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The Program
The Upper Merion Area School District believes that gifted learners, like all students, learn best when provided with challenging instruction which can be delivered in a range of settings. Programming can include the following: Acceleration, in which instruction is matched to the competence level of the student; Enrichment, in which opportunities for the investigation of appropriate materials are given and Individualization, in which instruction is matched specifically to the student's achievement, abilities and interests.
Research has shown that gifted students benefit from being grouped together for meaningful instruction during the day.
Each student who is identified as Gifted will have a GIEP tailored to his/her specific strengths. The GIEP is reviewed and updated annually at a meeting involving the student's gifted support teacher, a regular classroom teacher, parents, a school administrator, and other specialists as needed.
All teachers have received training in meeting the needs of the diverse learners in their classrooms. Our curriculum is rigorous and instruction is driven by multiple sources of student data to ensure that all students are appropriately challenged.