D-11 Gifted and Talented programs serve approximately 3,000 students (10% of the school population) whose academic potential is in the very high to superior range.




"If we were TV sets, some of us would only get five channels. Others are wired for cable (the general population) and some of us (the gifted) are hooked up to a satellite dish. That makes these gifted children capable of making connections that others don't even know exist! Teaching those types of voracious minds in a regular classroom without enhancement is like feeding an elephant one blade of grass at time. You'll starve them."
~ Elizabeth Meckstroth




"With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it."
~ Aristotle