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Gifted Education

District 49 Definition of a Gifted Student/Child.  A student/child between 4 and 21 whose aptitude or competence in abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment in one or more domains are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet educational programming needs.  Gifted students/children are hereafter referred to as gifted students.  Children under five who are gifted may also be provided with early childhood special educational services.  Gifted students include gifted students with disabilities (i.e. twice exceptional) and students with exceptional abilities or potential from all social-economic, ethnic and cultural populations.  

What is Gifted?

The Exceptional Children's Education Act (ECEA) defines "gifted" children as:

Those persons between the ages of four and twenty-one whose aptitude or competence in abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment in one or more domains are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational programming needs. Gifted children are hereafter referred to as gifted students. Children under five who are gifted may also be provided with early childhood special educational services. Gifted students include gifted students with disabilities (i.e. twice exceptional) and students with exceptional abilities or potential from all socio-economic, ethnic, and cultural populations. Gifted students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior by virtue of any or a combination of these areas of giftedness:

  • General or specific intellectual ability
  • Specific academic aptitude
  • Creative or productive thinking
  • Leadership abilities
  • Visual arts, performing arts, musical or psychomotor abilities 12.01(16)

ECEA defines "identification" as:
The assessment process used by the AU for identifying students who meet the definition specified in section 12.01(16) and for identifying the educational needs of gifted students. 12.02(2)(c)

Areas of Gifted

ECEA Areas of Gifted Identification: (12.01(16)(a-e)

  • General Intellectual Ability
  • Specific Academic Aptitudes
    • Reading
    • Writing
    • Mathematics
    • Science
    • Social Studies
    • World Languages
  • Specific Talent Aptitudes
    • Creative or Productive Thinking
    • Leadership
    • Dance
    • Music
    • Performing Arts (theater, speech and debate)
    • Visual Arts
    • Psychomotor

Gifted Education Staff

Diane Neff

Coordinator of Gifted Education

Margaret Stanley

TOSA - Gifted Education Specialist

Phone: 719-494-8960

Address: Creekside Success Center
3850 Pony Tracks Drive, Colorado Springs, CO

Gifted Education Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Sunday, January 26
Monday, January 27
Tuesday, January 28
Wednesday, January 29
Thursday, January 30
GE Book Club
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Saturday, February 1
Sunday, February 2
Monday, February 3
Early Access Begins
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Tuesday, February 4
Wednesday, February 5
GE Book Club
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Thursday, February 6
Friday, February 7
Elementary PD Day
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Saturday, February 8
Sunday, February 9
Monday, February 10
Tuesday, February 11
Wednesday, February 12
Thursday, February 13
GE Book Club
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Friday, February 14
Parent/Teacher Conferences
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Saturday, February 15
Sunday, February 16
Monday, February 17
Tuesday, February 18
Wednesday, February 19
Thursday, February 20
GE Book Club
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Friday, February 21
Saturday, February 22
Sunday, February 23
Monday, February 24
Team Pro Day
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Tuesday, February 25
Wednesday, February 26
Thursday, February 27
Saturday, March 1