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West Miami Middle
Community School recognizes that
students who possess exceptional gifts
and talents should be granted the
direction, time, encouragement, and
resources to maximize their potential,
whether it is in the area of intellect,
specific academics, creativity, art,
music, drama, or leadership.
Administrators, teachers, counselors and
facilitators will work with parents,
students, and the community to identify
gifted and talented students from all
backgrounds. The team at West Miami will
offer these students the differentiated
instruction and opportunities they need
in order to become confident and
productive adults.
Definition of Gifted
and Talented Children
"Gifted and talented
children" are those students who are
identified as possessing demonstrated or
potential abilities that give evidence
of high performing capabilities in
intellectual, creative, specific
academic or leadership, or ability in
the performing or visual arts and who,
in order to fully develop such
capabilities, require services or
activities not ordinarily provided by
the school.
Intellectual Ability
is evidenced by superior aptitude for:
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Understanding
facts, concepts, generalizations and
their relationships
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Identifying
patterns
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Verbal and
nonverbal reasoning
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Spatial
perceptions
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Developing and
evaluating ideas
Specific Academic
Ability is evidenced by superior ability
in mastering skills and concepts in one
or more curriculum areas.
Creativity is
evidenced by superior abilities in:
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Fluency,
flexibility, originality,
elaboration
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Divergent
thinking skills
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Problem-solving
strategies
Leadership is
evidenced by a variety of superior
characteristics, including:
Visual and Performing
Arts is evidenced by a superior aptitude
for
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Demonstration,
typically through exhibition or
performance, aesthetic, critical,
historical and production aspects of
dance, music, theater or the visual
arts.
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