Gifted & Talented
- Our Vision and Mission - Advanced Academic & Gifted Services (AAGS)
- Process for Gifted and Talented (GT) Recommendation - Identification & Assessment
- GT Program Framework - Programming
- Advanced Learning Plans (ALP) Timeline and Criteria - Advanced Learning Plan
Our School’s GT Advocate(s) Contact Information
Name: Melissa Murphy
Email: Melissa.D.Murphy@adams12.org
When is GT testing for my school?
Universal Screening: In Adams 12 Five Star Schools, 2nd and 6th graders who are not already identified GT participate in the Universal Screening process for potential gifted and talented identification. Find more detailed information regarding Universal Screening in the Five Star District.
Important dates for the Universal Screening process at our school: September 30, 2022, Makeups October 3, 2022
Parent/Staff/Student GT Recommendation: All students can participate in the GT identification process by submitting a complete body of evidence. Find more detailed information regarding the GT recommendation process in the Five Star District.
If you are interested in having your child be considered for the GT identification process you need to contact your GT Coordinator for school-specific information.
Important dates for the GT Recommendation process at our school:
Parent Request for Nomination form link - Due no later than October 24, 2022
All Grade GT Testing will take place on November 28 & 29, 2022
Gifted & Talented Program Offerings
Advanced Curriculum & Extended Learning: “The Vehicle”
Provides the depth and complexity needed to ensure meaningful academic growth
Our school offerings include: Higher level questioning, conceptual work, inquiry and project-based opportunities in the areas of literacy, math, science and social studies.
Differentiated Learning Pathways: “The Roadmap”
Provides an education at the appropriate level of readiness and challenge
Our school offerings include: Differentiated instructional opportunities in class that are tailored to the specific needs of students.
Individualized Opportunities & Enrichment: “The Customized Options”
Actively engages and motivates through interests and meaningful learning opportunities
Our school offerings include: Enrichment, clubs, and passion projects that encourage students to be actively engaged, challenged, and motivated in meaningful learning.
Social-Emotional Learning: “The Destination”
Focuses on developing the whole child by balancing empowerment and accountability
Our school offerings include: Personal, social, and cultural learning opportunities that focus on strengthening students social emotional skills.
Monthly Newsletter
April News from Gifted & Talented at CRE
Dear Imagineers families,
We had a fun month of March with the Imagineers! Our 4th and 5th grade Destination Imagination teams sure did make us proud as they presented their challenge solutions at the Destination Imagination Regional Tournament! Their hard work and perseverance was evident in their varying solutions which included adapted fairy tales, improv, and service learning performances! The Cool Pandas, our 5th grade service learning team, earned 2nd place and will compete at the DI State Tournament on Saturday, April 1! If you’d like to come to cheer them on, please see the following link for details: Destination Imagination State Tournament (families and K-5 Imagineers spectators are welcome with supervision). Hope to see you there!
Coming Up in April
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Kindergarten will continue to meet with Mrs. Murphy once a week to practice writing with detail. In March, we practiced interviewing others and recording answers. Now we are ready to conduct interviews and record quotes from our kinder classmates. After that, students will use their recorded data to draft an article for our newsletter!
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1st and 2nd graders will solve challenging math problems in multiple ways. We will practice explaining our thinking, and critiquing the thinking of others.
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3rd through 5th grade
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Destination Imagination Teams Good luck to The Cool Pandas who will present their service learning project solution at the State Tournament on Saturday, April 1! All teams will use the remainder of the year to create final projects and presentations to share at an end of the year Imagineers Project Expo! More information is coming soon.
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Passion Projects Students who chose this option have presented action plans, received feedback, and have begun researching. They should link their notes on the resources slide of their action plan. Once research and notetaking is complete, students will be ready to plan their final project. This could be slides, a video, a website, a book, etc.
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March/April Makerspace STEAM Challenges - Check out our March/April STEAM Challenges - New challenges coming mid/late April
Upcoming Events
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April 1 - All are invited to the Destination Imagination State Tournament at the Auraria Campus in Denver to cheer on The Cool Pandas
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April 3 - Parent Education Series with Kelly Teran - "Gifted & Talented Assessments: What Do the Scores Mean?"
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April 7 - Acts of Kindness After School Service Club
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April 11 - Destination Imagination Club Tuesday meeting from 3-4:15
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April 12 - Social Hour - more details coming soon!
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April 14 - Girls Who Code After School Club
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May (date TBD) - Imagineers Project Expo - details to follow
Makerspace Used Supplies Request
Our creative Coyotes would love to make use of your used craft supplies at our Makerspace art station! We can use of your fabric scraps, old scarves, used clean socks, buttons, small finished wood pieces (blocks, disks, dowels, etc.), and anything that you think could be used to create! Please drop off donations or send them in with your child. Contact Melissa Murphy at mur024475@adams12.org with any questions. Thanks so much for your support!
Important Links & Resources
- In case you missed it last month, Lisa Van Gemert, “The Gifted Guru”, has some awesome book lists to check out!
- Board Books for Bright Kids
- Picture Books for Bright Kids
- Non-fiction Picture Books for Bright Kids
- Chapter Books for the Gifted
- Interview with a Gifted Kid Recommendations
- Van Gemert also has great resources for parents at www.giftedguru.com/resources-for-parents/
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CRE GT FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Speaking of acronyms, click the link to view explanations for the many Gifted & Talented acronyms.
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AD12 GT Page loads of great info and resources
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Learning Management System with resources & enrichment activities for members of The Imagineers *Both platforms can be accessed through the student's AD12 Dashboard
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K-2 Seesaw - K, 1, 2 The Imagineers
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3-5 Schoology Group - The Imagineers at CRE
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Code.org Parent Letter & Scratch - For Parents Students may go to these free coding sites for enrichment by choice with permission from their teacher or at home.