- Vashon Island School District 402
- Home
- Highly Capable Services
Student Support Programs
Page Navigation
-
Philosophy
Vashon Island School District shall offer instructional services to address the unique needs of the most highly capable students of school age within the State funding allocation. Our framework for highly capable services embraces the following objectives.
- Expansion of academic attainment and intellectual skill;
- Stimulation of intellectual curiosity, independence and responsibility;
- Acceleration of specific content in unique circumstances to meet student learning needs; and
- Development of a positive attitude toward self and others.
The identification of the most highly capable students shall not violate federal and state civil rights laws, shall be based on professional judgment as to which students will benefit the most from inclusion in the district's program; and shall be based on an identification system that determines which students are the most highly capable.
-
Definition of Highly Capable
Highly capable students perform or show potential for performing at significantly advanced cognitive levels (top 2%) when compared with others of their age, experiences, or environments.
Highly capable students generally possess the:
- Capacity to learn with unusual depth of understanding, to retain what has been learned, and to transfer learning to new situations;
- Capacity and willingness to deal with increasing levels of abstraction and complexity earlier than their chronological peers;
- Creative ability to make unusual connections among ideas and concepts;
- Ability to learn very quickly in their area(s) of intellectual strength.
-
2023-24 Process
Details regarding this year's process will be posted by January 2024.
-
Interpretation and Translation Services
Under state and federal law, all parents have the right to information about their child’s education in a language they can understand. Title IV Regulations | Chapter 28A.642 RCW | Chapter 392-190 WACPlease click here, for more information about this topic posted on the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction's website.