining skills in four areas of learning. These areas are: cognitive and learning skills (higher level thinking); research and reference skills; communication skills; and leadership skills. Gifted students are provided differentiated instruction and more advanced units of content (curriculum focus) to develop/refine skills. This instruction is provided by a certified teacher of the gifted. We serve each grade level one day per week , which equates to five learning segments per week. Our curriculum focus is interdisciplinary units, critical thinking tasks, creative thinking tasks.
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