Total Talent Portfolios may be used in conjunction with a new statewide evaluation program initiated in 1997 by the Athens City Schools. Enrichment at K-5 takes place in the regular classroom. Teachers are trained in Talents Unlimited and use this approach as a means of enriching the grade-level curriculum. Pull-out programs serve identified students from grades 3,4, and 5. For three hours a week students are given Type I, II, and III experiences.
Interest guides the topic students explore and investigate.
One example of activities encountered by the students in the resource room is at the fifth grade level where Future Problems Solving and the Stock Market Game are offered. During the pull-out time, fifth grade students create their own units based upon their interests. Third and fourth graders have opportunities for independent research, CPS experiences, Pathways and Math Olympiad. The intermediate and middle school services occur through a special enrichment social studies class. Students strengthen their thinking skills in conjunction with the social studies content.