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The Talent Pool, SOCRATES, Accelerated, and SAA curriculum focuses on inquiry and research, critical thinking, creative/productive thinking, and communication skills. Affective development is included to enhance acceptance of self and others.

INQUIRY/RESEARCH

The gifted/talented students will:

  • select topics
  • define topics/research questions
  • identify audiences
  • determine possible products
  • gather information
  • organize information
  • present original products

 

CRITICAL THINKING

The gifted/talented students will:

  • analyze
    • fact/opinion
    • relevant/irrelevant information
    • reliable/unreliable sources
  • question
  • infer
    • meaning of statements
    • cause/effect relationships
    • generalizations
    • predictions
    • assumptions
    • point of view
  • reason
    • inductive logic
    • deductive logic
  • evaluate
    • judge
    • make/defend decision(s)

 

CREATIVE/PRODUCTIVE THINKING

The gifted/talented students will exhibit:

  • fluency:   quantity
  • flexibility:   variety
  • originality:   uniqueness
  • elaboration:   expansion/embellishment
  • complexity:   interrelatedness
  • curiosity:   inquiry
  • imagination:   visualization
  • risk taking:   courage

 

COMMUNICATION

The gifted/talented students will:

  • determine purposes for a variety of settings and occasions
  • listen critically to analyze, interpret, and evaluate
  • appreciate spoken language
  • evaluate visual images, messages, and meanings
  • prepare, organize, and present a variety of informative visual images, messages, and meanings that communicate effectivel
  • interpret messages, purposes, and perspectives
  • utilize standard grammar and spoken language to communicate clearly

 

AFFECTIVE BEHAVIOR

The gifted/talented students will:

  • respect authority
  • respect learning
  • respect others and their rights
  • display and respond to humor appropriately
  • use appropriate manners
  • interact effectively in group situations
  • tolerate imperfection in self/others
  • accept praise, punishment, and criticism
  • argue with logic, not emotion
  • demonstrate independent action
  • exhibit self-direction
  • model trustworthiness
  • accept consequences for action
  • accept giftedness in relation to self/others

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Paris, Texas 75460
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Quick Tip is a support system that allows students to communicate with school administrators. While the district already has many programs to help students deal with challenges such as bullying behaviors, stress, peer pressure, and family problems, Quick Tip helps break the code of silence often experienced by students because it allows them to report concerns to administrators anonymously.

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SchoolMessenger Quick Tip app is available for both iOS (iTunes App Store) and Android devices (Google Play). Download SchoolMessenger Quick Tip App. When launching the app for the first time, you will be prompted to enter the school district code. The school district code is paristx.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is not a crisis line. In cases of emergency, the site will direct students to call 911!

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Step 1: Your cell phone number must be on file at your child’s school.

Step 2: Text “YES” to 67587

For help information, text “HELP” to 67587.

To opt-out at any time, text “STOP” to 67587.

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