Aurora Gifted And Talented Education (AGATE)
AGATE
Aurora Public Schools is dedicated to meeting the needs of every student by offering standards based educational opportunities appropriate to each child's ability. Accordingly, Aurora Public Schools is committed to providing for the unique needs of the advanced and/or gifted and talented learner.
These children and youth exist within all ethnic, geographic, and socio-economic groups. Providing an array of service options that recognizes individual strengths, interests, and challenges will best maximize student potential.
Definition
In Colorado, gifted and talented students are included in the legal definition of exceptional students (CRS 22-20-103; CRS 22-26-101-104, 1CCR 301-8). Aurora Public Schools recognizes the obligation to provide instructional and support services to all exceptional students K-12.
Gifted and talented students are those students between the ages of five (5) and twenty-one (21) whose learning capacity and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational and affective needs. Gifted and talented students are capable of advanced learning and performance in any combination of the following:
- Intellectual ability
- Specific academic aptitude
- Creative or productive thinking
- Leadership and human relations skills
