The Gifted Opportunities (GO) Center is a division-sponsored program housed at R. S. Payne Elementary School and serves students from the entire school division. Students in this accelerated and enriching program in grades 3, 4, and 5 must be selected based on teacher recommendation, academic achievement, and a variety of assessments. The GO Center offers a differentiated, expanded curriculum, and instructional methodology that promotes self-direction through the use of divergent thinking skills, higher levels of questioning, interpretive study of literature, and independent projects.
Students are afforded the opportunity to approach the subject matter in a way that accentuates their particular abilities, learning styles, and interests. The GO Center accelerated program also broadens the exposure to academic targets less often explored in the regular classroom. This approach allows students' strengths and abilities to be targeted, thus eliminating the tedium of extraneous drill work.
Eligibility Process
Information used for the GO Center selection process includes:
- Level III Referral Form
- Ability Test Scores
- Achievement Test Scores
- Gifted Characteristics Checklist with Commentary
- Interview and observation of student
- Progress reports
- Work samples produced at school, 3 writing and 2 math
- Parent questionnaire
- Additional test data, optional
- Awards and letters of recommendation, optional
Students found eligible to attend the GO Center are chosen by a Division Eligibility Committee using the information noted above. The eligibility process begins as students are referred into the gifted identification process.
Location
1201 Floyd St. (map)
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Phone: (434) 515-5270