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Gifted Education
Gifted Program Mission Statement
To promote an understanding about gifted students and their educational and social/emotional needs among educators, administrators, parents, and anyone interested in the needs of gifted children.
To communicate through a supportive learning community information to all interested parties about the latest issues, best-practices and research in the field of education of the gifted.
Kansas State Definition of Giftedness:
KAR 91-40-1 (cc): "Gifted" means performing or demonstrating the potential for performing at significantly higher levels of accomplishment in one or more academic fields due to intellectual ability, when compared to others of similar age, experience or environment.
Federal Definition of Giftedness:
Located in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, see 20 USC6301 et seq.,
Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capablities.
