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Gifted

This page includes updates and information for Saucier Elementary School's Gifted program.

Teacher:
Mrs. Desiree Delmas
ddelmas@harrison.k12.ms.us

Mississippi Association for Gifted Children

RESOURCES & LINKS FOR PARENTS

Special Schools for Gifted High Schoolers:

  • Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA), Brookhaven, MS
    • The Mississippi School of the Arts is a residential school that will provide advanced programs of study in music, theatre, visual arts, dance, literary arts, and media arts for artistically gifted eleventh and twelfth grade students from districts across the state. Curriculum at MSA will focus on the arts and humanities.
  • Mississippi School for Math and Science (MSMS), Columbus, MS
    • The Mississippi School for Math and Science is the nation's fourth, publicly-funded, residential, co-educational high school emphasizing mathematics and science. Located on the campus of Mississippi University for Women in Columbus. MSMS is the school-year home to approximately 270 eleventh and twelfth grade students representing all geographic areas of Mississippi.

Problem Solving Competitions:

"Encourages students of all ages to build on their strengths and to discover skills they never knew they possessed, be they technical, theatrical, analytical, comic, linguistic, musical...the list goes on." (quote from DI marketing vice president)

"Teaching students creative problem solving processes through competitive and non-competitive instructional programs so they learn to work with others in designing positive futures" (quote from FPS site)

  • Invent Now, Inc.
    • Invent Now is a not-for-profit organization which operates the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Collegiate Inventors Competition, and national education programs Camp Invention, Invention Project, and Club Invention. (from their website)
  • Mississippi Chess Association (MCA)
    • Provides information about scholastic chess in Mississippi.
  • Odyssey of the Mind 

"Fosters creative thinking and problem-solving skills among participating students and features an annual competition component at local through international levels. Students solve problems in a variety of areas, from building mechanical devices such as spring-driven vehicles to giving their own interpretation of literary classics." (quote from their web site)

"Since 1979, The Gifted Development Center (GDC) has served as a resource center for developmentally advanced children and their parents and for gifted individuals of all ages. We provide in-depth assessment, counseling, consulting services and innovative materials..." (from the website).

"The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) identifies gifted children and provides resources to nurture the development of these exceptionally bright youngsters. Through Duke TIP a whole range of activities and programs are accessible to parents and teachers to meet the individual needs of gifted children." (from the website)