Gifted & Talented
Wimberley ISD embraces the philosophy/purpose of providing “an education in relation to each child’s ability to learn.” The gifted and talented students are a group of students whose learning styles and thinking dimensions demand extra experiences, which are outside the educational norm. Therefore, the Wimberley ISD gifted program attempts to ensure each student of alternatives which teach, challenge, and expand his/her knowledge while stressing the development of an independent learner who can question, apply, and generate information.
WISD Goals for the Gifted and Talented Student
The student will:
- Experience a variety of research methods and products
- Generate independent, authentic research methods and products
- Generate, send, and receive verbal and non-verbal messages
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in appropriate ways to authentic audiences
- Create questions, not just answers
- Learn autonomously
- Solve problems in innovative ways
- Take educational and academic risks