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Welcome to Gifted and Talented Services at Carl Sandburg Elementary. Some of our services, such as language arts for most grades and mathematics for children who have completed 5th grade curriculum, are provided at the Cottage. Other services, such as achievement grouped mathematics classes, are provided by our classroom teachers who share a common math time, allowing students to access the level of math they need. We realize, through the research conducted by Dr. Karen Rogers, that gifted students who are clustered in groups increase their achievement over students who are not grouped. So we place clusters of these students in our multi-grade classrooms as well as in at least one classroom in our straight-grade classroom. Many of our multi-grade teachers are trained in and provide some instruction using science and/or social studies units designed for gifted learners at the Center for Gifted Education at the College or William and Mary or by Interact.

Please check the Cottage Blueprint for a site map to see what areas of the Cottage best meet your needs.