Welcome to Greenbelt Elementary School's Talented and Gifted (TAG) Program Site! We are so excited that you have taken the time to visit our website to learn more about the program and see what we are doing in school everyday.

In 2019, Greenbelt Elementary earned the Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education (EGATE) identified school.  This prestigious awards program that recognizes PreK thru 12th Grade Maryland Public Schools which have Gifted and Talented education programs that are aligned with Maryland’s Criteria for Excellence: Gifted and Talented Program Guidelines. As an EGATE school, we serve as a model for other schools seeking to achieve EGATE and/or improving their TAG programs and services.

At Greenbelt, our TAG Program's mission is to meet the following objectives with out gifted students: 

• Use flexible grouping in core content areas 

• Implement high quality instructional strategies presented by TAG trained teachers 

• Group students in cluster groups in order to provide intellectual peer interaction 

• Provide regularly scheduled opportunities for students to meet with intellectual peers 

• Develop an understanding of the purposes and process of self and group evaluation

• Provide a learning environment in which instructional strategies appropriate to the unique learning   characteristics of the intellectually gifted are utilized 

• Provide opportunities for individuals and/or small groups to utilize advanced research/study skills in designing and conducting independent investigations on topics of student interest 

• Support students in acquiring advanced competencies in higher level thinking, research, study and communication skills.

• Given opportunities to engage in hands-on activities, and utilize their critical thinking skills on a daily basis.   

Our program provides an enriched and accelerated approach to Language Arts by utilizing reading materials such as Junior Great Books Shared Inquiry.  All students participate in a Russian class for extended learning a new language. Our website is just a snapshot of what we have to offer at Greenbelt Elementary. If you have any further questions after you explore our website, please feel free to contact the school.  We look forward to hearing from you!