Programming Philosophy
The Millstone Township School District embraces its responsibility to inspire curiosity, promote creativity, develop problem-solving skills, and provide opportunity for all its students. Moreover, the district seeks to provide those students demonstrating exceptional abilities with a range of learning experiences to enhance their intellectual power, creative expression, and sense of self.
Millstone’s Gifted and Talented Program is a partnership. We are committed to working with educators, parents, and community members to promote an understanding of learners showing gifted behaviors and to provide enriching experiences both within and beyond their grade level curriculum. We seek to challenge and support our students, and we continually strive to help them identify and develop their exceptional abilities and interests in a wide variety of areas.
Millstone’s Gifted and Talented Program is a partnership. We are committed to working with educators, parents, and community members to promote an understanding of learners showing gifted behaviors and to provide enriching experiences both within and beyond their grade level curriculum. We seek to challenge and support our students, and we continually strive to help them identify and develop their exceptional abilities and interests in a wide variety of areas.
Programming Goals
- Provide opportunities for all students to discover and explore new areas of interest.
- Provide all students with experiences and strategies that promote increased creativity and better problem solving abilities.
- Identify those students demonstrating exceptional ability and provide them with a range of enriching and academically appropriate experiences both within and beyond their grade level curriculum.
- Support gifted learners in understanding themselves - their unique ways of thinking, strengths, growth opportunities, and how they interact with others.