Mission:
The Dunlap School Community empowers all students to reach their individual potential.
Vision (Philosophy):
The Dunlap Community Unit School District #323 believes that while all children can
learn, they learn at different rates and in different ways. Gifted and talented children
are those who demonstrate or have the potential to demonstrate exceptional levels
of intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership abilities. In order to fully develop such
capabilities, these students require differentiated education programs beyond those
provided by the general education curriculum.
Rationale:
High potential students require and deserve a differentiated, enriched program that
takes into consideration their individualized learning styles and special abilities in
order to challenge, develop and fulfill their potential as well as maximize their unique
cognitive abilities.
Core Values:
1. To provide challenging learning experiences within and beyond the
student’s regular curriculum.
2. To provide a learning environment that will enable each student to fully
develop his/her gifted and talented abilities through accelerated
instruction and/or enrichment activities.
3. To ensure that continued growth, performance, and achievement of gifted
and talented students using the criteria measures established for
identification and through the demonstration of leadership, creative, and
critical thinking skills.
4. To help students gain an understanding of their unique abilities and
giftedness and accept responsibility for monitoring their learning
progress, collecting evidence of their successes, and setting goals for
future learning endeavors.
5. To provide students with opportunities to incorporate
digital age literacy, inventive thinking, interactive communication, and
quality results.
The Dunlap School Community empowers all students to reach their individual potential.
Vision (Philosophy):
The Dunlap Community Unit School District #323 believes that while all children can
learn, they learn at different rates and in different ways. Gifted and talented children
are those who demonstrate or have the potential to demonstrate exceptional levels
of intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership abilities. In order to fully develop such
capabilities, these students require differentiated education programs beyond those
provided by the general education curriculum.
Rationale:
High potential students require and deserve a differentiated, enriched program that
takes into consideration their individualized learning styles and special abilities in
order to challenge, develop and fulfill their potential as well as maximize their unique
cognitive abilities.
Core Values:
1. To provide challenging learning experiences within and beyond the
student’s regular curriculum.
2. To provide a learning environment that will enable each student to fully
develop his/her gifted and talented abilities through accelerated
instruction and/or enrichment activities.
3. To ensure that continued growth, performance, and achievement of gifted
and talented students using the criteria measures established for
identification and through the demonstration of leadership, creative, and
critical thinking skills.
4. To help students gain an understanding of their unique abilities and
giftedness and accept responsibility for monitoring their learning
progress, collecting evidence of their successes, and setting goals for
future learning endeavors.
5. To provide students with opportunities to incorporate
digital age literacy, inventive thinking, interactive communication, and
quality results.