Montgomery Public Schools

The Montgomery Public Schools currently serves over 900 students in the Gifted Programs. Intellectually gifted children and youth are those who perform at or have demonstrated the potential to perform at high levels in academic or creative fields when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment. These children and youth require services not ordinarily provided by the regular school program. Children and youth possessing these abilities can be found in all populations, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor. Gifted students may be found within any race, ethnicity, gender, economic class, or nationality. In addition, some students with disabilities may be gifted. MPS is committed to an education program that recognizes individual differences for student sin grades K-12. Embodied in this commitment is a responsibility to intellectual and creatively gifted students in the traditional neighborhood schools to assist them in maximizing their potential. The goals for gifted learners strive to provide opportunities for enriched experiences beyond traditional classroom academics. Students are provided opportunities for learning the skills underlying the thinking process, for experiencing an understanding for the world's people and their relationships to each other, for exploring personal futures, and for the independent quest of knowledge in all areas of interest to the student. The goals of the MPS gifted education program include: To provide training for all staff on the procedures for referring and identifying students for gifted services. To continue working towards racial equity in the gifted program. To continue conducting Child Find Activities To ensure that there are comparable services throughout the system. To work towards a true continuum of services for high-end learners. To provide curriculum for gifted learners that is concept and problem based.