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Magnet Program Booklet (2006)
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As an extension of its "No Walls, No Ceilings" approach to
differentiation , the Grosse Pointe Public School System offers a continuum
of educational options for very able students at the elementary school
level. For kindergarten and first students, teachers differentiate
instruction with flexible groups of students depending on student readiness.
In January of each school year students in grades one through four may be
nominated for a gifted identification process, resulting in the
identification of students who may need significantly differentiated
instruction in their second through fifth grade placement.
Along the
continuum of services beyond differentiation, the Grosse Pointe Public
School System offers additional instructional options. Students who
are achieving significantly beyond their grade level are "clustered" based
on advanced skills in language arts and/or math. Cluster grouping is
offered at grades two through five at all nine elementary schools in the
district. Cluster grouping provides students with learning
partners as they are brought together for lessons or units in their area
(s) of strength. Following along the continuum is the Magnet
Program. The Magnet Program, located in
two elementary buildings, was developed for
students who differ significantly from mainstream students in their capacity
to approach learning in greater breadth, depth, or pace, and who also
require a degree of differentiation beyond what can be provided in the
grade-level classroom. Instruction is usually above grade level and
emphasizes higher order thinking skills. The Magnet Program provides
an educational setting that nurtures and responds to the unique cognitive,
emotional, and behavioral characteristics of gifted children and recognizes
divergent thinkers.
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