The Academically Talented program concentrates on developing critical and creative thinking in math and language arts to approximately 600 students who have been identified as having outstanding abilities. In grades 2-6, the classroom teacher delivers the in-class component of the program four days per week. The cluster component is delivered in nine buildings by Instructional Specialists for the Academically Talented. Students in grades 3-5 meet with the specialists in clusters for instruction one hour per week. In another model, students from seven buildings in grades 3-5 receive all day instruction at Community Education Center (CEC) from the instructional specialists. Instructional specialists also provide a full day of instruction at Community Education Center (CEC) to an elite group of Avant Garde students in grades 5 and 6.
Kalamazoo Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer.