Gifted Services Mission

The mission of the Hamilton City School District Gifted Services is to provide comprehensive continuous learning while addressing higher order thinking, communication skills, research techniques and inter/intra personal strategies in supportive learning environments.Hamilton gifted identified autonomous gifted learners will be prepared with 21st Century learning skills for their future.

Referrals for Gifted Assessment and Identification

Ohio law gives parents and guardians the right to refer their child of grades K - 12 for evaluation for possible giftedness twice a year.  Standardized tests are used for that identification to serve as initial measures.

The second opportunity for testing of Hamilton City School students will be during the month of March. Parents or guardians may refer their child to be tested for possible giftedness.   Referral forms are available from each school, from the Office of Gifted Education or on the District Website under Gifted in the Departments section. These forms must be submitted to the Gifted Education offices by the posted date in your school news sources.  Parents will be contacted with testing dates once all referral forms have been collected 

To qualify as gifted, students must score in the superior academic percentiles on a recognized nationally normed achievement or ability test.  All tests must be on the list of instruments approved by the state of Ohio.  Students may be identified in one or more of the following categories:  Superior Cognitive, Reading, Math, Science, or Social Studies.

Contacts can be made to the Gifted Service office at 887-5033 or fax at 887-5034.

Program Expectations:

• Increase their knowledge in a variety of subject areas.

• Participate in activities selected to facilitate and integrate the cognitive, emotional, and social development of the individual.

• Develop their thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrate responsibility for their own learning in and out of the school setting.

• Develop the skills appropriate to interact effectively with others.

• Comprehend their own giftedness in relationship to self and society.

• Develop more positive self-concepts.

• Ultimately become responsible, creative, independent learners.

Enrichment Classes for GIFTED CHILDREN since 1981
www.supersaturday.org

Things to Know About The Super Saturday Program
The Super Saturday Program serves the significantly different educational needs of the intellectually gifted child. Since 1981, this popular program has offered fun, “cool” courses on Saturdays to gifted children showing evidence of outstanding intellectual achievement or potential who can benefit from accelerated enrichment classes.

Our broad range of superb courses provides wonderful opportunities for children, ages 4 to 14, to explore new or established areas of interest and make friends with other gifted children from the metropolitan area. Each year’s program consists of three terms, Fall, Winter and Spring, running from late October through early April. Each individual class offers 12 hours of total instruction in two-hour periods during six consecutive Saturday mornings or afternoons. All classes meet at U.C.’s College of Applied Science campus at 2220 Victory Parkway, near Eden Park.
Before applying for a class, it’s imperative that serious consideration be given to the child’s abilities, interests and motivation; no one wants a child placed in a class where he can’t succeed or feel comfortable. That’s why we strongly encourage the child, not the parent, to choose the class.

The Super Saturday Program is presented by PAGE (Parent Association for Gifted Education, Inc.), a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer organization dedi-cated to enriching the educational development of local gifted children. PAGE is run by a volunteer Board of Trustees whose members are elected at the organization’s annual meeting each spring. Its membership is comprised of participating parents, teachers and interested community leaders. Parents are encouraged to volunteer their talents to help keep the program running smoothly for this generation and the next.

The Hamilton County Office of Education endorses The Super Saturday Program. Our program is also recommended by the Archdiocese of Cincin-nati and the thousands of our graduates who credit the program with helping them discover their career paths, improve their social skills and broaden their circle of friends. Visit
www.supersaturday.org for more details .

Please note, Mailed Registrations must be postmarked by September 26, 2009!