Gifted & Talented
Kyffin Gifted & Talented Vision
The Kyffin Gifted and Talented program nurtures and challenges all of our unique students to create a thriving community while preparing them for a dynamic future.
The Gifted Center Student Experience at Kyffin
Gifted and Talented (GT) Center students have a homeroom class with like-minded peers. The homeroom class is together for core classes but individual students are flexibly grouped into other classrooms when another setting will best meet their individual needs.
Students in the GT center program attend music, art, physical education and lunch with mixed classes of their grade-level peers. Fifth grade students may participate in band and orchestra which is held twice a week for a 40-minute period.
Kyffin GT Center students participate in all other grade level activities including field trips and in-school programs.
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Advanced Learning Plan
Kyffin develops an Advanced Learning Plan (ALP) to guide programming for every identified gifted student.
Gifted & Talented in Jeffco
The Jeffco Public Schools Gifted and Talented (GT) Department’s vision is to Actualize Learners’ Potential for gifted and high-ability learners through a focus on access, equity, inclusion and diversity. All students deserve an education that provides meaningful growth academically, socially and emotionally.
Each year, every second grader in Jeffco takes The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) which measures reasoning skills with different types of verbal, quantitative and nonverbal questions. The results of this test inform teachers which students may be identified as gifted and talented.
What Is A Gifted Student?
GT students are learners between the ages of four and 21 whose abilities, talents or potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special educational programming. Children under five who are gifted may also receive early childhood special educational services.
Gifted students include students from all backgrounds who have exceptional abilities or potential. Gifted students are capable of exceptional performance, production or learning behavior and have one or more of these areas of giftedness:
Areas of giftedness
- Intellectual abilities
- Specific academic skills
- Creative or productive thinking
- Leadership abilities
- Visual arts, performing arts or musical abilities
- Physical skills
The 2024 Fall GT Center application is now closed. Please contact your GT Resource Teacher with questions regarding GT Center.