Select a School ReadySub Language Login About Board Departments Jobs/HR/Payroll Parents/Students Staff Calendar Superintendent Search Highly Capable Program Lynden School District / Departments / Teaching and Learning / Highly Capable Program Highly Capable Program F.A.Q HiCap Selection Process Family Resources About our Program The Lynden School District has a long history of serving high-performing students using a variety of strategies. Building on that history we are offering a continuum of K-12 services to students identified through a formal process in accordance with state law. The process occurs annually. Once a student is identified as having unique learning needs, our department will match the student to one or more district services which best meet the student's needs. Highly Capable Program Contacts are available to answer your questions: Megan Dickson, Program Coordinator dicksonm@lynden.wednet.edu Bernice Vossbeck Elementary - David Petersen petersend@lynden.wednet.edu Fisher Elementary - Casey Burt burtc@lynden.wednet.edu Isom Elementary - Casey Burt burtc@lynden.wednet.edu Lynden Middle School - Lynne Barrios barriosl@lynden.wednet.edu Lynden High School - Christina Lynch lynchc@lynden.wednet.edu Lynden Academy - Lea Kope kopel@lynden.wednet.edu Identifying Highly Capable Students: Highly capable students are students who perform or show potential for performing at significantly advanced academic levels when compared with others of their age, experiences, or environments. Outstanding abilities are seen within students' general intellectual aptitudes, specific academic abilities, and/or creative productivities within a specific domain. These students are present not only in the general populace, but are present within all protected classes. Highly Capable student learner characteristics include, but are not limited to: 1. The capacity and willingness to deal with increasing levels of abstraction and complexity earlier than their chronological peers. 2. The capacity to learn with unusual depth of understanding, to retain what has been learned, and to transfer learning to new situations. 3. The ability to learn quickly in their area(s) of intellectual strength; and the capacity for intense concentration and/or focus. Referral Process: Students must go through the district’s referral assessment process in order to be considered for the Highly Capable program. Applicants must: Parents may submit Parent/Guardian Referral Form at any time, but it must be received by October 25, 2021, for the student to be scheduled for the Fall assessment process. The formal referral process will be conducted February through May. In an effort to provide equitable access to qualify for Highly Capable identification, Lynden School District screens all second grade students. Referrals for second grade are not necessary. Who refers students for highly capable: Teachers Families Community Members Students in 6th-11th grade may self-refer. (WAC 392-170-045) Student Referral forms are available online, in school offices, at the district office or through email request via the Highly Capable Program Contacts. The forms may be returned to your school office to the attention of program contacts listed above. Please use the following forms below to refer students: Teacher/Staff Referral Form Parent/Guardian Referral Form - English Parent/Guardian Referral Form - Spanish 516 Main Street, Lynden, WA 98264 Phone 360-354-4443 | Fax 360-354-7662 Information Contact Us Directions Enrollment Bus Transportation District Inclement Weather Free and Reduced Lunch SafeSchools Alert Training for Subs and Coaches Get Started Benefits Donation Form Family Calendar Assessment Calendar Lynden School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal, and provides equal access to all youth groups identified in U.S.C., Title 36. The District has designated the following employees to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator Tim Metz (metzt@lynden.wednet.edu | 360-354-4443), and Title IX Officer and Section 504 Coordinator Tim Metz (metzt@lynden.wednet.edu | 360-354-4443). Address: 516 Main St., Lynden, WA 98264. Website by SchoolMessenger Presence. © 2021 Intrado Corporation. All rights reserved.