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While there are no formal homework assignments in Enrichment, some students find it beneficial to do work on their independent projects outside of school.
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The student should arrange to meet with his or her teacher before or after school. Late busses will be available after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays (usually beginning in October). It is helpful for your child to arrange to get notes from the class missed from another student in class. Exchanging phone numbers with other students--so that your child can call with any questions, is also helpful.
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Enrichment students receive a Pass or Fail grade on their report card for the Enrichment Learning Center portion of the program. Students complete self assessments of their progress. Students receive feedback on their presentations.
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Families of students in the Gifted/Enrichment Program are invited to view and listen to presentations of individual and group projects. Students share their goals, what they have learned, and the results of their work. This event is typically held in late May or early June. Invitations are sent home. The date will be posted on the Harborside school calendar and well as on this web site's calendar.
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Harborside Enrichment students in each grade usually take one trip per year. The three middle school Enrichment teachers try to set up joint trips by grade. We always need several parents to help chaperone each trip. If you would like to be a chaperone, please let your child's Enrichment teacher know.
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MAGE is a PTA organization for the Gifted. It stands for Milford Association for Gifted Education. MAGE raises money for the Gifted Enrichment program and provides Enrichment teachers with discretionary funds to pay for project materials as student needs arise during the year. Families involved with MAGE lobby for our program and in recent years have prevented or minimized cuts to Milford's Gifted/Enrichment Program. Families are encouraged to join MAGE. Dues for a family are a nominal amount. Meetings are usually held once a month and special programs are held during the year for Enrichment students and their families.
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In order to work on independent projects, students in the Gifted/Enrichment Program are "pulled out" of other teachers' classes to attend Enrichment.
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The district policy is sent to every school by the Director of Pupil Personnel Services stating that students must be allowed to attend pullout classes. Your child's Enrichment teacher should be informed of the problem, so that she can discuss the regular teacher's concerns and work out a solution. If there is a special speaker, lesson, video, etc. that would be difficult to make up, your child should discuss this with the Enrichment teacher and an accommodation can be made.
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Sometimes students find it challenging to keep up with the demands of the regular curriculum. Parents may wish to set up a meeting with the Enrichment teacher to determine if their student might benefit from taking a "leave of absence" from the Gifted/Enrichment program. Leaves can occur for a month or more or for a complete school year.
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For special activities,a student may be excused from a particular Enrichment Pullout period. If this becomes a chronic concern, then the teacher and student may need to identify an alternative class period for pullout.
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The student and teacher should discuss options for the original topic, to determine if there is a way to modify it to make it more motivating to the student. If not, the student can propose other project ideas and work with the teacher to find one that is acceptable. A key goal is to have the child find something that is truly motivating and not just go through the motions.
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The Enrichment Selection Committee receives and reviews: 1. A Nomination Form submitted by a Harborside Teacher or team. 2. A "Rating Scale for Identifying Superior Students" (nominating teachers complete this) 3. A Portfolio of student work is submitted by teacher for review 4. Anecdotal evidence from class participation (submitted by teachers) 5. Report cards & standardized test scores 6. CMT scores
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While the Enrichment teacher will try facilitate any difficulties in a project group, the student feeling he/she is doing more than others can discuss options with the teacher. This can include learning how to develop leadership skills to motivate other students to do more; identifying tasks that need to be done and getting help dividing the tasks among the group members, or subdividing the group into smaller groups of compatible individuals.
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