Parkway GifteD Education

2025- 2026 MOSAICS Handbook

Elementary students who are identified for Parkway's gifted education, MOSAICS, level 3, are pulled from the regular classroom for 150 - 250 minutes per week, depending on the total caseload of identified gifted students at each grade and/or school. The curricular strands of complex reasoning, creative thinking, and affective processing are differentiated through multi-disciplinary programming to meet the needs of identified students.  MOSAICS gifted education specialists assist classroom teachers in modifying curriculum to meet the needs of gifted students within the setting of the regular classroom through strategies for compacting the curriculum and differentiation. 1st grade students will begin 4th quarter.

The MOSAICS gifted program at the middle school level is a scheduled course for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students identified for the gifted program. In middle school MOSAICS meets on a rotating A/B schedule opposite of PE. MOSAICS is considered a course. The curricular strands of affective processing, creative thinking, and complex reasoning incorporate differentiated and multi-disciplinary programming to meet the needs of identified students. Scoring guides are used for summatives for projects/units. All students will earn a letter grade for gifted. Curriculum is based on the Missouri Gifted Learner Outcomes (MO-GLOs) and earn a letter grade. Gifted is not a required course or needed to take honors or AP classes at the high school. 

Students at the high school level receive services through a MOSAICS gifted specialist liaison. This specialist is available to provide support to identified students with affective needs, planning and goal setting. There will not be a specific course offered at the high school level.  Supports may include:

• Academic tutoring in a variety of subjects and helping students find academic support

• Connect students with their guidance counselor and the college and career counselor

• Provide a safe, quiet place for students to work or de-stress

• Help students choose extracurricular and enrichment activities

• Provide information on time management and organization

• Help students who become overwhelmed, have anxiety or perfectionism

• Help students set and meet their post-high school goals

• Share resources like scholarships, vocabulary enrichment, contests, etc. through grade-specific gifted Google Classrooms

Gifted Evaluation

For information related to the evaluation process and eligibility for gifted services, please click HERE.