Resources

http://www.roeper.org/
The Roeper School is a uniquely personalized, coeducational school for children in preschool through grade 12 with campuses in Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham, Michigan. Roeper School cares deeply for children, understands the importance of these formative years, and works hard to empower children at every stage and grade. The Roeper School typically requires an IQ psychological assessment for admission. The current condition of our nation and our world demands that we educate children to care for others, think critically, and reach for humanistic ideals in all of their interactions.

http://www.steppingstoneschool.org/
This private independent school for the gifted is 30 years old and is a very unique, non-profit organization. It is dedicated to providing a superior Young K – Gr-8 learning environment for the uniquely gifted child, supporting each one in all areas: academically, intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally. Steppingstone approaches every student as an individual, understanding his or her unique needs and providing the challenges and the opportunities that will help develop that person’s full potential.

http://www.summers-knoll.org/
Summers-Knoll School in Ann Arbor is a private school where bright children progress at their own pace, creative children engage in limitless exploration and gifted children discover their potential. Summers-Knoll School is designed to provide a rich academic experience for students from kindergarten through fifth grade in small, multi-age classes.

http://www.emerson-school.org/
The mission of Emerson School in Ann Arbor is to provide a whole child, multiple method approach to instruction for gifted and for academically talented students. Emerson School encourages creativity, problem solving, and the development of basic skills, while providing a warm, supportive environment that promotes responsibility for oneself and others.

Avondale GATE Magnet School

Avondale’s GATE Magnet School is dedicated to providing an innovative learning environment where gifted students can maximize their academic and social/emotional growth through personalized learning. The program currently serves students in grades 2 – 8.

https://www.detroitk12.org/Bates
Bates Academy is a K-8 examination school for gifted/talented students that is a part of the Detroit Public Schools. Students must demonstrate exceptional cognitive abilities and must be able to succeed academically beyond their current grade level. They do vertical acceleration as well as horizontal. Their academic program is designed for gifted/talented students. They use the Detroit Board of Education curriculum and then extend using Bloom’s Taxonomy as the basis for further instruction. Bates Academy is among the few public schools in Michigan to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.

http://gifted.msu.edu
Gifted & Talented Education (GATE) is a division of the Honors College at Michigan State University. They are dedicated to promoting differentiated educational programs for students in grades 7 – 12. They offer accelerated programming for students in grades 7th-12th. This includes academic year programming, as well as challenging summer credit and non-credit courses in math, science, technology, literature, as well as forensics.

www.wmich.edu/precollege/atyp
Designed to meet the needs of motivated middle and high school students who are searching for a challenging, fast-paced, and above-grade level curriculum, ATYP serves students from throughout Southwest Michigan. It offers both math and language arts courses on WMU’s Kalamazoo and Battle Creek campuses.

https://www.kentisd.org/students/atyp/

The Kent County ATYP program is a highly accelerated Math and/or Language Arts program, providing Kent County students demonstrating unusual academic promise and passion for math or language arts the opportunity to study in greater depth and complexity, and at a much faster pace. It is based on the Johns Hopkins Talent Search model. 

http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/
The Center for Talent Development (CTD) at Northwestern University is one of four universities conducting talent searches within the United States. NU’s Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS) serves an eight state region in the Midwest, including the state of Michigan. NUMATS seeks to provide assessment to third through ninth graders. Students qualify for the talent searches by scoring in the 95th percentile or above on a nationally normed, standardized in-grade achievement test. They can also qualify through state achievement test scores, by being a past talent search participant or by qualifying for a school’s gifted program. A teacher or parent may also nominate a student. Through the assessment that NUMATS provides, students can be matched to appropriate kinds of educational programs including accelerated courses of study and enrichment opportunities. Through NUMATS, parents and educators learn the specific academic areas in which the students demonstrate aptitude and receive recommendations for them to develop these talent areas further.

This program serves academically talented seventh, eighth and ninth graders from greater Ottawa County by offering fast-paced, accelerated instruction in writing and mathematics. PATH enables local school districts to offer academically talented students instruction at an appropriate pace and at an appropriate level within a group of equally talented students. Based upon the academically challenging environment, PATH learners forge important peer relationships as well as, obtain vital core information. http://www.hope.edu/admin/path/

https://www.livoniapublicschools.org/Domain/31
Within Webster Elementary School are housed two very special programs! Side by side you find classrooms for Livonia’s Alternative Classrooms for the Academically Talented (ACAT) Program and the Northwest Wayne County program (MoCI) for students who have cognitive impairments.

http://www.epsiloncamp.org/ A summer camp for the 8 to 11 year old exceptionally (EG) or profoundly (PG) gifted child who loves math. Epsilon Camp, directed by Dr. George Thomas, founder of MathPath and Canada/USA MathCamp, is an intellectually rigorous student camp combined with a parent workshop designed to help parents build mathematical and social maturity in the EG/PG child. Epsilon Camp, now in its third season, will be held at beautiful Colorado College from July 28 through August 10, 2013. At least one parent must attend with the child and additional family members are also welcome. For more information, including eligibility requirements and how to apply, please visit www.epsiloncamp.org.

http://stpetergate.weebly.com/apply-for-gate.html

St. Peter Lutheran Church and School GATE Programs are devoted to helping ALL students learn, specifically advanced students with unique learning styles, talents, and abilities. We work to service the whole child. We do this simultaneously with our mission to glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ. 

SPLCS Bridge to GATE Program – 2nd Grade 

Bridge to GATE is a program offered at St. Peter that allows advanced second grade students the opportunity for differentiated instruction through advanced content. During students’ time in Bridge to GATE they will be expected to investigate topics at greater depths, integrate various subjects to build on background knowledge, think more deeply while making connections to, and research and explore universal concepts. 

SPLCS GATE Program – Grades 3-5

Our program focuses on meeting the individual needs of gifted and talented students who qualify by placing them into our GATE pull out program. The program will work on differentiating the key principles of curriculum, instruction, process, and product.

Handleypcat.org

Handley Elementary School’s Program for the Creative and Academically Talented is an International Baccalaureate World School that has met the needs of gifted and talented learners in grades K-5 since 1981. Handley is committed to the development of principled young people who are inquiring, compassionate, lifelong learners. Our diverse community promotes intercultural understanding and global mindedness. Handley is located in Saginaw, MI.