Welcome to the WSES Gifted and Talented Program webpage! West Springfield Elementary, like all Fairfax County Public Schools, provides a gifted education for all students. Students in K-2 receive Response Lessons which are taught by the classroom teacher and/or our Gifted and Talented Specialist.  Students in 3-6 receive Model Thinking Lessons which are also taught by the classroom teacher and/or our Gifted and Talented Specialist. To better meet the needs of the identified gifted and talented students and any other interested and motivated students, the classroom teacher and the GT Specialist provide differentiated instruction through a variety of enrichment and extension opportunities.

For current information regarding the Gifted and Talented Program in Fairfax County, as well as current dates and forms for testing and screening, please refer to the FCPS GT homepage:
The Fairfax County Gifted and Talented Program homepage
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/gt/

Websites for Gifted Education

Examples of Differentiated Curriculum Units:

Socratic Seminars (3-6)

Hands-On Equations (3-6)

William & Mary Units of Study (3-6)

Jacob's Ladder (3-6)

Challenge 24 (4-6)

The Futures Channel: Connecting Learning to the Real World
Aquarium Makers
The Wind Business
Inventing with Polygons
The Surface of Mars
The Blackfooted Ferret
Water Tanks
Flowers by the Millions
The First American Coins
Airboats
The Rhythm Track
Magnetically Levitated Trains
Structural Engineering
The Shape of Phones
Tracking Lightning
Dancing with Geometry
Landscape Architect
Saving the Bald Eagle
What is Ares?
Building Custom Guitars
Hydroponics
Underground Engineering
Recycling Computers
The Ares Launch Vehicles
Undersea Treasure
Solar Power: Photovoltaics
The Backpack Designer
Recycling:  Winning the War on Waste

Gifted and Talented Program at WSES