Gifted Education Services

The Brandywine School District recognizes the rights of students from all cultural groups and across all economic strata to an education that provides for the maximum development of their potential. This includes students with the capability to perform at higher levels compared to their peers. This right also extends to students who are twice exceptional and may need support, intervention, and guidance to develop academically, socially, and emotionally. Identified students may require services that offer opportunities for acceleration and enrichment beyond the grade-level curriculum.  

 

Brandywine School District defines gifted education as services that provide learning opportunities centered on the cognitive and affective needs of students who exhibit above average ability to reason and think academically, commit to tasks, and apply analytical creativity to solve problems. The instruction is differentiated and focused on the social and emotional needs of students who demonstrate gifted behaviors. The coursework incorporates compacting, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking designed to provide opportunities to strengthen abilities to think and work like experts in the discipline.

 

In the Brandywine School District, gifted services are offered in specific schools for grades K-8. Students may be recommended for gifted education services at any grade level and typically continue to receive gifted education services from year to year, provided their needs are being met. Students identified for gifted education attend the school listed for their grade level; bus transportation is provided for students receiving gifted education services who live in the Brandywine feeder pattern.  Brandywine School District staff work intentionally to ease transitions between schools for students and families.