The mission of Rochester
School District is to prepare students for lifelong learning, rewarding
careers and productive citizenship by embracing accountability,
adaptability, and academic excellence.
What is the Highly Capable Program?
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The
Rochester Highly Capable Program is a continuum of services for
identified students to provide advanced curricula as well as support
their social and emotional needs. These services range from teacher
consultation within the regular classroom to pull out and or extended
day services.
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What is the definition of a highly capable student?
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Highly
capable students are students who perform or show potential for
performing at significantly advanced academic levels when compared with
others of their age, experiences, or environments. Outstanding abilities
are seen within student’s general intellectual aptitudes, specific
academic abilities, and/or creative productivities within a specific
domain. These students are present not only in the general populace; but
are present within all protected classes.
Students who are highly capable may possess, but not limited to, these learning characteristics:
1. Capacity
to learn with unusual depth of understanding, to retain what has been
learned, and to transfer learning to new situations:
2. Capacity and willingness to deal with increasing levels of abstraction and complexity
3. Creative ability to make unusual connections among ideas and concepts;
4. Ability to learn quickly in their area(s) of intellectual strength; and
5. Capacity for intense concentration and/or focus.
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Highly Capable Referral and Screening
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Students may be referred for highly capable services by teachers, parents, or community members. Referrals are accepted at any time; however assessment and placement will occur according to set timelines.
Referrals must be received at the District Office by the end of the first quarter for screening, assessment, and placement to occur by 2nd semester.
Referrals for the upcoming school year must be received by the District Office before mid-winter break (February). Screening and assessment will occur in the spring with placement for the following school year.