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Mind Site is Elizabethtown High School's Gifted Web Site, providing information, support, and resources for Gifted Students, their parents, and teachers. We appreciate your patience, as this site continues to be constructed, and ask you to visit us often for changes, additions, and deletions, or just to stay in touch with what's going on. While we are happy to provide visitors with links to areas of related interest, neither Elizabethtown Area School District, the creator of this site, nor any of its affiliates, is responsible for content outside its website. To comment on this site, please email the Gifted Education Coordinator: Mrs. Lyn Shaffer.
Definition of Gifted:
Outstanding intellectual and creative ability, the development of which requires specially designed programs or support services, or both, not ordinarily provided in the regular education program. (Chapter 16 Regulations PDE)
Common Characteristics of the Gifted Student
- Curious
- Independent
- Persistent
- Sense of humor
- Concerned about world issues
- Unique personality
- Produces original work
- Has “crazy" ideas
- Continually questions the status quo
- May appear different
- Enjoys reading
- Talent(s) in math, language, science, art, music, writing, drama, dance.
- High memorization skills
- Leadership qualities
- Perfectionist
- Overly organized or disorganized
Gifted Education Coordinator...
- Writes and assists with the implementation of the GIEP
- Provides consultative services to the gifted student
- Provides resources and materials for classroom enrichment and acceleration
- Works in classrooms as collaborative and model teacher
- Advocates for gifted students
- Provides resources and opportunities for gifted students
- Helps gifted student meet his/her potential
Impediments to Student Success
- Organization
- Stress and Time Management Skills
- Study Skills
- Lack of Intrinsic Motivation
- Outside influences
GiFTS (Gifted Flex Time Seminars)
Offered to help students overcome these impediments and reach their fullest potential. See PROGRAM OFFERINGS link or the Gifted Education Coordinator for more information and to register for a class.
Gifted Resources - for Students, Parents, and Teachers:
If you want the latest research on giftedness, identification etc., this is the place!
This web site offers extensive information about giftedness and many resources for enrichment.
This organization has links to counseling and diagnostic testing in addition to many programs for enrichment.
This site focuses on educational enrichment programs.
Like other excellent ERIC sites, this one allows wide ranging searches.
Focuses on summer programs in the state of Minnesota
Biggest advocacy group in the US. Great links to research and enrichment too.
Best place for methodology - mostly for teachers, but parents and students can gain a lot of insight.
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