Intellectually gifted students attending middle schools for the 2009-2010 school year will have a variety of program options to consider. Students
may apply for admission to the gifted middle school, Kemps Landing Magnet School, or students may choose to remain in their home schools and receive gifted instruction through the collaborative work of cluster teachers and the gifted resource teacher. Either option allows gifted students to work to their potential through curricular opportunities emphasizing differentiated instruction, specialized programs, and the use of strategies designed especially to raise levels of thinking and learning. The cluster/resource program model promotes optimum understanding of the needs of gifted children for all school staff. Gifted students interact with their teachersand classmates in a heterogeneous grouping, while attaining benefits through the modification of content, process, product, and learning environment.

Students in each middle school have the opportunity to take advanced classes in English, science, and mathematics and may begin a foreign language. The pace in these classes is rapid, and students explore subjects in great depth and with intensity. Selection of these courses in middle school affords students the opportunity to take advanced classes in high school, whether as part of advanced placement curricula or in high school academy programs and advanced academic programs.

Middle school students identified as gifted in dance or the visual arts will have opportunities for talent development. Options include one-day-a-week programs at Old Donation Center. Students must apply to Old Donation Center for a specific program and be accepted in order to attend. All middle schools, including the Kemps Landing Magnet School, may offer xtended day and after-school program