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Stepping Stones Therapy & Learning Academy believes that education is a personal journey for every family. Their program is designed in a variety of ways along this road through helping families identify homeschool/alternative education options to finding the right fit for your learner’s unique learning style. They offer a variety of specialized and individualized programs with the goal to provide an enriched learning environment and ensure each learner feels emotionally safe to explore, discover, and learn at his or her own pace and in his or her own way, with the support of a credentialed teacher and/or learning coach. 

Steppingstone School for Gifted Education, located in a vibrant Michigan community, is dedicated to providing an outstanding education that addresses both the intellect and humanity of gifted children. They strive for accessibility to all gifted students regardless of ability to pay, for a sustainable population housed in an attractive facility that supports our mission, and to attract and retain the best teachers for our students and the best support staff for our teachers and parents. Steppingstone School is an internationally recognized resource for gifted education, where daily interactions and research with national and international education institutions are woven into the fabric of our operations.

Stuyvesant High has served as a premier school for the development of talent in science, mathematics and technology. They are part of eight specialized public high schools established and run by the New York City Department of Education to aimed at serving the needs of academically gifted students.

Summers-Knoll School is recognized as Ann Arbor’s only independent progressive preschool through eighth grade program. The school’s unique combination of project and place based interdisciplinary curriculum and its focus on the development of key academic and 21st century skills makes the school unique in the region. At Summers-Knoll, they prepare students for success at the next academic level and for life.

​​​​​A three-time Blue Ribbon award winner, Summit values scholarship by providing a rigorous curriculum and academic challenge in a caring community which supports student development and instills a lifelo​ng l​ove of learning.

Sunland Elementary Gifted/ High Ability Magnet is designed to meet the educational needs of the students through an active, creative, and challenging curriculum, which is based on the Common Core State Standards. Their goal is to enrich students’ knowledge and critical thinking skills, encouraging them to become life-long learners and well-rounded citizens in their community.

The Sunnyside Micro-School educationally and emotionally supports gifted and twice-exceptional students as they develop their talents and abilities.   This is accomplished by providing one-on-one educational coaching in the areas of math and language arts, offering an inclusive and compassionate Maker learning environment that values freedom, choice, and creativity.

At Sycamore School, they understand that gifted children need a special education, and their mission reflects their focus and drive. The school exists so that academically gifted students can experience the enriched, accelerated education they need to reach their full potential and to lead responsible, constructive, fulfilling lives.

Synapse School is an independent school in Menlo Park, CA, for students in Transitional Kindergarten through 8th Grade. Our comprehensive, project-based curriculum integrates leading-edge academics, social-emotional learning (SEL), and the practice of innovation to prepare students to make a positive and authentic impact in the world.

Rogers serves gifted and talented children, the deaf and hard of hearing, and students with multiple impairments who range in age from 3 to 22. The school also boasts a student population representing more than half the countries in the world, and it is this mosaic of learners that promotes the idea captured in the words penned by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” The core elements of its philosophy focus on empathy, responsibility, honesty, confidence, respect, and courage.

At the Talented and Gifted School for Young Scholars faculties, parents and students work together to prepare all students to excel in life and develop to their full potential, both intellectually and socially.

The Texas Academy is an accelerated program for gifted and talented high school students in Texas who desire rigorous academics, innovative research, and service leadership opportunities designed to enhance student learning and leadership in a variety of academic areas,
including Humanities, STEAM, and Liberal Arts.

The Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) at the University of North Texas (UNT) is the nation’s first early college entrance residential program for gifted high school aged students. If admitted into TAMS, students withdraw from their high schools and enter the world of university education at UNT, a Tier 1 research institution. Mentored by faculty at UNT, TAMS students tackle complex, real-world problems, working on solutions and breakthroughs in fields ranging from healthcare to energy consumption. TAMS at UNT serves as an important pipeline for STEM education, nurturing the next generation of innovators. (TAMS now welcomes applications from 11th graders who attend high schools located in rural and/or economically disadvantaged regions of Texas.)

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 Academy of Talented Scholars, also known as TAOTS, is a National Blue Ribbon Award winning “Choice School” in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn (District 20) using the Schoolwide Enrichment Model founded by principal Josephine Sportella-Giusto. Together with our parents and a highly qualified and dedicated staff they engage all of our students in rigorous learning activities, schoolwide enrichment clusters, specialty classes and tasks aligned with the common core learning standards.

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain, an independent school located on 33-acres in the community of Summerlin, is Nevada’s first Stanford University Challenge Success partner school for students in early childhood through grade eight. Utilizing the unique Challenge Success framework, Dawson uses research-based strategies and programs that emphasize student academics, wellbeing, and a healthy school-life balance to create more engaged, motivated, and resilient learners and leaders. At Dawson, students achieve their individual potential while savoring life and meeting the challenges of the world.

IEA’s Annual Impact Fund is the cornerstone of giving and allows us to provide the best experience possible for gifted youth. 
 
Make your impact today by helping us close the gap and reach out annual goal—only $250,000 left to go!

Join our biggest fundraiser of the year—Register or donate today!

Every dollar raised supports IEA programs—and 50% goes directly to financial aid, helping more students access transformational learning experiences.

Whether you walk with us in Pasadena or participate from home, your registration or donation fuels bright young minds on their journey to reach their full potential.