Vision:
To build capacity in recognizing, nurturing, and supporting youth with gifts and talents so they may develop their individual potentials.
Mission:
All gifted students in School District 51 are identified by their strength areas and needs. Educational programming is designed and implemented to match their identified needs. Student progress and achievement are monitored through ongoing dynamic assessment. Teachers of gifted students participate in professional development to increase knowledge, skills and understanding of gifted students and required instruction.
Gifted children mean those persons between the ages of five and twenty-one whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so outstanding that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs. Children under five who qualify may also be served. Gifted students are capable of high performance in any or a combination of these areas:
- General or Specific Intellectual Ability
- Creative or Productive Thinking
- Leadership Abilities
- Specific Academic Aptitude
- Reading
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Social Studies
- Science
- World Language
- Specific Talent Aptitude
- Visual Arts
- Performing Arts (Drama/Theater)
- Musical
- Dance
- Psychomotor Abilities
GT Teacher/Liaison Directory and Schedule
Gifted and Talented Frequently Asked Questions
| Telephone Number |
(970)254-6903 |
| Address - Basil T. Knight Center (BTK) |
596 North Westgate Dr Grand Junction, CO 81501 |
| Name |
Title |
Phone Number |
| Patti Virden |
Executive Director of Student Services & Support |
(970)254-5497 |
| Heather Baskin |
Gifted and Talented Director |
(970)254-6903 |
| Mandy Budd |
Administrative Assistant |
(970)254-6903 |