This program, which was developed in 1999, offers a challenging and motivating environment for highly gifted students. Currently, the program serves students in grades K-5 at Barringer Academic Center. For the 2001-2002 school year, the program will be expanded to grades 6 and 7 with future expansion in later years. The middle school program will serve students at Marie G. Davis Middle School next year.
Horizons is built around the concept that highly gifted students are special and unique.
They learn so radically different and accelerated that their educational experience must differ from regular education. In this program, students develop superior thinking skills and are involved in curriculum that offers greater complexity, more depth and a faster pace than is typical. We're excited about the expansion of this program to the middle school level and the students that will be served through this program.