Ms. Kimberly Seidel, Principal
66 Ridge Road; Greenbelt, MD 20770
(301) 513-5911; FAX (301) 513-5319
e-mail gbeltes@pgcps.org
Greenbelt Elementary School has almost 100 TAG students and provides services in the regular classroom in grades 2-6. Talented and Gifted Program (TAG) is designed to meet the needs of the identified TAG students in our school by meeting the following objectives:
- Using flexible grouping in core content areas
- Implementing High Quality Curriculum presented by TAG trained teachers
- Grouping students in cluster groups in order to provide intellectual peer interaction
- To provide regularly scheduled opportunities for students to meet with intellectual peers
- To develop an understanding of the purposes and process of self and group evaluation.
- To provide a learning environment in which instructional strategies appropriate to the unique learning characteristics of the intellectually gifted are utilized
- To provide opportunities for individuals and/or small groups to utilize advanced research/study skills in designing and conducting independent investigations on topics of student interest
- To acquire advanced competencies in:
- higher level thinking skills
- research skills
- study skills
- communication skills
CTY-Center for Talented Youth Meeting will be held at Greenbelt Elementary School on Oct. 6, 2009 at 6:00 PM. All are welcome to attend. www.cty.jhu.edu