The Long Beach Public Schools offer services for gifted and talented students in grades three through five. Known as LARC (Learning Activities to Raise Creativity), this program immerses these children for one full day a week in an environment that emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and group process. Classes are composed of students in the same grade level from across the district and meet at East Elementary School. Students work with a teacher specifically trained in gifted and talented education. Over the course of the year, the children develop their creativity and thinking skills through thematic units and participation in national contests such as The WordMasters Challenge, ExploraVision, Wonder League Robotics Competition, and Stock Market Game.