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PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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K-8 Gifted Programming

The Pittsburgh Gifted Center

The gifted support program, for students at the K-8 level, provides opportunities for students to enhance their individual strengths and interests with specifically designed activities and enrichment experiences. Students meet weekly at the Pittsburgh Gifted Center at Greenway where they participate in accelerated, hands-on courses. When not attending the Center, the needs of gifted students are met at their home schools. Students attending the Gifted Center enroll in various courses in the humanities, math, and/or science content areas. All courses focus on process skills which include problem solving, self-directed learning, interaction, creative thinking, higher-level thinking, and decision making. Technology instruction is a major focus at the Center and is infused in all curricula. The Gifted Center curriculum allows students the opportunity to complete hands-on, independent projects that match their interests. Students are enrolled in one course that lasts all year and two additional semester-long courses.  

Contact the Gifted Center at 412-529-3820 

 

On-Site Gifted Support

The district has also implemented an on-site gifted support program, which offers Dillworth and Grandview elementary students differentiated, accelerated instruction at their home school five days a week.  The on-site gifted teacher provides pull-out instruction and push-in services to the regular classroom to offer differentiated instruction to gifted students.  A true inclusion model, the on-site gifted teacher works closely with school personnel, parents, and community members to identify students with a profile that strongly indicates gifted ability.   

 

Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy implements an on-site gifted model that is school-wide. The on-site gifted program offers students differentiated instruction which includes enriched and accelerated service delivery models for gifted and high ability performing students. The model is a true inclusion model where students receive differentiated instruction on a daily basis and access to interest topics through the activity periods. 

 

Check out the Parent Resource Guide for more information or email us!