Abess Park Elementary
Gifted Program
The Elementary Program for the gifted in Duval County is directed towards learners in Kindergarten through Fifth grade. The program is designed to provide opportunities for the identified learners to participate in an educational program of greater depth with a differentiated curriculum. This curriculum provides direct and indirect teaching strategies that will enable the learner to develop exceptional capabilities. The program encourages independent efforts, convergent and divergent thinking through inquiry, problem-solving, and decision-making processes. The opportunities are intended to stimulate creative and critical thinking, goal setting, in-depth research, inductive and deductive reasoning, initiative and originality through group and self-directed activities.
The Gifted Program teacher at Abess Park is Ms. Sanford.
Here are some great links to more information about gifted children.
Florida Association for the Gifted (FLAG)