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TERP Young Scholars Program at University of Maryland

In University of Maryland’s innovative Terp Young Scholars and Terp Discovery programs, talented middle and high school students learn from faculty and industry experts, explore UMD’s abundant resources, and enjoy a preview of the college experience at one of the top public universities in the country. For 3 weeks, scholars attend class, learn about career opportunities, study, work on projects, prepare for exams, and interact with their peers in a rigorous academic setting.

TERP Young Scholars Program at University of Maryland
Resource Categories: Gifted Programs and Services
Grades: 6-8 and 9-12
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities
Locations: Maryland

Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Math & Science

Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) is an annual competition for middle and high school students designed to help them discover their potential for engineering. During this one-day competition, students apply math and science knowledge in practical, creative ways to solve real-world engineering challenges.

Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Math & Science
Resource Categories: Scholarships and Competitions
Grades: 6-8 and 9-12
Subjects: Engineering, Math, and Science
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities
Locations: National and Virginia

Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented Scholarship

With the help of our generous donors, TAGT offers four student scholarships. By providing the right opportunities we may just spark the minds that will discover innovative answers to the most challenging questions of their generation. These scholarships have the potential to change a student’s life forever.

Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented Scholarship
Resource Categories: Scholarships and Competitions
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, and K-5
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities
Locations: Texas

Texas State University Summer Math Camps

Texas State University offers a half-day camp for grades 3-8, a residential camp for grades 6-8, and an honors math camp for grades 9-12. The purpose of these camps is to excite talented young students about doing mathematics, to teach students to reason rigorously and precisely, and to develop questioning minds. Students work together exploring ideas and share in the excitement of finding the simple mathematical ideas that underline and explain seemingly complex problems.

Texas State University Summer Math Camps
Resource Categories: Gifted Programs and Services
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, and K-5
Subjects: Math
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities
Locations: Texas

The 30th Avenue School

The 30th Avenue School, also known as Q300, is a progressive, citywide gifted and talented school designed for bright kids that highlights three core values: inclusion, inquiry and responsibility. Through the inclusion of diverse student identities, inquiry-based learning, and data-driven decision-making, they aim to graduate students who collaborate with others to ask meaningful questions, to solve complex problems, and to engage responsibly with their communities and beyond.

The 30th Avenue School
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8 and K-5
School Types: Gifted and Public
Locations: New York

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain is a coeducational, independent day school in Summerlin, Nevada, and is comprised of three programs: Early Childhood (preschool through kindergarten),the Lower School (grades 1-4), and Middle School (grades 5-8). Dawson offers small class sizes with personalized instruction and an emphasis on the intellectual, social/emotional, and physical growth of their students. The school also offers Dawson College Bound, a summer program intended to build a bridge to college for high-achieving students in the Las Vegas Valley who are from diverse backgrounds and may encounter barriers to educational resources and opportunities. Students begin participating in the summer following sixth grade and graduate from the program as they matriculate on to high school.

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Private
Locations: Nevada

The Arbor Learning Community

The Arbor is a non-profit secular organization offering classes that are academic, engaging, and creative. They seek to to provide high-quality, educational experiences that allow children to thrive intellectually and socially and to provide a warm, welcoming community for homeschool families to connect with each other.

The Arbor Learning Community
Resource Categories: Gifted Programs and Services and Twice-Exceptional
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, and K-5
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities and Twice-Exceptional
Locations: California

The Avery Coonley School

The Avery Coonley School is an independent school located in Downers Grove, Illinois, whose mission is to provide a learning environment that is appropriate for both academically bright and gifted children who are motivated to learn and have demonstrated the potential for the scholastic achievement necessary to succeed in a challenging academic program, in order that they may become positive, productive, and respectful members of society.

The Avery Coonley School
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Gifted and Private
Locations: Illinois

The Calais School

The Calais School is a New Jersey special education private school for students in grades K through 12 Plus with multiple learning disabilities as well as anxiety, mood, behavior and autism spectrum disorders. Students are referred to The Calais School by school districts, health professionals, and concerned parents throughout northern New Jersey. They offer the only program for gifted and talented students with special needs in our Twice Exceptional Program, which has been recognized by the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) as one of the 10 best programs in the state.

The Calais School
Resource Categories: Schools and Twice-Exceptional
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Gifted, Private, and Twice-Exceptional
Resource Types: Twice-Exceptional
Locations: New Jersey

The Cambria Institute

The Cambria Institute supports gifted learners and their families by providing services that include The Cambria Curated Community (CCC) for gifted learners ages 10 to 18, providing an environment where deep friendships form and passion-infused learning happens; gifted family guide and coach, working with gifted families with children ages 7 to 21 by providing 1:1 coaching and family partnership; gifted parent groups and courses; and gifted homeschooling and unschooling Transcript services.

The Cambria Institute
Resource Categories: Gifted Programs and Services and Schools
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, and K-5
School Types: Gifted and Online
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities
Locations: California and Online

The Dinoff School

The Dinoff School, recognizes that students who possess exceptional gifts and talents should be granted the direction, time, encouragement, and resources to maximize their potential, whether it be in the area of intellect, specific academics, creativity, or leadership. While a school for the gifted, the Dinoff School also has an emphasis on performing arts.

The Dinoff School
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, and K-5
School Types: Gifted and Private
Locations: Georgia

The Einstein Academy

The Einstein Academy is dedicated to creating the ideal environment for the academically talented. They offer an accelerated curriculum, small class sizes, a nurturing atmosphere, fabulous enrichment opportunities, individualized learning, and more. Einstein Academy implements an individualized and nurturing program that provides gifted and talented students with skills and knowledge necessary to become productive members of society and lifelong learners.”

The Einstein Academy
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Gifted and Private
Locations: Illinois

The Evergreen School

Evergreen is an extended community of deeply engaged and proactive learners and citizens. The Evergreen curriculum is a collaboratively developed, continually updated, preschool through 8th grade journey specifically designed for highly capable students.  Central to the program is the thorough integration of academics, social and emotional learning, and a proactive commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion at every grade level.

The Evergreen School
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Gifted and Private
Locations: Washington

The Gifted Child Society

The Gifted Child Society (TGCS) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing unique enrichment programs and services to gifted children in preschool, elementary school, middle school, and beyond. Since its inception in 1957, TGCS has served nearly 70,000 gifted children in New Jersey and its surrounding areas. The United States Department of Education has named TGCS a national demonstration model.

The Gifted Child Society
Resource Categories: Advocacy, Gifted Programs and Services, and Twice-Exceptional
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, K-5, and Pre-K
Resource Types: Advocacy, Assessment & Testing, Educational Opportunities, Gifted Organizations, and Twice-Exceptional
Locations: New Jersey

The Governor’s Program for Gifted Children

The Governor’s Program for Gifted Children is seven weeks of academic enrichment, artistic opportunity, and friendship. A residential program at McNeese State University since 1959, the GPGC is the oldest and most comprehensive enrichment program for gifted students in Louisiana. With an approach that aims to develop the whole child, the GPGC provides for the intellectual, creative, and social needs of gifted children.

The Governor’s Program for Gifted Children
Resource Categories: Gifted Programs and Services
Grades: 6-8 and 9-12
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities and Social/Emotional Development
Locations: Louisiana

The Grayson School

The Grayson School is Pennsylvania’s only independent school offering an accelerated academic program created specifically for gifted learners.  Their innovative, research-based curriculum provides challenging academics, project-based learning, enrichment, and individualized pacing in a safe and nurturing environment for students in grades Pre-K through 10.

The Grayson School
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Gifted and Private
Locations: Pennsylvania

The Greene School

Located in West Palm Beach, Florida, The Greene School offers an accelerated curriculum to students in Pre-K through 8th grade. Through an inquiry-based classroom environment, Greene School students embrace learning beyond the mere acquisition of knowledge, we prepare students to analyze situations, make decisions, solve problems, and communicate effectively in a dynamic world.

The Greene School
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Private
Locations: Florida

The Harker School

The Harker School is a private school in Silicon Valley that has earned international recognition for its top academics, quality teachers and student achievements. Founded in 1893 and educating 2,000 students, Harker is the largest independent school of its kind in California, serving families of preschool, elementary, middle and high school-aged children on its four San Jose campuses.

The Harker School
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Private
Locations: California

The Ingenuity Project

The Ingenuity Project, a non-profit organization, is a joint effort of the Baltimore City Public School System, The Abell Foundation, and Baltimore’s science and mathematics community. We are the only comprehensive, advanced math and science instructional program for gifted and advanced children in grades 6-12 in Baltimore City that has consistent positive, demonstrated student achievement outcomes. They are committed to ensuring the program reflects the ethnicity, gender, and income of Baltimore City households by recruiting and cultivating students with high potential and interest in STEM from historically underserved populations.

The Ingenuity Project
Resource Categories: Gifted Programs and Services
Grades: 6-8
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities and Gifted Organizations
Locations: Maryland

The Junior Academy

The Junior Academy is an elite group of problem solvers made up of talented students, STEM experts, and companies around the world dedicated to designing innovative solutions to global challenges. Each year, students ages 13–18 are invited to join The Junior Academy. Successful applicants gain lifelong access to exclusive educational opportunities and a remarkable global STEM network through Launchpad, a virtual collaboration platform. Students develop advanced research, innovation, and collaboration skills with best-in-class learning resources and leverage these skills to compete in 70-day challenges sponsored by industry-leading companies.

The Junior Academy
Resource Categories: Scholarships and Competitions
Grades: 6-8 and 9-12
Subjects: Engineering, Math, Science, and Technology
Resource Types: Educational Opportunities
Locations: New York and Online

The Lang School

The Lang School offers high potential, gifted, and twice exceptional (2E) learners in grades 1-12 a child-centered, STEM- and STEAM-driven education informed by the ethics and poetics of the humanities. Curious young minds thrive here — perhaps for the first time — learning at their level with affinity and ability peers in small classes of no more than 12 students. Specially trained educators differentiate the content and delivery of our flexibly standards-based academics, so every student receives an education that fits.

The Lang School
Resource Categories: Schools and Twice-Exceptional
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, and K-5
School Types: Gifted, Private, and Twice-Exceptional
Resource Types: Twice-Exceptional
Locations: New York

The Liberty School

The Liberty School is an independent elementary school. The hallmarks of the school’s scholastic program are a customized curriculum for each child, one-on-one instruction, and progressive approaches to teaching.  Their mission is to provide individualized, dynamic education for dyslexic, academically gifted, and twice-exceptional (both dyslexic and gifted) students.

The Liberty School
Resource Categories: Schools and Twice-Exceptional
Grades: 6-8 and K-5
School Types: Gifted, Private, and Twice-Exceptional
Resource Types: Twice-Exceptional
Locations: Colorado

The Logan School for Creative Thinking

The Logan School for Creative Learning is a progressive school for the gifted in Denver, Colorado. They offer a dynamic curriculum that teaches the way children learn by giving them hands-on experiences fueled by their own curiosities. Their mission is to provide an experience-based educational opportunity for gifted children of all backgrounds that allow each child to develop individually to his or her full potential.

The Logan School for Creative Thinking
Resource Categories: Schools
Grades: 6-8, K-5, and Pre-K
School Types: Gifted and Private
Locations: Colorado