November 22, 2023 We're in the News! Check out this article written by Steven Mitchell of the Malheur Enterprise:

ONTARIO– Over 40 elementary school students from the Ontario School District’s talented and gifted program toured a local shoe factory in Ontario last month with the program’s first-ever coordinator.

The second through sixth graders learned about the shoe-making process at NuuSol, the makers of Crocs and flip-flops, during the Oct. 24 field trip, according to Valerie Reynolds, the district’s first coordinator of the program.

In Oregon, a talented and gifted student requires special educational programs or services, or both, beyond those usually provided by the regular school program, according to the state Department of Education. Continue to read the article by clicking HERE. 

Students need time to actively process what they are learning. Th e goal of our elementary enrichment class is to "spark" students curiosity! Curiosity comes from wondering in the process of trying to figure something out! Our goal is to create a community of learners who are faced with productive struggle and have to learn how to work things out together.  Curiosity and complexity ignite the brain! Click HERE to see what your kids are up to in their classes.

 Gifted children need opportunities to be together, to have friendship possibilities that require them to cope with their differences. (Coleman & Cross, 1988) This TAG advisory will be a two-year cluster group and allow TAG students to spend time with intellectual peers, maximizing opportunities for appropriate aptitude and interest exploration along with building those important peer relationships.

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