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Opportunities for middle school students in the regular classroom

 Middle school students have opportunities within their classroom to develop their potential talents and to help them prepare for academic challenge.

  • Gifted/talented accommodations specified in content areas, including Touchstones Discussion Lessons, William and Mary Units, and Vocabulary Development in language arts.
  • Grouping of students within a class or team to provide appropriate learning experiences
  • SAT preparation in academic classes
     

Advanced programs available in high school

"The National Security Agency is looking for juniors who are interested in temporary summer employment through a work experience program. This program will allow students to put to practical use their mathematics, computer science and engineering skills. Applications are accepted in October and due November 1st of the student's junior year for the following summer's employment. Applicants must carry an overall 3.0 GPA and have completed Calculus, Physics, a Computer Science related course OR an engineering related course. Information is sent to high schools at the beginning of October."

The advanced program for high schools seeks to help students foster their talents and connect with the real world through career outreach. It focuses on honors and advanced placement courses, both required and elective, PSAT/SAT preparation, and mentorship and internship programs.

Click here for a list of advanced placement courses  

Honors Program
 Advanced Placement
PSAT/SAT Preparation

(Some high schools offer an elective course that helps students prepare for the SAT I.  Check with your individual high school for more information)

Mentorship and Internship programs


The Honors Program

"Honors courses" present content at a higher level, allowing students to develop more complex skills, concepts, and products.  Students in honors classes:

  • explore curricular concepts and principles in greater depth and complexity

  • investigate the interelationships of concepts and principles within and among  content areas

  • refine their problem-solving skills, methods of inquiry, decision-making and creative thinking 

  • exhibit a a high degree of creativity by completing comprehensive research reports, designing experimental studies, composing original poems or stories, and solving novel and complex problems 

Students taking honors courses receive a .5 weighted grading in determining their GPA (Grade Point Average).

Advanced Placement

Sophomores, juniors, and seniors may take Advanced Placement courses in a wide array of subjects. These courses provide:

  • Challenging and rigorous studies comparable to college level course work. 

  • Opportunities for students to take national exams and receive advanced placement in college or college credit. 

Students taking AP courses receive a 1.0 weighted grading in determining their GPA (Grade Point Average).

 United States Naval Academy (USNA) Advanced Studies Program

The Advanced Study Program is sponsored and funded by the Board of Education through the Gifted/Talented/Advanced Programs Office. Public school students may attend courses during the fall and spring semesters of the school year. During a special summer session, the program is also open to non-public schools. The program consists of advanced studies in mathematics, computer applications, humanities, and the sciences for grades 6-12.

Students are nominated by their school’s content teachers and guidance counselors. In addition, students must be presently enrolled in the grade range of 6-12.

The purposes of this program are to:

  • extend the mathematics, humanities, computer science and science education of gifted and talented students;

  • expose students to interesting and challenging topics that, while outside the standard school curricula, are accessible to those with high ability and motivation;

  • encourage the development of reasoning processes necessary in mathematics, science, and humanities;

  • provide the opportunity for students to study in the environment of an institution of higher education or research;

  • introduce students to college educators and to related opportunities; and challenge students’ creativity and task commitment while working with mentors on research projects.
     



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