Gifted Services
Yuma Elementary School District provides gifted services through individualized gifted education plan, gifted cluster classrooms in elementary schools, and advanced classes at middle schools. The mission is to promote the optimum development of gifted students.
Our Mission
To promote the optimum development of each student’s intellectual, emotional, and social abilities while honoring diversity among gifted students.
What We Believe
Gifted students are gifted all day every day. They deserve services that meet their needs throughout the school day.
What does gifted education look like at Yuma School District One?
All Schools
- Instruction tailored to gifted students’ needs
- Using technology to give students choices
- Rigorous course work
- Individualized Gifted Education Plans (GDEPs)
Elementary Schools
Cluster Model: 3-10 gifted students grouped in the same classroom with grade-level peers.
- Allows gifted students to regularly interact with their intellectual peers and age group
- Provides services every day
- Allows for adapting the level of curriculum as needed
Middle Schools
- Advanced core content classes
- Opportunity to earn high school credit in math
- AVID school-wide program to encourage rigorous curriculum and college readiness