Gifted Support
This program is administered under the Pennsylvania Department of Education Gifted Guidelines. Students are identified by a variety of criteria that have been approved by the School Board. Gifted students are provided enriched and/or accelerated curricula.
Quest 8 #1209
Grade 8 enrichment is contained within the 8th grade Communication Arts curriculum and offers gifted students the opportunity to extend their work within a setting that includes working in a media communications framework in the Learning Resource Center television studio.
Quest 9 #1121 (1 credit)
Freshman enrichment is a compacted curriculum that includes the required Information Technology and the elective Web Design and Development I within the framework of Future Studies. Students will design and build robots to solve real world problems in addition to the course work required to prove mastery of the standards addressed in Info Tech and Web Design. Students will read fiction and non-fiction on a variety of topics related to future studies and will discuss their readings online. Students will have an opportunity to have their science fiction short story or future studies article published. There is a field trip to see robots in action in our world today and to see the latest robotic research going on in our region. Successful completion of this course allows the student to begin customizing their education through selection of additional electives as early as sophomore year.
Quest Mentoring
In the 10th and 11th grade gifted students are involved in a mentoring program. They meet periodically throughout the semester to discuss selected readings that assists them to plan their course of study as they transition to postsecondary life.
Quest 12 #2230 (.5 credit)
This course is an independently driven academic pursuit meant to prepare students for post-high school research standards. You will be challenged to delve into a topic of your own choosing and deal with the complexities of this topic as you learn more and more about it. While the expectations for scholarly work are high, you will be working alongside teachers who want to help you successfully deal with the challenges that come with high level academic work. At the end of the course, you will emerge with an extensive research paper that you can be proud of, a sense of accomplishment from defending your work in front of your teachers and a better feel for how you can excel academically after high school.