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“Excellence in education is when we do everything that we can to make sure they become everything that they can.”
− Carol Ann Tomlinson
PROGRAM OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS
MEREDITH CASPER, DIRECTOR
ACCELERATED AND ENRICHED INSTRUCTION
October 2013
Our VisionOur vision is that all schools will provide dynamic learning environments which challenge students to develop their intellectual power, creativity, and sense of self. All teachers will be knowledgeable about how able students learn effectively and will draw on a rich repertoire of innovative instructional strategies to support their students' achievements. There will be a climate of mutual caring and respect among stakeholders: teachers, parents, students, administrators, and community.
Our MissionThe mission of Accelerated and Enriched Instruction is the full implementation of the Policy on Enriched and Innovative Instruction in all schools in MCPS. This process includes the following:
Development and monitoring of the system wide identification procedures;
Collaboration with the curriculum supervisors in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction to create curriculum documents that clearly define outcomes for students who are motivated or capable of achieving high-end learning as well as the instructional strategies, resources and materials to achieve those outcomes;
Design and implementation of training, guidance, and support to other offices, departments, and divisions in fulfilling their responsibilities outlined in the policy and regulation; Policy: Gifted and Talented and Education IOA
Regulation: Gifted and Talented Education IOA-RA
Our MissionAdvocate, nurture, and support of students
from traditionally underrepresented populations in gifted and talented programs;
Provide consultative support to schools as they develop and refine their ongoing programs for gifted and talented students in compliance with the policy;
Monitor the development and refinement of a continuum of innovative programming models to meet the needs of gifted students at their home schools
Enriched and Accelerated Programming Options for All Students
Local ProgramsApplication ProgramsChoice ProgramsSignature Programs
Local Programs: ElementaryMCPS Curriculum 2.0 (C2.0) is built around developing students' critical and creative thinking skills, as well as essential academic success skills, so that students are well prepared for a lifetime of learning. The intent of our recent revisions is to better engage students and teachers, and dedicate more learning time to subjects such as the arts, information literacy, science, social studies and physical education.
Program enrichments in reading: William and Mary, Junior Great Books, Jacobs Ladder
Program enrichments in math: enrichment and acceleration built within the grade level, course advancement beginning in Grade 4
Local Programs: SecondaryHonors, Advanced Placement (AP), and advanced-level courses provide rigorous and challenging studies for highly able and potentially high-achieving students who are capable or motivated to pursue rigorous and challenging instruction.
**Students can enroll in individual Honors, AP, and advanced-level courses while not participating in an Honors program as a whole.
Application/Choice/ School Programs
Elementary Application ProgramsWINGS Program
• Mentoring program for gifted/learning disabled students and highly able students who are not succeeding in the regular classroom.
• School staff submits a request based on need and response to supports.
GT/LD Program• Barnsley • Placement is determined through the
school’s IEP team with CESC support.Primary Magnet
• Takoma Park • Grades: 1, 2
Elementary Application Programs
Center Programs for the Highly Gifted (CPHG)
• Grades: 4, 5• Limited seats; apply by region• Locations:
• Barnsley • Chevy Chase • Clearspring• Cold Spring • Drew • Fox Chapel • Pine Crest/ Oak View
Elementary School Signature Programs
International Baccalaureate: Primary Years
• College Gardens (local school)
Immersion Programs (DCCAPS)• Lottery Process/February• Chinese: College Gardens, Potomac• French: Maryvale, Sligo Creek • Spanish: Burnt Mills, Rock Creek
Forest, Rolling Terrace
Elementary Parent Information Meetings
Program Date Time Location
Center Programs for the Highly Gifted
Oct. 22 7 p.m. Northwest
Center Programs for the Highly Gifted
Oct. 24 7 p.m. Wheaton
Applications Due: November 8, 2013
Program Date Time Location
Primary Magnet January 9:30 a.m. Takoma Park
Applications Due: February 28, 2014
Middle School Application Programs
WINGS Program• Mentoring program for gifted/learning
disabled students and highly able students who are not succeeding in the regular classroom.
• School staff submits a request based on need and response to supports.
GT/LD Program• Clemente• Lee• North Bethesda • Placement is determined through the
school’s IEP team with CESC support.
Middle School Application Programs
Middle School/Limited seats
Clemente• Focus: Math, Science, Computer
Science• Focus: Humanities and
Communication
Eastern• Focus: Humanities and
Communication
Takoma Park• Focus: Math, Science, Computer
Science
Middle School Choice Programs
Middle Schools: Entrance by lottery. In-consortium students are guaranteed a seat and approximately 80 seats per program are available to out-of-consortium students.
Argyle• Focus: Digital Design and
Development
Loiederman• Focus: Creative and Performing Arts
Parkland• Focus: Aerospace Technology
Middle School Signature ProgramsInternational Baccalaureate: Middle Years Program/Local School
• Key• Newport Mills• Silver Spring International• West• Westland
Immersion Programs (DCCAPS)
Audience: Students who completed the elementary immersion continue to the middle school
• Chinese: Hoover• French: Gaithersburg, Silver Spring
International• Spanish: Silver Spring, Westland
Middle School Parent Information Meetings
Program Date Time Location
Clemente Oct. 10 7 p.m.
Clemente
Eastern Oct. 22 7 p.m.
Eastern
Takoma Park Oct. 10 7 p.m.
Takoma Park
Applications Due: November 8
Magnet Parent Meetings
Middle School Parent Information Meetings
Program Date Time Location
Argyle Oct. 16 7 p.m.
Argyle
Loiederman Oct. 23 7 p.m.
Loiederman
Parkland Oct. 9 7 p.m.
Parkland
Applications Due: November 8
Schools of Choice:Open House Meetings
High School Application ProgramsWINGs Program
• Mentoring program for gifted/learning disabled students and highly able students who are not succeeding in the regular classroom.
• School staff submits a request based on need and response to supports.
GT/LD Program• Northwood, Watkins Mill, Walter Johnson
• Placement is determined through the school’s IEP team with CESC support.
College Institute (DEIP) • An innovative partnership between Montgomery
College and MCPS which provides an opportunity for identified college ready students to earn college credits on the high school campus during the regular school day.
High School Application Programs
Einstein• Focus: Visual Arts
Blair • Focus: Science, Math, Computer
Science
Poolesville • Focus: Science, Math, Computer
Science• Focus: Global Ecology House• Focus: Humanities and
Communication
High School Application Programs
Montgomery• Focus: International Baccalaureate
Middle Years and Diploma Program
Edison (DEIP)• Focus:
• Arts, Humanities, Media, & Communication
• Biosciences, Health Sciences, & Medicine
• Human & Consumer Services, Hospitality & Tourism
• Information Technologies• Construction & Development• Transportation, Distribution, &
Logistics
High School Application Programs/ Consortia
Blair • Focus: Communications Arts Program
Kennedy • Focus: Leadership Training Institute
Wheaton • Focus: Biomedical Magnet Program• Focus: Engineering Magnet Program
Available to DCC residents or students attending a DCC middle
school
High School Application Programs/ Consortia
Downcounty Consortium (DCC)
•Blair•Einstein•Kennedy•Northwood•Wheaton
Northeast Consortium (NEC)
•Blake •Paint Branch •Springbrook
(Available to DCC or NEC residents only and students attending a DCC or NEC middle school)
High School ProgramsInternational Baccalaureate: Middle Years and Diploma Programs
• Springbrook • Bethesda-Chevy Chase
International Baccalaureate: Diploma Programs
• Einstein• Kennedy• Rockville• Seneca Valley• Springbrook• Watkins Mill
High School Parent Information Meeting
Program Date Time Location
Downcounty Consortium
Oct. 2Oct. 3Oct. 7Oct. 10 Oct. 28
7 p.m.
WheatonKennedyNorthwoodEinsteinBlair
Northeast Consortium
Oct. 16Oct. 24Oct. 29
7 p.m.
Paint BranchSpringbrookBlake
Applications Due: November 8
Open House Meetings
Considering OptionsThink about…
Your student’s strengths and needs
Your family’s needs Programs offered at your home
schoolPrograms that match your child’s
interestsApplying to multiple programs
Where to Get Further Information
◦Information Nights Program Open Houses Program Parent Events
◦Counseling Offices◦MCPS websites – AEI or school
specific◦Individual Programs
Try“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
− Theodore Roosevelt