High Potential Services

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Sauk Rapids-Rice School District staff, administration and school board members believe education should provide for the maximum development of each student. Students often require differentiated and challenging educational programs and/or services beyond those provided in the general school program. Options for students, grades K-12, are provided within and outside the general classroom setting through activities that challenge, extend and enrich each student, while also supporting students social and emotional development.

Beliefs:

High Potential students may possess gifts or high potential in the areas of general intellectual, specific academic subjects, creativity, leadership, and visual and performing arts.
High Potential students are diverse in their characteristics and backgrounds.
High Potential students need to be challenged in academic and social settings while also being provided the opportunity to work with other gifted peers.
High Potential students have social and emotional needs that are different than that of their grade level peers due to asynchronous development and need to be supported.
Students in underserved populations require special consideration when being identifying for the SRR High Potential Program.
Students in underserved populations require extra opportunities to develop their talents and foster overall achievement.
Staff within the district who work with High Potential students should receive ongoing professional development in research-based gifted and talented education.
Sauk Rapids-Rice High Potential Services requires an ongoing financial commitment to ensure success and sustainability.

Commitments:

Sauk Rapids-Rice High Potential Services will develop the unique abilities and increase achievement in students so they can be successful leaders and problem solvers in their future academic and professional pursuits.
Sauk Rapids-Rice High Potential Services will build skills that will offset developmental deficits.
Sauk Rapids-Rice High Potential Services will provide equitable access to all students.
Sauk Rapids-Rice High Potential Services will provide education and support to families and the community in gifted and talented education.