Criteria for Identification

Intellectual Ability:  A student demonstrates extraordinary or potential for extraordinary intellectual development.

Specific Academic Ability:  A student functions effectively at highly advanced academic levels in particular subject areas.

High Achievement: A student consistently produces advanced ideas and products and/or attains exceptionally high scores on achievement tests.

Creative Ability: a student characteristically

• perceives unusual relationships among aspects of the students environment and among ideas.
• overcomes obstacles to thinking and doing.
• produces unique solutions to problems.

Leadership Ability: A student displays the characteristic behaviors necessary for extraordinary leadership such as:

• effective decision-making
• ability to gauge appropriateness and timing of decisions, directions or suggestions.
• ability to communicate effectively with adults.
• patience and the ability to interpret for others.
• ability to inspire peers.

Visual and/or Performing Arts Talent:  A student originates, performs, produces, or responds at extraordinarily high levels in the arts.