Full-time Gifted & Talented School Programs
These are schools focused on serving the needs of advanced learners. Each school has its own model that determines curriculum and instruction, grades served, and admissions criteria. Some are self-contained schools, where the whole school is designed for gifted & talented students. Some are a school within a school, which are public schools that have been divided into smaller subunits, within one building. Each program approaches this differently, but typically the gifted & talented students are integrated with other students for classes like music, art, lunch or recess.
Grades Served
2, 3, 4, 5
Program Name(s)
Atheneum Gifted Magnet School
Type of Program
Public, School within a School
Admission Requirements
95th% on MAP Reading, MAP Math, and CogAT and/or WISC Gifted
2E Accommodations
Many Atheneum teachers have years of experience and/or training in gifted education, and some even have a certificate in providing for the needs of 2E students. Teachers are often flexible and help to provide the accommodations students need through flexible seating, fidgets, breaks, and in many other ways.
2 Sentence Description
Our program meets the needs of advanced learners by providing an accelerated curriculum as well as opportunities to go deeper into learning through enrichment. We also help meet the social emotional needs of our students through the Ashoka school community that Atheneum is a part of.
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Grades Served
3, 4, 5
Program Name(s)
Ignite! Challenge & Choice
Type of Program
Public, School within a School
Admission Requirements
99th percentile ability score, 99th percentile math achievement score, & 99th percentile reading achievement score
2 Sentence Description
Ignite! is a unique full-time gifted program that combines a challenging core curriculum with flexible choice offerings to provide highly gifted children the opportunity to ignite their passion for learning. Our program utilizes research-based curriculum and approaches that are customized for gifted learners, and supports executive functioning, as well as social-emotional well-being.
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Grades Served
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type of Program
Public, self-contained
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Grades Served
2, 3, 4, 5
Program Name(s)
Navigator
Type of Program
Public, School within a School
Admission Requirements
Exceptionally gifted students with Full Scale or General Abilities Index of 140 or higher
2E Accommodations
Navigator integrates Social Thinking, Habits of Mind, and Executive Functioning Skills work throughout the school day. These programs provide a common language and set of learned skills for students to apply in school and beyond.
2 Sentence Description
The Navigator program provides a specialized learning environment which capitalizes on the unique intellectual strengths and vast interests of its learners. Its meaningful, rigorous, and differentiated curriculum leads to whole-child growth as students learn about themselves and the world in the context of a robust social/emotional gifted curriculum.
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Grades Served
3, 4, 5
Program Name(s)
SAGE Academy
Grades Served
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Program Name(s)
Elementary Services
Type of Program
Public, School within a School
Admission Requirements
View website link. Click on Elementary school and then Identification
2 Sentence Description
Primary Education Thinking Skills taught in all classrooms for grades 1 and 2. Elementary gifted services for identified students in grades 3-5
Grades Served
6, 7, 8
Program Name(s)
Highly Gifted Program, available at students’ attendance area schools
Admission Requirements
View Website Link. Click on Middle School and Entrance to the Program.
2E Accommodations
Staff work together to accommodate students’ individual needs.
2 Sentence Description
Students spend about half their day in advanced courses with academic peers and half the day with grade-level peers in exploratory courses.
Grades Served
6, 7, 8
Program Name(s)
Middle School Honors and Honors Option Classes; RAMP (Rochester Accelerated Math Program)
Admission Requirements
Self-selection for honors and single-accelerated math at grade 6. Double acceleration or higher for identified students.
2E Accommodations
Staff work together to accommodate individual student needs.
2 Sentence Description
Honors classes and accelerated math classes provide additional depth and challenge to students.
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Grades Served
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Program Name(s)
Capitol Hill Gifted & Talented Magnet School
Type of Program
Public, Self-Contained
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements: Identification of gifted and talented through the CogAT7, portfolio assessment, or prior (outside) identification or assessment
2E Accommodations
Our teachers are experienced and skilled with providing differentiation and gifted education, and many even have a 2e training certificate to meet the needs of our 2e and/or 3e learners. Our teachers, support staff, and counseling program help to support the social and emotional needs of students unidentified but in need of support.
2 Sentence Description
Capitol Hill Gifted & Talented Magnet is an elementary and middle school with a focus on providing extensive differentiation in all subjects, an incorporation of project-based and independent choice learning, and an emphasis on instruction of social-emotional needs of the gifted and talented individual. We provide many different types of individualized and choice opportunities, including ability-based math acceleration, our SEM-R (Schoolwide Enrichment Model-Reading) Reading program, band/orchestra opportunities for elementary and middle students, and enrichment groups and programs, including Mathmasters and Lego League.
Grades Served
3, 4, 5
Program Name(s)
Gateway Program
Type of Program
Public, School within a School
Admission Requirements
Identification for Advanced Academic Services in the SoWashCo schools through ability and achievement data
2E Accommodations
Yes
2 Sentence Description
The Gateway Program is a level 4 program that serves identified gifted learners using a cohort model with curriculum featuring increased depth, complexity and pacing as the primary lens for designing instruction. Gateway immerses students in an intellectually challenging community that encourages academic risk-taking to develop students’ academic potential and supports their social and emotional needs as learners.