Welcome!
At Lawton Chiles Middle Academy our gifted students comprise
nearly a fourth of our student body and are an integral part of
our academic focus. We see the talents and leadership skills of
our gifted students as vital assets to Lawton Chiles Middle
Academy and one will often find gifted students in leadership
roles such as holding office in the Student Council and National
Junior Honor Society and serving as student representatives on
committees like the uniform and school safety committees.
Gifted students are clustered together in their language arts,
math, integrated lab and science courses and are served through
the support facilitation model. LCMA uses a team-teaching
approach: both the classroom teacher and the teacher of gifted
are actively engaged in the planning and the teaching of the
curriculum. Within these cluster classes select components of
the lesson or the follow-up activity may vary for individual
students in order to address each student’s goal on his or her
Educational Plan.
This model (1) provides an opportunity for gifted students to
engage in higher-level thinking activities that are more
challenging than those in the general education classroom, (2)
allows teachers of gifted to meet students’ specific goals as
identified on their Educational Plans, and (3) affords the
opportunity to infuse the latest technology into classrooms and
train classroom teachers in its use.
Advantages
• Gifted enrichment in science, math, integrated lab,
and language arts classes
• Smooth transition from elementary pullout programs to
consultative high school programs
• High expectations and challenging opportunities leading to
increased academic gains
Special Services Offered to Gifted
Students
• Appropriately challenging differentiated
curriculum
• Hands-on Problem Solving (HoPS)
• Small group settings related to students’ EPs
• Encouragement regarding involvement in the Duke University TIP
(Talent Identification Program)
• Parent email list
• Regularly scheduled communication with parents
• Notification of summer enrichment programs
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