The Department is committed to providing leadership ma guidance to ensure that all schools offer a challenging education for gifted and talented students. These students excel in areas such as intellect, creativity, artistry, leadership ma specific academic subjects.
E tusa ai ma Faiga Faavae a le Komiti Fa'atonu 105-5 (PDF), the goals for supporting gifted and talented students include:
- Fa'atuina tulaga maualuga o mataupu aoaoina that are aligned with the intellectual ma social needs of gifted learners.
- Fa'amautinoa a'oga uma provide learning opportunities that nurture students with exceptional talents ma abilities.
- Tuuina atu aʻoaʻoga faʻapitoa ma services that challenge ma engage gifted students at levels that match their capabilities.
- Tuuina atu fa'aauauina o tomai fa'apitoa ma training for teachers to better support these students.
- Uunaia le auai malosi o matua ia fausia se nuu aoao lagolago.
- Fa'atuina se faiga i le setete atoa for identifying gifted students, notifying parents, ma evaluating program effectiveness.
Polokalama fa'aopoopo
Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
I le Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Gifted & Talented students discover just how much they can shine with advanced academic summer programs, online courses, awards ma more.
Davidson Young Scholars
O le Davidson Young Scholars program provides free services designed to nurture the intellectual, social, emotional, ma academic development of profoundly intelligent young people between the ages of 5 ma 18 (students must be between the ages of 5 ma 16 when applying). There are rolling application deadlines throughout the year.
Talavou Mensans
Sui Usufono o Amerika Mensa range in age from 2 to 102. They include engineers, homemakers, teachers, actors, athletes, students ma CEOs, ma they share one trait—high intelligence. To qualify for Mensa, they scored in the top 2% of the general population on an accepted standardized intelligence test. Mensa has full-time staff who support Talavou Mensans ma their families.
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MO nisi fa'amatalaga
Office of Curriculum ma Instructional Design, Academic Advancement Team
Phone: 808-784-6455
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