1. “Excellence in education is when we do everything that we can to make sure they become everything that they can.”
− Carol Ann Tomlinson
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2. October 2013
Program Options for Students Meredith Casper, Director Accelerated and Enriched Instruction

3. Our Vision
Our vision is that all schools will provide dynamic learning environments which challenge students to develop their intellectual power, creativity, and sense of self. All teachers will be knowledgeable about how able students learn effectively and will draw on a rich repertoire of innovative instructional strategies to support their students' achievements. There will be a climate of mutual caring and respect among stakeholders: teachers, parents, students, administrators, and community.

4. Our Mission
The mission of Accelerated and Enriched Instruction is the full implementation of the Policy on Enriched and Innovative Instruction in all schools in MCPS. This process includes the following:
Development and monitoring of the system wide identification procedures;
Collaboration with the curriculum supervisors in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction to create curriculum documents that clearly define outcomes for students who are motivated or capable of achieving high-end learning as well as the instructional strategies, resources and materials to achieve those outcomes;
Design and implementation of training, guidance, and support to other offices, departments, and divisions in fulfilling their responsibilities outlined in the policy and regulation;
Policy: Gifted and Talented and Education IOA
Regulation: Gifted and Talented Education IOA-RA

5. Our Mission
Advocate, nurture, and support of students from traditionally underrepresented populations in gifted and talented programs;
Provide consultative support to schools as they develop and refine their ongoing programs for gifted and talented students in compliance with the policy;
Monitor the development and refinement of a continuum of innovative programming models to meet the needs of gifted students at their home schools

6. Enriched and Accelerated Programming Options for All Students
Local Programs
Application Programs
Choice Programs
Signature Programs

7. Local Programs: Elementary
MCPS Curriculum 2.0 (C2.0) is built around developing students' critical and creative thinking skills, as well as essential academic success skills, so that students are well prepared for a lifetime of learning. The intent of our recent revisions is to better engage students and teachers, and dedicate more learning time to subjects such as the arts, information literacy, science, social studies and physical education.
Program enrichments in reading: William and Mary, Junior Great Books, Jacobs Ladder
Program enrichments in math: enrichment and acceleration built within the grade level, course advancement beginning in Grade 4

8. Local Programs: Secondary
Honors, Advanced Placement (AP), and advanced-level courses provide rigorous and challenging studies for highly able and potentially high-achieving students who are capable or motivated to pursue rigorous and challenging instruction. **Students can enroll in individual Honors, AP, and advanced- level courses while not participating in an Honors program as a whole.

9. Application/Choice/ School Programs
Peter, 10 minutes through magnet programs
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10. Elementary Application Programs
WINGS Program
Mentoring program for gifted/learning disabled students and highly able students who are not succeeding in the regular classroom.
School staff submits a request based on need and response to supports.
GT/LD Program
Barnsley
Placement is determined through the school’s IEP team with CESC support.
Primary Magnet
Takoma Park
Grades: 1, 2

11. Elementary Application Programs
Center Programs for the Highly Gifted (CPHG)
Grades: 4, 5
Limited seats; apply by region
Locations:
Barnsley
Chevy Chase
Clearspring
Cold Spring
Drew
Fox Chapel
Pine Crest/ Oak View

12. Elementary School Signature Programs
International Baccalaureate: Primary Years
College Gardens (local school)
Immersion Programs (DCCAPS)
Lottery Process/February
Chinese: College Gardens, Potomac
French: Maryvale, Sligo Creek
Spanish: Burnt Mills, Rock Creek Forest, Rolling Terrace

13. Elementary Parent Information Meetings
Program
Date
Time
Location
Center Programs for the Highly Gifted
Oct. 22
7 p.m.
Northwest
Oct. 24
Wheaton
Applications Due: November 8, 2013
Program
Date
Time
Location
Primary Magnet
January
9:30 a.m.
Takoma Park
Applications Due: February 28, 2014

14. Middle School Application Programs
WINGS Program
Mentoring program for gifted/learning disabled students and highly able students who are not succeeding in the regular classroom.
School staff submits a request based on need and response to supports.
GT/LD Program
Clemente
Lee
North Bethesda
Placement is determined through the school’s IEP team with CESC support.

15. Middle School Application Programs
Middle School/Limited seats
Clemente
Focus: Math, Science, Computer Science
Focus: Humanities and Communication
Eastern
Takoma Park

16. Middle School Choice Programs
Middle Schools: Entrance by lottery. In-consortium students are guaranteed a seat and approximately 80 seats per program are available to out-of-consortium students.
Argyle
Focus: Digital Design and Development
Loiederman
Focus: Creative and Performing Arts
Parkland
Focus: Aerospace Technology

17. Middle School Signature Programs
International Baccalaureate: Middle Years Program/Local School
Key
Newport Mills
Silver Spring International
West
Westland
Immersion Programs (DCCAPS)
Audience: Students who completed the elementary immersion continue to the middle school
Chinese: Hoover
French: Gaithersburg, Silver Spring International
Spanish: Silver Spring, Westland

18. Middle School Parent Information Meetings
Magnet Parent Meetings
Program
Date
Time
Location
Clemente
Oct. 10
7 p.m.
Eastern
Oct. 22
Takoma Park
Applications Due: November 8

19. Middle School Parent Information Meetings
Schools of Choice:
Open House Meetings
Program
Date
Time
Location
Argyle
Oct. 16
7 p.m.
Loiederman
Oct. 23
Parkland
Oct. 9
Applications Due: November 8

20. High School Application Programs
WINGs Program
Mentoring program for gifted/learning disabled students and highly able students who are not succeeding in the regular classroom.
School staff submits a request based on need and response to supports.
GT/LD Program
Northwood, Watkins Mill, Walter Johnson
Placement is determined through the school’s IEP team with CESC support.
College Institute (DEIP)
An innovative partnership between Montgomery College and MCPS which provides an opportunity for identified college ready students to earn college credits on the high school campus during the regular school day.

21. High School Application Programs
Einstein
Focus: Visual Arts
Blair
Focus: Science, Math, Computer Science
Poolesville
Focus: Global Ecology House
Focus: Humanities and Communication

22. High School Application Programs
Montgomery
Focus: International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Program
Edison (DEIP)
Focus:
Arts, Humanities, Media, & Communication
Biosciences, Health Sciences, & Medicine
Human & Consumer Services, Hospitality & Tourism
Information Technologies
Construction & Development
Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics

23. High School Application Programs/ Consortia
Blair
Focus: Communications Arts Program
Kennedy
Focus: Leadership Training Institute
Wheaton
Focus: Biomedical Magnet Program
Focus: Engineering Magnet Program
Available to DCC residents or students attending a DCC middle school

24. High School Application Programs/ Consortia
(Available to DCC or NEC residents only and students attending a DCC or NEC middle school)
Downcounty Consortium (DCC)
Blair
Einstein
Kennedy
Northwood
Wheaton
Northeast Consortium (NEC)
Blake
Paint Branch
Springbrook

25. High School Programs
International Baccalaureate: Middle Years and Diploma Programs
Springbrook
Bethesda-Chevy Chase
International Baccalaureate: Diploma Programs
Einstein
Kennedy
Rockville
Seneca Valley
Watkins Mill

26. High School Parent Information Meeting
Open House Meetings
Program
Date
Time
Location
Downcounty Consortium
Oct. 2
Oct. 3
Oct. 7
Oct. 10
Oct. 28
7 p.m.
Wheaton
Kennedy
Northwood
Einstein
Blair
Northeast Consortium
Oct. 16
Oct. 24
Oct. 29
Paint Branch
Springbrook
Blake
Applications Due: November 8
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27. Considering Options Think about… Your student’s strengths and needs
Your family’s needs
Programs offered at your home school
Programs that match your child’s interests
Applying to multiple programs
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28. Where to Get Further Information
Information Nights
Program Open Houses
Program Parent Events
Counseling Offices
MCPS websites – AEI or school specific
Individual Programs
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29. Try
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” − Theodore Roosevelt
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