Recent ActivityWelcome to Mountainside Gifted Services
Lois Sugar, Gifted Specialist
Independent Investigations is a semester long course open to all gifted learners offered in a three-year rotation of Architecture, Visual Images, and Engineering. There is an emphasis on non-verbal or spatial intelligence as well as on hands-on, open ended, authentically assessed activities. The heart of the program is building critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, and the habits of mind, which lead to both. Students also explore what it means to be a gifted learner. Each semester culminates with an open house allowing students to share their work with families and guests.
Mountainside Information Welcome to Visual Images! 2011-12 School TermThe Visual Images course focuses on the power and impact of images, the eye, hands-on activities with moving images, creating early toys with moving images, pinhole photography, designing and creating a photograpy display, as well as a visual project based upon student interest. The class also explores what it means to be a gifted learner and each semester culminates with an open house allowing students to share their work with families and guests.
GIFTED TESTINGTesting for Gifted Services
You may obtain the referral form from the Gifted Services Website http://gifted.susd.schoolfusion.us (click on Testing Information under Documents) or from the MMS/CR front office.  All Gifted Students....are strongly encouraged to take Independent Investigations for one semester, each year. Please make sure to request I.I. on your course request forms. It is essential that we challenge our gifted learners and have them interact with other gifted students. This year's content focuses on Engineering and next year's will focus on Visual Images.
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Last Updated: 08/16/2011 02:46 PM
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