GPS board APPROVES GTC program!

The Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board approved the Gifted, Talented and Creative program at Highland Junior HIgh School on February 28, 2017. Gilbert Public Schools will expand gifted services for 7th and 8th graders for the 2017-18 school year through the GTC (Gifted, Talented and Creative) at Highland Junior High School by providing a differentiated learning experience addressing the individual needs of gifted students. The classrooms will offer enrichment experiences and a more rapid learning pace in an environment where curricula matches the gifted child's unique learning style. Their curiosity, creativity, intensities, sensitivities, and advanced learning styles will be embraced and appreciated by their teachers. A classroom of like-minded peers with teachers who understand and enjoy the gifted learner will result in a healthy atmosphere were a child can flourish intellectually, socially, and emotionally. Students will be with other gifted peers for the core subjects of language arts, social studies, math, and science.

For application criteria, application window, and dates and time for Parent Information meetings, click here to visit the GTC page of the GPS website.