“Excellence in education is when we
do everything that we can to make
sure they become everything that
they can.”
− Carol Ann Tomlinson
October 2013
PROGRAM OPTIONS FOR
STUDENTS
MEREDITH CASPER, DIRECTOR
ACCELERATED AND ENRICHED INSTRUCTION
Our Vision
Our vision is that all schools will provide
dynamic learning environments which
challenge students to develop their
intellectual power, creativity, and sense of self.
All teachers will be knowledgeable about how
able students learn effectively and will draw
on a rich repertoire of innovative
instructional strategies to support their
students' achievements. There will be a
climate of mutual caring and respect among
stakeholders: teachers, parents, students,
administrators, and community.
Our Mission
The mission of Accelerated and Enriched Instruction is the full
implementation of the Policy on Enriched and Innovative Instruction
in all schools in MCPS. This process includes the following:
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Development and monitoring of the system wide identification
procedures;
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Collaboration with the curriculum supervisors in the Department
of Curriculum and Instruction to create curriculum documents that
clearly define outcomes for students who are motivated or capable
of achieving high-end learning as well as the instructional strategies,
resources and materials to achieve those outcomes;
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Design and implementation of training, guidance, and support to
other offices, departments, and divisions in fulfilling their
responsibilities outlined in the policy and regulation;
Policy: Gifted and Talented and Education IOA
Regulation: Gifted and Talented Education IOA-RA
Our Mission
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Advocate, nurture, and support of students from
traditionally underrepresented populations in gifted and
talented programs;
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Provide consultative support to schools as they develop
and refine their ongoing programs for gifted and
talented students in compliance with the policy;
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Monitor the development and refinement of a
continuum of innovative programming models to meet
the needs of gifted students at their home schools
Enriched and Accelerated
Programming Options
for All Students
Local Programs
 Application Programs
 Choice Programs
 Signature Programs
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Local Programs: Elementary
MCPS Curriculum 2.0 (C2.0) is built around developing students'
critical and creative thinking skills, as well as essential academic
success skills, so that students are well prepared for a lifetime of
learning. The intent of our recent revisions is to better engage
students and teachers, and dedicate more learning time to subjects
such as the arts, information literacy, science, social studies and
physical education.
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Program enrichments in reading: William and Mary, Junior Great
Books, Jacobs Ladder
Program enrichments in math: enrichment and acceleration built
within the grade level, course advancement beginning in Grade 4
Local Programs: Secondary
Honors, Advanced Placement (AP), and advanced-level
courses provide rigorous and challenging studies for highly
able and potentially high-achieving students who are
capable or motivated to pursue rigorous and challenging
instruction.
**Students can enroll in individual Honors, AP, and advancedlevel courses while not participating in an Honors program
as a whole.
Application/Choice/ School
Programs
Elementary Application Programs
WINGS Program
• Mentoring program for gifted/learning disabled
students and highly able students who are not
succeeding in the regular classroom.
• School staff submits a request based on need and
response to supports.
GT/LD Program
• Barnsley
• Placement is determined through the school’s IEP
team with CESC support.
Primary Magnet
• Takoma Park
• Grades: 1, 2
Elementary Application Programs
Center Programs for the Highly Gifted
(CPHG)
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Grades: 4, 5
Limited seats; apply by region
Locations:
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Barnsley
Chevy Chase
Clearspring
Cold Spring
Drew
Fox Chapel
Pine Crest/ Oak View
Elementary School
Signature Programs
International Baccalaureate: Primary Years
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College Gardens (local school)
Immersion Programs (DCCAPS)
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Lottery Process/February
Chinese: College Gardens, Potomac
French: Maryvale, Sligo Creek
Spanish: Burnt Mills, Rock Creek Forest,
Rolling Terrace
Elementary Parent
Information Meetings
Program
Date
Time
Location
Center Programs
for the Highly
Gifted
Oct. 22
7 p.m.
Northwest
Center Programs
for the Highly
Gifted
Oct. 24
7 p.m.
Wheaton
Applications Due: November 8, 2013
Program
Date
Primary Magnet
January
Time
9:30 a.m.
Location
Takoma Park
Applications Due: February 28, 2014
Middle School Application Programs
WINGS Program
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Mentoring program for gifted/learning disabled students
and highly able students who are not succeeding in the
regular classroom.
School staff submits a request based on need and
response to supports.
GT/LD Program
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Clemente
Lee
North Bethesda
Placement is determined through the school’s IEP team
with CESC support.
Middle School Application Programs
Middle School/Limited seats
Clemente
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Focus: Math, Science, Computer Science
Focus: Humanities and Communication
Eastern
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Focus: Humanities and Communication
Takoma Park
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Focus: Math, Science, Computer Science
Middle School Choice Programs
Middle Schools:
Entrance by lottery. In-consortium students
are guaranteed a seat and approximately 80 seats per program are
available to out-of-consortium students.
Argyle
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Focus: Digital Design and Development
Loiederman
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Focus: Creative and Performing Arts
Parkland
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Focus: Aerospace Technology
Middle School Signature Programs
International Baccalaureate: Middle Years
Program/Local School
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Key
Newport Mills
Silver Spring International
West
Westland
Immersion Programs (DCCAPS)
Audience: Students who completed the elementary immersion
continue to the middle school
• Chinese: Hoover
• French: Gaithersburg, Silver Spring International
• Spanish: Silver Spring, Westland
Middle School Parent
Information Meetings
Program
Date
Time
Location
Clemente
Oct. 10
7 p.m.
Clemente
Eastern
Oct. 22
7 p.m.
Eastern
Takoma Park
Oct. 10
7 p.m.
Takoma Park
Applications Due: November 8
Middle School Parent
Information Meetings
Program
Date
Time
Location
Argyle
Oct. 16
7 p.m.
Argyle
Loiederman
Oct. 23
7 p.m.
Loiederman
Parkland
Oct. 9
7 p.m.
Parkland
Applications Due: November 8
High School Application Programs
WINGs Program
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Mentoring program for gifted/learning disabled students and
highly able students who are not succeeding in the regular
classroom.
School staff submits a request based on need and response
to supports.
GT/LD Program
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Northwood, Watkins Mill, Walter Johnson
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Placement is determined through the school’s IEP team
with CESC support.
College Institute (DEIP)
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An innovative partnership between Montgomery College and
MCPS which provides an opportunity for identified college
ready students to earn college credits on the high school
campus during the regular school day.
High School Application Programs
Einstein
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Focus: Visual Arts
Blair
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Focus: Science, Math, Computer Science
Poolesville
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Focus: Science, Math, Computer Science
Focus: Global Ecology House
Focus: Humanities and Communication
High School Application Programs
Montgomery
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Focus: International Baccalaureate Middle
Years and Diploma Program
Edison (DEIP)
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Focus:
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Arts, Humanities, Media, & Communication
Biosciences, Health Sciences, & Medicine
Human & Consumer Services, Hospitality &
Tourism
Information Technologies
Construction & Development
Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics
High School Application Programs/
Consortia
Blair
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Focus: Communications Arts Program
Kennedy
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Focus: Leadership Training Institute
Wheaton
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Focus: Biomedical Magnet Program
Focus: Engineering Magnet Program
Available to DCC residents or students
attending a DCC middle school
High School Application Programs/
Consortia
(Available to DCC or NEC residents only and
students attending a DCC or NEC middle school)
Downcounty Consortium
(DCC)
•Blair
•Einstein
•Kennedy
•Northwood
•Wheaton
Northeast Consortium
(NEC)
•Blake
•Paint Branch
•Springbrook
High School Programs
International Baccalaureate: Middle Years and
Diploma Programs
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Springbrook
Bethesda-Chevy Chase
International Baccalaureate: Diploma Programs
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Einstein
Kennedy
Rockville
Seneca Valley
Springbrook
Watkins Mill
High School Parent
Information Meeting
Program
Date
Time
Location
Downcounty
Consortium
Oct. 2
Oct. 3
Oct. 7
Oct. 10
Oct. 28
7 p.m.
Wheaton
Kennedy
Northwood
Einstein
Blair
Northeast
Consortium
Oct. 16
Oct. 24
Oct. 29
7 p.m.
Paint Branch
Springbrook
Blake
Applications Due: November 8
Considering Options
Think about…
Your student’s strengths and needs
 Your family’s needs
 Programs offered at your home school
 Programs that match your child’s interests
 Applying to multiple programs
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Where to Get Further
Information
◦ Information Nights
 Program Open Houses
 Program Parent Events
◦ Counseling Offices
◦ MCPS websites – AEI or school specific
◦ Individual Programs
Try
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to
win glorious triumphs, even though
checkered by failure...than to rank with
those poor spirits who neither enjoy
much nor suffer much, because they live
in a gray twilight that knows not victory
nor defeat.”
− Theodore Roosevelt