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Schools for the Gifted
Child
Geniuses Find A Home CBS / AP, an interview with Jan and Bob
Davidson. "When you look at underachievement, the group that is
really under achieving are the very bright kids because there is the
greatest difference between what is offered of them and what they can do."
The question is often asked, Are there special schools for gifted children?
For highly gifted children? But there are few answers. This list attempts to be
an answer, but comes with many caveats. First and foremost, schools are listed
here by either their own or parent recommendations - this listing is in no way a
recommendation for any specific school for a specific student. Some of these
schools are public, some are private. Some test very strictly for gifted or
highly gifted students; others are very specialized in their academics, and
therefore draw such students without testing explicitly for the gifted.
That said, at least this list is a beginning, a list of a few schools where
at least some of our children can find a stimulating education, among other
children like themselves.
For more on...
 To help ask the right questions when you're selecting a school, read
Choosing
the Right School for Your Gifted Child by Bryan C. Hassel and Emily Ayscue
Hassel in the Duke
Gifted Letter. For more a comprehensive guide, read their book:
Picky
Parent Guide: Choose Your Child's School With Confidence, the Elementary
Years, K-6... Leaves no
stones unturned in addressing the critical intersection of child, family and
school, and they have presented the material in a friendly, indexed, bite-sized
format.
Or download their specialized PDF
Choose a School for Your Gifted Child: A Picky Parent Guide Quick Kit
(requires Adobe Reader)
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Australia
-
-
Gifted Education in Australia a comprehensive listing of schools
serving gifted children in all states and territories of Australia...
Austria
-
- Sir Karl Popper Schule Vienna
- For more information, e-mail Franz
Poell
Canada
- Alberta
-
- Hillhurst Community Elementary School Calgary
- GATE Program for grades 4 to 6 (North GATE)
(403) 777-6360
- New
Horizons Charter School Sherwood Park
- Gifted, IQ test, grades K-9
3 Spruce Avenue, phone (780) 467-6409 - Prince of Wales Elementary School Calgary
- GATE Program for grades 4 to 6 (South GATE)
253 Parkland Way SE, Calgary, AB T2J 3Y9 (403) 777-6880
- Queen Elizabeth Junior & Senior High School Calgary
- GATE Program for grades 7 to 9
(403) 283-8434
- Westmount
Charter School (formerly ABC Charter School) Calgary
- grades K-12, gifted
2519 Richmond Road SW, Calgary, AB, T3E 4M9 (403) 217-0426
- British Columbia
-
- University Hill Secondary UBC, Vancouver
- grade 7 - 12, completed in two years
-
- Ontario
-
- Venta
Preparatory School Ottawa, Ontario
- grades 1 - 10, small classes
with overlapping grades and ages to accommodate varying abilities
-
Holland
-
- Leonardo
school - Hoogbegaafdheid Venlo
- developing school for highly
intelligent children (click for
English)
-
Switzerland
-
- Talenta School Zurich
- For more information, e-mail
Jean-Jacques Bertschi
-
United States
- Online School
-
-
- Connections
Academy Virtual charter school, available in 11 states
- Curriculum available through Virtual Charter School; grades K-11 (adding
grade 12 in 2008-09); program enhancement that specifically addresses gifted
and talented students
- Florida
Virtual School (FLVS)
- High quality, technology-based education for middle and high school
students. Free for all Florida students; tuition-based for other
students
- K12
Virtual school, available through charter schools in 20 states plus
Washington D.C.
- Curriculum available through Virtual Charter School;
grades K-12; fully-accredited, diploma-granting, online; handling of
gifted students varies by Charter School and state
- Laureate
School a division of Laurel
Springs School
- grades K-12, WASC accredited, curriculum
individualized for the gifted student
- Stanford
University EPGY Online High School
- Gifted;
grades 10-12; fully-accredited, diploma-granting, online, independent
high school
A
high school with more clicks than cliques in the L.A. Times
- Arizona
-
- BASIS
charter school, Scottsdale
- grades 5-8
- Center
for Differentiated Instruction at Copperwood Elementary Peoria
Unified School District
- grades 2-8, multi-age self-contained gifted
classroom
- Chandler
Academically Talented Students (CATS) Chandler Unified
-
self-contained gifted classes for elementary grades including K-1
- Gateways
School Tucson
- gifted, focusing on exceptionally gifted; (520) 749-5656
-
Great
Hearts Preparatory Academies
- Chandler Prep Academy
Chandler, grades 7-8 (adding 9th in 2006)
Tempe Prep Academy Tempe, grades
7-12
- Veritas Prep Academy
Phoenix, grades 7-11 (adding 12th in 2006)
-
International
School of Tucson Tucson
- International curriculum,
language-immersion, grades pre-school to 6
- Kino School Tucson
- Progressive school
- REACH
program at Madison Park Elementary Madison School District
-
self-contained for profoundly gifted in grades 1-8
- Satori School Tucson
- Gifted and inquisitive children, age 2.5 through 5th grade, (520)
887-4003
- Scottsdale
Unified School District
- Pima Elementary, self-contained gifted classes for grades 4-6
Zuni Elementary, self-contained gifted classes for grades 3-6, class for
gifted with learning disabilities
- Sonoran
Sky Elementary Paradise Valley Unified School District, Scottsdale
- self-contained gifted classes for grades 4-6
- Washington
Unified School District
- MAP program (self-contained elementary at Sahuaro Elementary)
FLEX program (self-contained middle-school at Cholla Middle School)
- California
-
- Berkeley
Parents Network
- Reviews of
Schools K-12 in the Berkeley area...
- Baywood
Learning Center Oakland
- Gifted; testing; opening informally January
2005, formally September 2005 for elementary ages, middle school to follow
-
Bridges
Academy Los Angeles
- Twice-exceptional; college-prep; grade 6-12; testing
- Dunham
Academy San Rafael
- Gifted; grade K-8; testing
-
Eldorado
School for the Gifted - Emerson Honors High School Orange
- Private, preschool - high school
- El Sereno
Gifted/High Ability Magnet Los Angeles
- Public middle School with a gifted magnet attached; grade 6-8
- Hillbrook
School Los Gatos
- grade JK-8, screening process including ERBs at higher grades
-
The Mirman School Los Angeles
- Highly gifted; Stanford Binet 145+; lower and upper schools to 8th
grade
- Multnomah Highly Gifted Magnet Los Angeles
- Magnet coordinator: Myrna Romo (323) 225-6005
- North
Hollywood High School North Hollywood
- Public high school with a highly gifted magnet attached; IQ 145+
- Nueva School San Francisco Bay
Area
- Gifted; pre-k-8; testing
- Odyssey
School San Mateo
- Gifted; middle school; testing
- Pacific
Center for Creative Learning (PCCL) Santa Monica
- high-achieving,
gifted and highly gifted; Elementary through age 13
- The Pegasus School Huntington Beach
- Gifted; Elementary K-8
- Peninsula
Heritage School Rolling Hills Estates
- Academic;
pre-school-grade 5
- Rhoades School Encinitas
- Gifted; Lower school K-8; testing
- San Diego City Schools Cluster
GATE San Diego
- Gifted: Raven's 98% - 99%; various models, depending on school site,
often pull-out
- School
of Choice Oakland
- Gifted middle & high school, grades 6-12; phone
(510) 610-7784
- School
of Choice San Jose
- Gifted middle & high school, grades 6-12; phone
(408) 244-9900
- Spring
Hill - The Advanced Elementary School of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz
- Gifted elementary K-6;
phone (831) 427-2641
- Reed Middle School IHP
North Hollywood
- Public school with a highly gifted Individualized Honors Program
attached; IQ 145+
- Westside Charter School for the
Highly Gifted Los Angeles Unified School District
- Highly gifted; grades 1 to 8+
- Colorado
-
- Brideun
School for Exceptional Children, Lafayette
- grades 1 - 8, specializes in twice exceptional children
- Challenge
School Denver (Cherry Creek)
- grades K-8, gifted, testing required
(CogAT)
- Community
School for the Gifted Littleton
- preschool (2 1/2 years old)
through middle school, (303) 730-7288
- The Discovery Program Denver
- grades 2 - 8
- The Logan School Denver
- grades K to 8; (303) 340-2444
- Mackintosh Academy
Littleton
- grades pre-school to 8; IQ test (optional under age 6); accept twice
exceptional children
- Peak
to Peak Charter School Lafayette
- grades K to 12; (303) 453-4600
- Polaris Program at
Ebert Denver
- highly gifted, public school, grades 1 - 5; nomination and testing
from Denver Public Schools
- Renaissance
Academy Colorado Springs
- gifted (Stanford Binet or Wechsler); (719)
475-2510
- Ricks Center for Gifted Children Denver (at the University of
Denver)
- (303) 871-2982
- Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted and
Creative Boulder
- (303) 545-9230
- Stargate School Denver
(Adams 12 School District)
- Chartered educational K-8 facility, for
intellectually gifted and talented students, (303) 450-3936
- Connecticut
-
- Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford
- grades 9 - 12
- Frasier-Woods
School Newtown
-
toddler to age 14, Montessori
-
Hopkins
School New Haven
-
grades 7 to 12
-
Phoenix
Academy Easton
-
grades pre-k to 8
- Pierrepont School Westport
-
(203) 226-1891
- Talcott Mountain Academy Avon
- grades K - 8
- Delaware
-
- Cab Calloway School of the
Arts Wilmington
- grades 6 - 12; placement test
- The Charter School of
Wilmington Wilmington
- grades 9 - 12; placement test
- Florida
-
-
- Conservatory
Prep Senior High Davie
- grades 8 - 12; gifted students with a passion for the arts
- Pine View
School Osprey
- grades 2 through 12
- The
Weiss School Palm Beach Gardens
- gifted, grades PK3 through 8
- Georgia
-
- Brenau Academy Gainesville
- an art school...
- High
Meadows School Roswell
- Assessment plus fit; age 3 - grade 8
- Paideia Atlanta
- Assessment; age 3 - grade 12
- Pace Academy Atlanta
- Grades pre-first - 12
- Hawaii
-
- Assets Honolulu
- IQ; Gifted, dyslexic, and gifted-dyslexic students; age 5 - 18
-
- Idaho
-
- Arrowrock
Classical School Boise
- Gifted, elementary, IQ testing
- Illinois
-
- Avery Coonley Downers Grove
- Gifted, grade K to 8
- Countryside
School Champaign
- grade K to 8
- Da
Vinci Academy Elgin
- Pre-k (3-4) to grade 8; testing, top 5%
- Elgin
Academy Elgin
- Pre-school to grade 12; ERB test for grades 6-12
- Fox
River County Day School Elgin
- grade K to 8; large gifted population, masterful at differentiation
- Iles
School Springfield
- Gifted, public, 1-5
- Illinois Math & Science Academy
Aurora
- Gifted, public residential high school
- Lincoln Park High School
Chicago
- Academic magnet, high school, ITBS test or performing arts audition
- Quest Academy (was Creative
Children's Academy) Palatine
- Gifted, grade K to 8, WISC III or SB IV of 125 (5 point margin for
error)
- Renaissance
Preparatory School Chicago
- Academically and/ or artistically
talented, grade 6 to 12
- Rockford
Gifted Program Rockford
- Identification via testing matrix and the
professional judgment of the selection committee, grade K-12
Rockford King Elementary
School; Rockford West
Middle School; Rockford
Auburn High School
- Science and Arts Academy Des Plaines
- Gifted, grade preschool to 8, IQ testing (120+)
- Whitney
M. Young Magnet High School Chicago
- Academic magnet, grades 7-8 and high school
- Indiana
-
- Burris
Laboratory School Ball State University, Muncie
- Best practices, grade K-12
- Indiana Academy for
Science, Mathematics, and Humanities Ball State University, Muncie
- Gifted, residential, grade 11 and 12
- Sycamore School
Indianapolis
- Gifted, grade pre-K to 8
- Iowa
-
-
Central
Academy Des Moines
- Gifted, grade 8 to 12, high achievement test
scores
- Kansas
-
- Oxford Park Academy Overland Park
- grade pre-K to 2, Principal
Mabel Tinjaca, (913) 897-2740
- Kentucky
-
-
Covington Latin School
Covington
- Gifted, grade 8 to 12
- Louisiana
-
- The Louisiana School for Math Science
and the Arts Natchitoches
- Grades 11-12; (318) 357-3173
- Maryland
-
- Montgomery
County Public Schools Rockville
- WINGS Mentor program for
"gifted/learning disabled students and highly able students who are not
succeeding in the regular education classroom"
- Massachusetts
-
- Academy
Hill School Springfield
- Gifted; grades K-8
- Advanced
Math and Science Academy Charter School (AMSACS) Marlborough
-
Charter; grades 6-12
- Clark
School Danvers
- grades K-8
-
Concord
Academy Concord
- grades 9-12
- Francis
W. Parker Charter Essential School Devens
- grades 6-12
- Massachusetts
Academy for Math and Science Worcester
- Combined high school /
college, 11th and 12th graders + freshman year at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (all at state expense)
- Meridian
Academy Jamaica Plain (Boston)
- grades 6-9 for 2006-07 school
year, expanding to serve grades 6-12; testing with ISEE or SSAT (MCAS
accepted)
- Phoenix
School Salem
- grades K-8
- The Sage School Foxboro
- Preschool through grade 8
- Wayland Academy Framingham
- Gifted; grades PK-6
- Michigan
-
- Interlochen Arts Academy
Interlochen
- grades 9 - post graduate; pre-professional arts training combined with
college prep academics
- Michigan
Math and Science Centers 33 locations in the state
- enrichment
centers serving both public and private school students, in various
grades and subjects including math and science
-
Steppingstone
School Farmington Hills
- Gifted; IQ test; Young K through grade 8
-
Summers-Knoll
School Ann Arbor
- Bright, creative and gifted children; IQ test; K through grade 8
- The Roeper School Bloomfield
Hills (Detroit metro)
- Gifted; IQ test; Pre-school through grade 12
- Minnesota
-
- Atheneum
Gifted Magnet School Inver Grove
- highly gifted; grades 3-6
- Capitol
Hill Gifted and Talented Magnet School St. Paul
- gifted;
grades K-8
-
Dimensions
Academy Bloomington
- highly / profoundly gifted; IQ and/or
achievement test; grades 4-8
-
Friedell
Middle School Rochester
- highly gifted; IQ and/or achievement
test; grades 6-8, starting with 6 in 2007-08
-
The
Lighthouse Program Spring Lake Park Schools, Spring Lake Park
- highly gifted;
ability and achievement test; ages 10-18, flexible grades
- Missouri
-
- Kansas City Regional Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students
(PEGS) Kansas City
- Modeled on the St. Louis program
- St. Louis Regional Program
for Exceptionally Gifted Students (PEGS)
St. Louis
- Thomas Jefferson School St. Louis
- Able; IQ test; private boarding/day school; grades 7-12
- Nevada
-
- Davidson
Academy of Nevada University of Nevada, Reno
- grades 6 - 12, a
public / university school for profoundly gifted students, admission
test
- New Hampshire
-
- Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter
- grades 9 - 12 and post-graduate, boarding; admission test SSAT, PSAT,
SAT and TOEFL for ESL students
Student centered learning: Exeter is well known for originating Harkness
teaching whereby 12 students and a teacher join in seminar style classes
around an oval table
- St. Paul's School Concord
- grades 9 - 12, boarding; admission test SSAT
- New Jersey
-
- Princeton Friends
Princeton
- grades pre-K - 8, small classes, Central Study curriculum
- Sundance
School North Plainfield
- ages 2 - 9, multi-age, small classes, (908) 561-5055
- New York
-
- The
Anderson Program Manhattan
- grades K - 5, expanding to middle school, (212) 595-7193
-
Bay
Ridge Preparatory School Brooklyn
- grades K-12, not gifted per se,
but gifted friendly
-
Bronx Science NYC
- High school
-
Hollingworth Preschool Center for Study and Education of the Gifted Manhattan
- Gifted; Pre-school 3-5 years; service, research, and demonstration
site for children in the neighboring communities. Also read
A Model Program for Precocious Children: Hollingworth Preschool
-
Hudson
Valley School for the Gifted Village of Montgomery, Orange County
-
Opening fall 2007. Advanced learner; testing if available; grades
K-5
- Hunter College Elementary School Manhattan
- Gifted; Elementary school; SB-IV 132+; access in Nursery and
Kindergarten only; must reside in Manhattan
- Hunter College High School NYC
- Gifted; High school (grades 7-12); standardized achievement tests for
admission, or automatic from Hunter College Elementary
- Long Island School for the
Gifted Huntington
- Gifted; grades K-9
- Saint
Ann's Brooklyn
- grades pre-school to 12, (718) 522-1660
-
St.
Thomas Choir School NYC
- academic and vocally gifted, by audition, boarding, grades 4-8, (212)
247-3311
- Stuyvesant NYC
- High school
- For more
on NYC schools, visit
InsideSchools.org Gifted Programs...
- North Carolina
-
- The Asheville School
Asheville
- grades 9 - 12 boarding (grades 7 - 10 summer); tests vary by grade,
WISC always accepted
- Camelot
Academy Durham
- grades K-12
- Fuller Gifted and Talented Magnet Raleigh
- Elementary School; Wake County
- Horizons
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
- Elementary K - 8, IQ 145+
- Metrolina Regional Scholars'
Academy Charlotte
- Elementary K - 8, IQ 145+
- Ohio
-
- Academy for Gifted Children Cincinnati
- Kindergarten through grade 12; (513) 794-1404
- Schilling School for Gifted
Children Cincinnati
- Kindergarten through grade 12; IQ 130+
- Oklahoma
-
- University
School University of Tulsa in Tulsa
- grades age 3-grade 8, WPPSI or WISC
- Oregon
-
- The
Northwest Academy Portland
- grades 9-12
- Pennsylvania
-
- The Crefeld School Chestnut
Hill, Philadelphia
- Because not all great minds think alike! grades
7-12,
- Devon
Prep Devon
- Entrance/academic scholarship exam, young men only,
grades 6-12
- Golden
Tree Academy Proposed, searching for funding, West-central Pennsylvania
- Developing
boarding school for bright and gifted boys, grades 5-8
- Infinity
Charter School Lower Paxton
- Gifted, public charter elementary, now open!
- Malvern
Prep Malvern
- Entrance/academic scholarship exam, young men only,
grades 6-12
-
Pennsylvania
Cyber Charter online
-
Public charter school, includes dual enrollment and other options,
grades K-12
-
University Scholars Program West Chester
-
Public, combination charter and cyber-charter school, rigorous college
preparatory program for highly motivated gifted students,
grades 5-12
- Voyager
Charter School Garnet Valley
- Sadly, Voyager's charter was denied
- South Carolina
-
- The
Charles Townes Center Greenville
-
gifted, grades 3-6
- Saint
John Catholic School North Charleston
-
gifted, grades K4-8
- Texas
-
- ACE
Academy Austin
- gifted, grades pre-K-8, multiage
- The Anderson School for the Gifted and Talented White
Settlement, Ft. Worth
- (817) 448-8484
- El
Paso Country Day School El Paso
- K - 12, academically advanced
students
- The Rainard School
Houston
- Gifted screening; ages 4-13 nongraded
- The Winston School Dallas
- Gifted / LD students
- Utah
-
- Realms of Inquiry Salt Lake City
- gifted, talented and creative, grades K-12, IQ testing required
- Spectrum
Academy North Salt Lake
- twice exceptional, especially Asperger’s Syndrome and other
high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Vermont
-
- Putney
School Putney
- independent, coeducational, boarding and day school for grades 9-12,
also recommended by parents of twice exceptional and eg/pg students
- Virginia
-
- Campbell
School Lake Ridge
- Twice-exceptional; age 3 to grade 6; IQ testing
for grade 1-6
- Episcopal
High School Alexandria
- grades 9 - 12; testing SSAT for 9th-10th, SAT for 11th-12th
- The Governor's School
Richmond
- grades 9 - 12
- Ideal
Schools Ashburn, Loudoun County
- high-tech private project-based
high school, scheduled to open in fall 2008
- Nysmith School for the Gifted
Herndon
- grades pre-K to 8, IQ 130+
- Peabody School Charlottesville
- Gifted; K-8, WISC/WPPSI
- Randolph
Elementary School Arlington
- IB; K-6
- Washington
-
- The Evergreen School
Seattle
- grades pre-school to 8; IQ test
- Gifted
High School at Interlake Bellevue School District
- High School to
follow the PRISM program, testing required unless present PRISM student
- NOVA
Lacey
- middle school grades 6-8; top 10% of class (by IQ, achievement, etc.)
- Open Window Bellevue
- gifted; grades pre-K to 5; testing 97th percentile or above on IQ test
-
PRISM
Program Bellevue School District
- grades 1-8 plus new
high school program; testing 144+ CogAT
- Prism
School
Veradale
- grades pre-K to 3
-
Quest
Program Lake Washington School District
- grades 1-9; testing
ITBS, CogAT, and Creativity scale
- The Seabury School Tacoma
- grades pre-K to 8 on two campuses; testing
- Seattle Country Day School
Seattle
- grades K to 8; 127 or above on WISC/WPPSI
- Soundview Lynnwood
- grades pre-school to 8
- University Child Development School
Seattle
- grades pre-K to 5; testing
- Wisconsin
-
- Eagle
School Madison
- Gifted; K-8; Directors: Betty Connor and Mary Olsky 608.273.0309
- Wisconsin Center for Gifted
Learners Milwaukee
- Preschool through Elementary
217 West Dunwood Road, Milwaukee, WI 53217 414-351-4441
- Golda Meier
Milwaukee Public School
- Elementary 3 - 5
1555 North Martin Luther King Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212 414-271-6840
- Odyssey/Magellan
Charter School Appleton Area School District
- Gifted; grades 3 - 8
- Samuel Morse Middle School Milwaukee
- Gifted; grades 6 - 8; Principal: Rogers E. Onick; 414-466-9920
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