If you are new to the IMAGE program as a student or parent, we welcome you to our special community of learners. Please enjoy exploring this website, and contact Mr. Anderson at kanderson@gpsbulldogs.org any questions you may have.
Tuesday, December 1st, during our regular class sessions, students will do final filming of stop motion movies featuring American historical figures.
Those will be shared on the evening of Tuesday, January 5th at 6:00 p.m. at Oakestown Intermediate's auditorium. Family and friends are welcome to attend! Students should arrive by 5:45 p.m. to be seated up front with their groups.
Families of students new to IMAGE are invited (but not required) to participate in 6-minute conferences to celebrate successes and create plans to address any challenges.
This year, there are two days of conferences: December 9th and December 10th. We have larger-than-usual 3rd grade classes, and many more than the usual number of 4th graders joining the program this year, so we'll have to keep conferences to 6 minutes to have the best chance to accommodate everyone - even with adding a couple daytime conference hours.
When signing up for a slot, in the Comments section, enter YOUR name, then either "In-Person" or "Virtual" - your preference. The virtual option will be through Google Meet, intended for those who are either unable to make it here to Oakestown on those days, have no care available for young siblings, etc. I will send the Google Meet link to those who choose that option. Please save that email and the link.
Then, below the sign-up field, please select the box for "Display an alternate name on the sign up" and please enter the name of your IMAGE student.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FAAAC29A2F58-67350037-image
If your student has more than one household, please coordinate signing up and plan to attend one conference, together. Again, we have many families to accomodate in an already-extended time.
The IMAGE (Identified Members of Academically Gifted Education) program serves academically talented students in 3rd and 4th grade who live in the Grandville school district.
Students in the program work on projects that incorporate higher level thinking, research, and technology skills. The program is intended to serve the needs of these students by offering engaging units that challenge them while providing opportunities to both study independently in self-selected areas of interest, and interact and cooperatively learn with other students of similar abilities but who may have diverse interests.
More information about the units offered at each grade level can be found in the pages linked above.
The IMAGE program is located at Oakestown Intermediate.
Students attend IMAGE one half-day each week on Tuesdays or Thursdays. The full schedule will be available later in summer 2024
Students in 2nd and 3rd grades whose NWEA MAP Math and Reading scores average in the 90th percentile or higher (89.5 rounded up) for the same Fall, Winter, or Spring testing session can be nominated for further Cognitive Abilities Testing. Those sessions will take place at Oakestown Intermediate throughout later May.
Tuesday, May 18th - Central, East, Grandville Christian, and West
Wednesday, May 19th - Century Park Learning Center, Cummings
Thursday, May 20th - Grand View, South
Thursday, May 27th - Final make-up Cognitive Abilities Testing for all schools (including late nominations and students absent from their school's scheduled testing)
Please use the IMAGE Nomination 2026-2027 Form to nominate qualifying students. Do so after any Fall, Winter, or Spring MAP test session for which a student's average scores qualify them for CogAT.
Since 2019, E.P.I.C. (Empowering Personal Interest Challenges) has provided tudents with additional, self-selected learning and growth opportunities outside of their time in IMAGE.
Each Challenge is designed to meaningfully engage participants in the areas of Reading, Memorization, Citizenship, Physical/Dexterity, Writing/Research, and many Others.
For a full list of Challenges, as well as links to individual Challenges in each category, along with a digital scoreboard of students' accomplishments, please visit the master document for E.P.I.C.