• Gifted and Talented
    Length/Credit 1 semester
    Prerequisite: Identified GT
    Grade Level: 6th
    Students will learn what it means to be a gifted learner and how giftedness impacts both their learning as well as intrapersonal relationships. In addition to social emotional education, 6th graders will be given the opportunity to work in groups to design a society that will be tested by natural and societal challenges. Communication, teamwork, and problem solving are taught explicitly throughout the society creation process as well as through teambuilding exercises.

    Gifted and Talented - 7th Grade Exploratory
    Length/Credit 1 semester
    Prerequisite: Identified GT
    Grade Level: 7th
    Seventh graders’ social emotional education consists of skill-specific challenges that many of our gifted youth struggle with. Examples include: Time management, organization, study skills, self-advocacy, and perfectionism management. Creatively, seventh graders spend one quarter learning and working with the engineering design process to complete design challenges. In the second quarter, they learn the art of debate, gain valuable research and analytical skills, and engage in a mock trial session. Teamwork, communication, and problem-solving continue to be stressed through teambuilding exercises.

    Gifted and Talented 8th Grade Exploratory
    Length/Credit 1 semester
    Prerequisite: Identified GT
    Grade Level: 8th
    Eighth graders complete a culminating Personal Service Project, through which, they are tasked with fueling a movement. They identify a societal need, connect with an organization or form their own grassroots movement in order to raise awareness and bring about positive change. Social emotional education centers upon leadership identification and development. Teamwork, communication, and problemsolving continue to be stressed through teambuilding exercises. GT 7th Period Socratic Seminar Length/Credit 1 quarter Prerequisite: Identified GT Grade Level: 6th. 7th, 8th This is a mixed-grade level course where students learn the art of discourse and dialogue through openended questions and inquiry. They are taught the value of seeking to understand prior to being understood. Seminar participants learn to construct meaning through analysis, interpretation, listening, and active participation.