TAUNTON FORGE SCHOOL

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     The Medford Township Board of Education has adopted the educational philosophy that as an ultimate goal, the maximum development of the individual student in all phases of growth – intellectual, physical, social, moral, emotional, and aesthetic, should be attained.  As such, they have recognized that a small segment of our student population which has superior intellectual, academic, creative, and psychosocial abilities and that these attributes create developmental needs which must be met.
 
    In a continuing effort to meet these needs, parents, educators, and administrators offered input into developing a special program for these students.  This program, I.M.P.A.C.T., is now being offered to fourth and fifth graders who have already proven to be extremely successful in our school approved curriculum.  
 

Program Overview

  •         This program has been adopted to identify and meet the needs of Medford's achieving intellectually and academically talented students.  The program allows students to develop:
     

  • Critical thinking through the use of logic and reasoning

  • Creative thinking through the use of imagery and divergent processes

  • Methods and techniques used for problem solving

  • A higher level of thinking skills through a variety of activities that involve the processing of information.

  • Advanced skills in communications, social studies, science, and mathematics. 

Children attend this program five times a week during a time that other children in the class are going to other groups or are involved in SSR (Silent Sustained Reading).  The students will not be missing any direct instruction of the classroom curriculum. The classroom teacher will be responsible for the regular grades on the report card while the I.M.P.A.C.T or enrichment teacher will be responsible for a separate evaluation of student's work while involved in the program.
 

A Bright Child:

A Gifted Learner:

Knows the answers

Asks the questions

Is interested Is highly curious

Is attentive

Is mentally and physically involved
Has good ideas Has wild, silly ideas

Works hard

Plays around, yet tests well
Answers the questions Discusses in detail, elaborates

Top group

Beyond the group

Listens with interest Shows strong feeling and opinions

Learns with ease

Already knows

6-8 repetitions for mastery 1-2 repetitions for mastery

Understands ideas

Constructs abstractions

Enjoys peers Prefers adults

Grasps the meaning

Draws inferences
Completes assignments Initiates projects

Is receptive

Is intense
Copies accurately Creates a new design

Enjoys school

Enjoys learning

Absorbs information Manipulates information

Technician

Inventor
Good  at memorizing Good guesser

Enjoys straight forward sequential presentation

Thrives on complexity

Is alert Is keenly observant

Is pleased with own learning

Is highly self-critical

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