What Does "GIFTED" Mean? 

The Ohio Department of Education defines gifted children as, undefinedstudents who perform or show potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of their age, experience or environment.undefined and who are identified under division (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 3324.03 of the Ohio Revised Code. NAGC or the National Association for Gifted Children defines a gifted child as, undefinedSomeone who shows, or has the potential for showing, an exceptional level of performance in one or more areas of expression.undefined

Danbury Local School District recognizes the unique characteristics and needs of each child including gifted children and strives to create differentiated learning opportunities and experiences for students who are talented and gifted.

Ohio Law for Identifying Gifted Children

Danbury Local Schools accepts referrals, screens, identifies or reassesses students who perform or show potential for performing at high levels of accomplishment in the areas of superior cognitive ability, specific academic ability, creative thinking ability, and/or visual and/or performing arts. The district must follow policy and procedures established in an Ohio Administrative Code.   These rules specify that assessment instruments must come from the list approved by the Ohio Department of Education.  The guidelines below summarize the requirements for students to be identified as gifted. To read it in its entirety, please refer to sections 3324.01 to 3324.07 of the Ohio Revised Code located below.

Ohio Revised Code 3324

Specific Academic Ability - A child will be identified as exhibiting “specific academic ability” if within the preceding twenty-four months the child performs at or above the ninety-fifth percentile on a national level or state approved individual or group standardized achievement test such as the Terra Nova, Iowa, or Measures of Academic Progress. It is possible for a child to be identified in more than one specific academic area including math, reading and/or writing, science, and social studies.

Superior Cognitive Ability - A child will be identified as exhibiting “superior cognitive ability’ if within the preceding twenty-four months, the child performs  two standard deviations above the mean, minus the standard error of measurement or at or above the ninety-fifth percentile, on an approved individual or group standardized basic or composite battery of nationally normed intelligence test such as the Cognitives Ability Test (CogAT) or NNAT3.

Creative Thinking Ability - A child will be identified as exhibiting “creative thinking ability” if within the preceding twenty-four months the child scored at or above An IQ of one standard error or higher on an approved intelligence test and obtains an approved score on creativity checklist such as the Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students by a trained educator.

Gifted Service Providers

Elementary

Chantel Lewis - Gifted Intervention Specialist  lewisc@danburyschools.org 

Middle School

Jessica Yount - 6/7 ELA yountj@danburyschools.org 

Thomas DeHaas - 6/7 Math dehaast@danburyschools.org 

Alexandria Psota - 7/8 Math psotaa@danburyschools.org 

Bethany Karbler - 7/8 ELA karblerb@danburyschools.org 

High School

Ben Stover - Algebra 1/2 & Geometry stoverb@danburyschools.org 

Kelly Wolfe - 9/10 ELA wolfek@danburyschools.org

Service Models

Elementary

K-2 - Enrichment in the classroom setting

3-5 - Gifted Resource Room Pull-out

Middle School

Cluster Group Classroom

High School

Cluster Group Classroom & College Credit Plus