Florence Jr Sr High School aims to establish a Gifted and Talented (GT) program that is worthy of our status as a destination district.

This year Gifted students will continue to be challenged in advanced academics via the following classes:

• Honors 9th, 10th, and 11th grade ELA courses along with dual enrollment Pueblo Community College classes in Language Composition, Technical writing and Creative Writing.

• Honors 9th grade biology, 10th grade Chemistry, and AP/dual enrollment Environmental Science in Science courses.

• AP Calculus in Math classes as well as the opportunity for 8th grade students to test into 9th grade Algebra.

• Dual credit Colorado History and dual credit World History for 10-12th grades in social studies.

This year teachers will receive additional training in student choice and gifted curriculum differentiation within the classroom.

You may find additional resources here.  Please reach out to Ms. Shapiro for copies. 

• National Association of Gifted Children

• Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented

• World Council of Gifted and Talented Children

• Overcoming Underachievement in Gifted Children

• Reaching Full Potential

• Guiding the Gifted Child

• When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers

• Living with intensity by Susan Daniels

• Mellow out, if only I could by M. Piechowski

• A parents guide to gifted children by James Webb

• Raising Gifted Kids By: Barbara Klein