We care a lot with the students who give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership capacity, or specific academic fields, and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities.  Gifted and Talented Education (GATE), Talented and Gifted (TAG), or G/T) is a broad term for special practices, procedures, and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented. The main approaches to gifted education are enrichment and acceleration. An enrichment program teaches additional, related material, but keeps the student progressing through the curriculum at the same rate. For example, after the gifted students have completed the normal work in the curriculum, an enrichment program might provide them with additional details about a subject in the curriculum. An acceleration program advances the student through the standard curriculum faster than normal. When gifted students have completed the normal work, they move on to the next subject in the curriculum, even though the rest of the class is still working on the first subject.

We provide Gifted & Talented (G&T) programs in each borough. These programs are designed for students who have met the eligibility criteria and students enrolled are grouped together in a self-contained classroom for the entire school day and receive appropriate instruction in all content areas.

Gifted & Talented programs are designed to differentiate instruction, provide appropriate enrichment opportunities, compact the curriculum, and/or accelerate the content for this special needs population. G & T education programs keep accelerated learners challenged and on task by presenting material that is new, complex, and interesting. This material often goes well beyond anything learned even at the highest levels of high school or pre-college instruction.