For syllabus and seminar schedule please refer to the Canvas pages. If you don't have access, contact your gifted education resource teacher. 
 
In 9th grade, students encounter a new level of gifted education services than they have experienced in elementary or middle school.  The high school gifted education experience relies heavily on gifted seminars that are designed to develop students' critical, conceptual, creative, communicative and collaborative thinking skills. The over-arching theme for the year is "Order and Disorder", more specifically, "Order in Human Activity" (what people do) and "Order in Human Identity" (how people are). Within this framework, students will examine how people have structured their ideas into systems and how they have lived within the structure of these systems. While evaluating these systems, students consider if man discovers a natural order in the universe or if man imposes order on the universe. 

Students attend 10-12 seminars over the school year during HPE to minimize the amount of make-up work due to attending seminars. If attending seminars during HPE does not work for your student, please let me know which class would be optimal for him/her to attend seminars. Additionally, at least one gifted field trip is offered during the school year to reinforce the topics covered during seminars.  Permission forms are sent home weeks in advance of the trip and must be returned for students to attend.   

Due to school events, testing, snow, or other circumstances seminar dates may change. Any changes will be communicated with students via Canvas Announcements and student emails. 

Referral for Gifted Services 

Peers, faculty, and parents are always welcome to refer a student for evaluation for gifted services. In addition, a student may nominate himself/herself. Please see Mrs. Collette in room  5-206 for a referral form. You may also contact  Mrs. Amanda Collette with any questions or requests for additional information about the gifted program.