Welcome!

Please be sure to get your child’s GEP off of the counter.

They are organized by homeroom and grade.

Thanks!

Gifted Program OverviewMadison City Schools

Gifted Parent Meeting

Please make sure you have your child’s GEP in hand.

Introductions What it means to be gifted (characteristics)

Other handouts Statewide acceptance/eligibility

Moving from enrichment to gifted model

Gifted Parent MeetingCurriculum:Students will participate in a variety of higher-order thinking skills activities extended units of study (classwide)

interest-based experiences (products)

guest speakers

Gifted Parent Meeting Classwork Homework Special Assignments from

gifted teacher – infrequent but possible

Gifted Parent MeetingWhat to expect –

Students in 4 - 6 grade – classes based on interest selection or by homeroom. Students are NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE UP WORK missed during class.Recommend that students develop a method for getting notes, handouts, assignments, etc.Please let your gifted specialist know if your child is experiencing issues at any time!

Gifted Parent Meeting Discuss GEP Madison City students receive the same

number of service hours system-wide, according to grade level

Third and fourth graders meet for one hour/week

Fifth and sixth graders meet for 90 minutes/week

Sixth graders have an additional 45 minute flex time built into their schedules this year, to be used individually as needed

Gifted Parent Meeting Gifted Specialists also provide consultative

services for K - 6 teachers, and conduct Second Grade Child Find in conjunction with second grade teachers

Gifted Parent MeetingParents – Your opportunities to support gifted children in our system, our region and our state: Volunteering for your school’s gifted teacherMCS Parent Advisory Meeting Monday, Sept 23, 5:00, Central OfficeJoin the Local North AL Parents of Gifted Children Facebook Pages:https://www.facebook.com/NorthAlabamaParentsOfGifted

Children

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NAAGC/

Gifted Parent MeetingParents – Your opportunities to support gifted children in our system, our region and our state: Northwest Al Gifted Association meetingsAAGC: Parent Day Friday, Sept 27 (Birmingham)

(http://www.alabamagifted.org/?page_id=197 )NAGC: Indianapolis, Nov 7 – 10 (nagc.org)

Gifted Parent Meeting

Paperwork – Rights for gifted students and GEP to

keep for your records GEP with your child’s name in blue

needs to be signed and returned to homeroom folder on table.

If I didn’t email you a reminder that means I still need it.

Gifted Parent Meeting

Thank you for your support!