2023-2024
Gifted Family Focus Workshops
Our theme this year will be Executive Functioning Skills, and we have four new sessions planned around this topic. Please let us know when you will be joining us!
September 25, 2023
January 29, 2024
November 13, 2023
March 18, 2024
Gifted Family Focus Workshops
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October 10, 2022
February 13, 2023
December 13, 2022
April 10, 2023
Summer Testing Appointments
Call the RCAAS Office at 419-984-1349 to schedule a summer testing appointment today!
If your child has been tested in a previous district, we may be able to use those scores to qualify for enrollment. Otherwise, we have some dates in June to offer gifted assessments.
Aimed at teaching to the whole child, the RCAAS is the perfect place for students to explore, grow, and pursue excellence in Arts and Academics!
What is the RCAAS?
RCAAS uses innovative instruction, individual talent development model, as well as an arts integration curriculum to meet the needs of each student! This 3rd through 6th grade program is a full-day integrated service for students gifted and emerging in academics and/or the arts. We have been educating gifted learners in Sandusky since 2013. We will move our 2020-2021 programs to the former Adams Building. This historic building lies in the heart of downtown Sandusky, full of rich arts and culture.
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Our Purpose
The purpose of RCAAS is to provide a world class education for students gifted or at promise in the Specific Academic Areas and/or the Visual and Performing Arts and Creative Thinking Ability.
The DORN Fellowship Series
The DORN Fellowship Series was created in an effort to connect college faculty with gifted students. College professors from different disciplines are selected to design and develop curriculum throughout our K-12 gifted services. The generous donation from the DORN Foundation funds instruction and field trips that foster hands-on learning in a project-based format.
Academically Gifted & Emerging
Superior Cognitive Ability
Specific Academic Area: Math
Specific Academic Area: Reading
Specific Academic Area: Science
Creative Thinking Ability
STEAM
An Educational Approach that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math.
MAKERSPACE Lab
Technology & Design
Student Art Gallery
Gifted and Emerging in the Visual & Performing Arts
Visual and Performing Arts Area: Visual Art
Visual and Performing Arts Area: Music
Visual and Performing Arts Area: Drama
Visual and Performing Arts Area: Dance (once ODE approves a K-8 checklist for identification)
Housed in the heart of downtown Sandusky's Arts and Cultural district, the RCAAS works in collaboration with professionals in both the academic and artistic worlds. Allowing for research, outreach and college & career readiness.
Our location provides our students easy access to -
Sandusky Public Library
Harlequins Theatre
The Sandusky State Theatre
Carrington's Gallery
The Children's Museum
Government Offices: Sandusky Municipal Court, City Hall
First Responder Agencies: Sandusky Police Department, Sandusky Fire Department
Maritime Museum
Merry Go Round Museum
Lake Erie Coastline
Volunteer Opportunities: Care and Share, Victory Kitchen