Please click on the LINKs below to learn more about WCPSS AIG program. 

AIG 2022-25 Family Brochure-Link

Advanced Learning/Academically or Intellectually Gifted-Link

*2025-2026 More Information Coming Soon! 

New this year....LINK

This year WCPSS Board has approved the 2025-2028 AIG Plan, which includes some updates to SSA below.  For more information, please review the Single Subject Acceleration Update document. 

New Students to WCPSS

Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, newly enrolled and newly attending WCPSS students will have the opportunity to participate in Fall SSA Testing.  This opportunity is only for students in first - seventh grades. They must start this process within the first two weeks of enrollment/attendance.  Fall testing is only available within the first two weeks of enrollment or before the end of the 1st quarter, whichever comes first.  Students enrolling after the first quarter will have to wait until the Spring testing window.

Academically or Intellectually Gifted
Purpose
The purpose of the Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) Program is to provide an appropriately challenging educational program for students who perform, or show potential for performing, at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of their age, experience, or environment. Academically or intellectually gifted students exhibit high performance capability in intellectual areas, specific academic fields, or in both intellectual areas and specific academic fields. Academically or intellectually gifted students require differentiated educational services beyond those ordinarily provided by the regular educational program. Outstanding abilities are present in students from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor.

The Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program staff has spent many years studying research on gifted practices, reviewing programs in gifted education, discussing, revising, and formulating the AIG Program. The following states our beliefs about gifted education programming:

• 1. Gifted and highly capable students learn at a faster rate and are able to think with more complexity than their peers.

  2. Gifted and highly capable students are found across a diverse student population.

  3. Gifted and highly capable students need a more rigorous and differentiated curriculum.

  4. Ongoing research-based professional development for all stakeholders is necessary to sustain an effective gifted program.

  5. Collaborative partnerships with parents and community are essential to build and maintain an effective gifted program.

• 2022-25 AIG Plan
  
  Inquiries regarding gifted services
  Parent inquiries about the AIG Program appropriate options for differentiation should be directed to the child's assigned school. The following sequence is recommended:

  1. General education teacher(s)

  2. AIG resource teacher/contact person at the school

  3. Principal

  4. Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program office