Highly
capable students in grades six through eight who are interested in
testing to determine their eligibility into the district’s Puyallup
Accelerated Gifted Education (PAGE) program in the 2014-15 school year
must apply by Friday, January 10.
Applications are available in schools and other district offices, as well as on the Highly Capable Programs Web page.
Parents
and students who want to learn more about the PAGE program may attend
an information meeting from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on January 8 at Kalles Junior
High. The school is located at 501 7th Ave. S.E., Puyallup.
The
PAGE program, open to junior high students in grades seven through
nine, offers courses with a higher level of rigor, depth, breadth, and
acceleration than what is possible in the junior high honors program.
The program is offered at Kalles Junior High School.
Elementary
Highly
capable students in grades three through six are served through the
QUEST regional elementary program located at eight host schools
throughout the district.
March 10 is the next deadline to submit an application to be tested for the QUEST program for the 2014-15 school year.
Testing
will take place shortly after each application deadline, and families
are notified, usually by mail, of their testing appointment.
QUEST
offers specialized instruction and curriculum designed to promote
higher-level thinking and to provide a variety of learning experiences
to challenge highly capable students in a full-time classroom
environment.
The
program is offered to students districtwide at eight host sites:
Brouillet, Maplewood, Meeker, Northwood, Pope, Shaw Road, Sunrise, and
Zeiger elementary schools.
For more information and to obtain an application, click on the QUEST Web page.