Urbana City Schools
Gifted Services
Gifted Services
Sharon KitchenCoordinator for Gifted Services
630 Washington Avenue, Urbana OH 43078 937-653-1419 or cell 937-215-5581 [email protected] |
Amy PaulGifted Intervention Specialist
Grades 3 and 4 Math 937-653-1453 [email protected] |
Gwynne FanslerGifted Intervention Specialist
Grade 4 Reading, Grades 5 and 6 Reading and Math 937-653-1453 or 937-653-1457 [email protected] |
Urbana City Schools believes that every human being is of value, with the right to optimal development. Each person is unique from all others and we must not only acknowledge this, but also base our programs upon methods of developing and utilizing that uniqueness. We are committed to an educational program that recognizes the special value and needs of the individual student. Providing programs and materials for exceptional learners who demonstrate the potential for superior talents is an integral part of the commitment.
We believe that gifted students need a qualitatively differentiated program that takes into consideration individual learning styles and special abilities. The program should encourage self-esteem and skills in independent study, research, creative thinking, higher level thinking skills, and critical thinking. The purpose of the program is to develop a life-long learning process. Gifted students should be challenged to develop their ability for both personal fulfillment and to the benefit of society. Because of that, there are academic options available at Urbana that provide such opportunities. The students will use broadbased theme or problems that are abstract, methods of inquiry, affective and social skills, and aesthetic or creative skills to name a few. Services at Urbana City SchoolsDuring the 2012-2013 year services are as follows:
Grades 3 and 4 --- Math Resource Room--Single Subject Course with GIS as Teacher of Record---open to all identified Math or Superior Cognitively identified students with a Math score at or above the 85th percentile ---Reading Resource Room---Single Subject Course with GIS as Teacher of Record--open to all identified Reading and Superior Cognitively identified students with a Reading score at or above the 85th percentile Grade 5 and 6 ---Math Resource Room---Single Subject Course with GIS as Teacher of Record---open to all identified Math or Superior Cognitively identified students ---Reading Resource Room---Single Subject Course with GIS as Teacher of Record---open to all identified Reading and Superior Cognitively identified students (Please contact the Gifted Services Coordinator for more information about additional criterion should the classrooms be at capacity) |
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Did you know?
In Ohio, the gifted student is defined as one who is superior in one or more of the following types of ability:
Superior Cognitive abiliy
Specific Academic ability
Creative Thinking ability
Visual and/or performing arts ability
Superior Cognitive abiliy
Specific Academic ability
Creative Thinking ability
Visual and/or performing arts ability