Gifted and Talented
District 158 is committed to the belief that each student is a unique and valuable human being who possesses individual educational needs and abilities. It is the responsibility of the school to not only acknowledge this, but to identify those needs and abilities and then to provide appropriate educational experiences to optimize each child’s individual development. Gifted/talented is part of the district’s commitment to provide quality services to all students.
“The surest path to high self-esteem is to be successful at something one perceived would be difficult.” — Dr. Sylvia Rimm
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Community Organization for Gifted Children (COGC)
Meeting – Monday, April 9 – 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Features Guest Speaker and Author David Finch
Never mind the lesson plans, it’s the classroom–the learning environment–that can be confusing, especially to gifted students with Asperger’s and ADD; students like David Finch, author of Oh, You Needed Me to Pay Attention? Classroom Perspective from a Twice Exceptional and Deceptively Remarkable Student and New York Times best selling novel, The Journal of Best Practices.
In this entertaining and enlightening presentation, Finch provides unique personal insights into the twice-exceptional learning experience through the lenses of Asperger’s, ADD, OCD, and giftedness. Thoughtful, revealing, inspiring – it’s a must see for parents and educators.
Please plan on joining us on Monday, April 9 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the library at Heineman Middle School, located at 725 Academic Drive, in Algonquin.
Meetings are open to all who are interested. A $5 registration fee will be charged to all non COGC members. Students in grades 6-12 are welcome to attend and are admitted free. Faculty members with District ID will also be admitted free.
For more information or questions, please contact Gifted Coordinator, Liza Campbell via email or at (847) 659-4355.
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COGC Meeting Presentation
From October 18, 2011
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MAP Test taking strategies:
- Gifted students are used to being the first done on regular paper-pencil test; with MAP they are usually last; it’s okay to be last on this, in fact we encourage gifted students to be the last ones finished.
- Gifted students are used to being able to skip a hard problem and go back over the problem later; with MAP this is not possible, however the GT student will still carry this question in their head making it difficult to work on the problem at hand.
- Gifted students are not used to being challenged on tests and when they face hard questions the reaction may be to STOP or be frustrated.
- Students at the high end of MAP testing will NOT have as large of gains on consecutive tests.
General Information
* Coursework for Hi-Cohort Program
* Suggested Curriculum for Gifted Cluster
Internet Links
Parent Information
* Community Organization for Gifted Children (COGC)
* Saturday Enrichment Programs
* NUMATS – Northwestern University Center for Talent Development
