Gifted and Talented

About Gifted and Talented

LISA Academy is committed to implementing a program that meets the unique social, emotional, and intellectual needs of gifted and talented students through the collaboration of students, educators, parents and community members that ensures opportunities for maximum growth and development for lifelong success.

Advanced Opportunities for Student Success

Check out the opportunities LISA Academy offers its students to succeed through Gifted and Talented enrichment.

Nomination

Testing

Placement/Qualification

Student’s percentiles and scores from the assessment instruments are plotted on the student profile. Each student’s profile is individually evaluated by the Gifted/Talented Committee. A student clearly qualifies for Gifted/Talented services if the data on the profile meets the criteria. Parents are notified about the G/T Committee decision in writing. Placement of students is made in an appropriate program option.

Resources

Check out some of the resources below for more information on supporting Gifted and Talented learners:

General:

Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Gifted and Talented Services website
A Different Place has a variety of differentiated activities across content areas. It is full of resources and also has a section for parents and kids.
Internet4Classrooms has interactive websites grouped by grade level (K-8) and content area.
KidPort is an interactive site for students K-8 across content areas
The Odyssey of the Mind offers many ideas to foster creative thinking in your classroom. The “Practice Problems” and “Classroom Activities” sections could be used with all of your students.
Hoagies Gifted provides information on the special needs of gifted youth, special programs available, and other topics in gifted education. Children will find contests, reading lists, and entertaining activities. This site has something for everyone.
EdWeek has articles about gifted education
Exquisite Minds has online resources for gifted students.
Gifted Study has Programs for gifted and talented youth, ages 5-17

Science:

Education.jlab has Science content vocabulary hangman
kids.nationalgeographic.com
BBC interactive science activities
A variety of science resources and games

Reading:

Random House literacy instruction resources that go along with popular children’s books
Reading lists for a large variety of topics/genres
Storylineonline.net offers various books read by celebrities

Math:

Interactive math activities
Netrover.com Math games