Gifted Services Flyer - Inver Grove Heights Community Schools

Inver Grove Heights Community Schools
Gifted Services
Providing a challenging education through which
all students achieve success in a diverse society
Elementary School Opportunities for Able Learners
Cluster Classrooms at All Elementary Schools
• Classroom resources support the addition of more rigorous
learning opportunities for able learners.
• Advanced books and discussion guides are used for literary
discussion groups.
• Student in grades three through five participate in
WordMasters, a competition that focuses on vocabulary
and engages verbal reasoning through the study of
analogies.
• Brainboosters Math Enrichments, Jr. Great Books, Pancakes
and Poetry and Destination ImagiNation will also be
available to able learners.
Atheneum Gifted Magnet Program at Salem Hills Elementary School
• Atheneum Gifted Magnet Program was named a National Blue Ribbon High Performing School in 2011.
• The program is celebrating 10 years of serving highly gifted students in second- through fifth-grade.
• Students who are found to be in the superior range of cognitive ability pursuant to the district’s eligibility
criteria are invited to participate in Atheneum.
• The program’s mission is to provide a self-contained classroom option for these students to enhance the
daily academic rigor that will motivate and challenge this group of learners.
Inver Grove Heights Community Schools | 2990 80th St. E. | Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 | 651-306-7800
www.invergrove.k12.mn.us
Middle School Opportunities for Able Learners
Inver Grove Heights Middle School
• Able learners enroll in honors classes at the middle school
level. Offerings include honors math, language arts, reading
social studies and science, and advanced social studies and
science courses.
• Ongoing training and support on curriculum
differentiation is given to all teachers who are involved with
able learner program students.
Honors Programming
• Honors classes focus on developing advanced skills within the content area.
• Homework assignments, tests and essays require more advanced skills and content mastery.
• Honors classes move at faster pace, which requires students to have strong independent study skills and
the ability to work both individually at home and in groups at school.
High School Opportunities for Able Learners
Simley High School
• Simley High School offers a wide range of academic courses
including Advanced Placement classes in mathematics,
science, English, social studies, world languages and art.
• Staff strive to provide ample opportunities for students to
receive the additional support they need to be successful
at Simley High School and prepare them for life after
graduation.
Advanced Placement
Honors Programming
AP courses allow students to go further with their high school
education. In addition, students who take AP exams may
earn college credit or advanced placement at many colleges
and universities. Simley High School offers AP courses in the
following areas:
American Government
European History
Biology
German
Calculus
Psychology
Chemistry
Spanish
Economics
Statistics
English Language and Composition Studio Art
English Literature and Composition U.S. History
• Simley High School currently offers
multiple opportunities for students
who seek a rigorous and challenging
curriculum.
• Honors classes are offered in
algebra, biology, chemistry, English,
physics, economics, physical science,
geometry and trigonometry.