Program Goals

Addressing the needs of gifted students, the Extended Learning Program offers specialized learning experiences beyond the core curriculum that:

provide students with teachers endorsed in gifted and talented education;
provide consistent diagnostic/prescriptive approaches;
provide intellectual peer groups to enhance emotional, social, and intellectual growth;
provide challenging thematic, interdisciplinary instruction and content;
extend content within, between, and beyond the core curriculum;
provide acceleration, complexity and in-depth study;
encourage creative and critical thinking;
develop scholarly habits;
support social and emotional growth;
develop leadership skills;
transfer learning to real-life situations.