Overview

Designed to challenge and inspire, the Program for the Gifted and Talented of the Morris Hills Regional District provides alternatives in acceleration and enrichment to students nominated, screened, and selected in all of the six federally-recognized categories of giftedness. These include general intellectual ability, specific academic aptitude, creative and productive thinking, psychomotor ability, psychosocial ability, and fine and performing arts talents.

This program is designed for students who:

• Have excelled in their academic / elective courses and seek additional challenge
• Have abilities and talents that are not accommodated by school curriculum
• Want to maximize their creative potential
• Wish to develop their potential and take responsibility for their own learning
• Benefit from enrichment activities, acceleration opportunities,  and learning from peers

Program goals include:

• Providing opportunities for experiential learning
• Maximizing creative potential 
• Fostering personal responsibility for learning
• Encouraging appropriate level of challenge
• Initiating goal-setting and problem solving
• Prompting self-reflection and evaluation
• Respecting individual abilities and challenges
• Supporting initiative and development
• Helping students build relationships with experts
•  Establishing a capacity for lifelong learning