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Gifted

The Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District is committed to providing all students with unique and challenging educational experiences.

While Gifted Services are not mandated in Ohio, the District believes in providing a quality and rigorous education that challenges all students.

Through a menu of opportunities, advanced students may participate in a continuum of programs or services designed to meet their unique learning needs, including:

An advanced curriculum;
Use of differentiated instructional strategies;
Placement in specific gifted courses;
Subject or whole grade acceleration;
Post-Secondary Enrollment (CCP Courses)
Honors, Scholarship, and Advanced Placement courses for secondary students; or
Early graduation.

The type of service and programming provided to advanced learners depends on recent assessment data and what is determined to be most appropriate in meeting an individual student’s needs.

K-2 Stephen Bell Elementary

Teachers and staff at Stephen Bell Elementary utilize a variety of resources and programming to enrich and challenge all students. All first grade students are screened for gifted identification in the area of Superior Cognitive Ability in the spring.

Second grade students who are identified in the spring of their first grade year in the area of superior cognitive ability are intentionally placed with a group of other identified students within a classroom. Through this model, students are able to work with peers of the similar ability level and teachers, who have received specialized professional development, and are able to differentiate instruction to meet student’s needs for growth.

All students in second grade also are screened for possible gifted identification in math and reading in the fall, winter and spring with the NWEA MAP Assessment. Students who score in the 95th percentile or above qualify for gifted identification in these areas based on the approved assessment list from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. Students who qualify in second grade will be intentionally placed in a cluster group classroom beginning in third grade at Bell Creek Intermediate.

3-5 Bell Creek Intermediate

Teachers and staff at Bell Creek Intermediate utilize a variety of resources and programming to enrich and challenge all students. Third grade students who are identified as gifted prior to third grade are intentionally placed with a group of other identified students within the classroom based upon their area of identification which could be reading, math, and/or superior cognitive ability.

Through this model, students are able to work with peers of the similar ability level and teachers, who have received specialized professional development, and are able to differentiate instruction to meet student’s needs for growth. All students in grades 3-5 are screened for potential reading and math gifted identification each fall, winter and spring using the NWEA MAP Assessment. Students who score at the 95th percentile or above on MAP assessments will be identified as gifted in that area according to the approved assessment list per the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.

Additionally, all fourth grade students are screened for gifted identification in the area of Superior Cognitive Ability each spring. Fourth grade students who are previously identified as gifted in either reading, math, or superior cognitive ability will be placed in a cluster group within a classroom based on their area of identification which could be reading, math, and/or superior cognitive ability. Through this model, students are able to work with peers of the similar ability level and teachers, who have received specialized professional development, and are able to differentiate instruction to meet student’s needs for growth.

In addition to testing for superior cognitive abilities, reading, and math, students at Bell Creek Elementary who are previously identified as gifted in math and/or superior cognitive ability may be referred to complete an above grade level assessment in at the end of the year in order to determine whether skipping a grade level of math instruction the following year would best meet their need for more advanced math content and instruction. This testing opportunity is available each year at Bell Creek Elementary. This is not considered a gifted service but a grade-level acceleration and is reserved for students who demonstrate aptitude that measures two years beyond their current grade level placement and is based on the Iowa Acceleration Scale approved by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.

6-8 Bellbrook Middle School

Teachers and staff at Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Middle School utilize a variety of resources and programming to enrich and challenge all students. All students in grades 6-8 are screened for potential reading and math gifted identification each fall, winter and spring using the NWEA MAP Assessment.

Students who score at the 95th percentile or above on MAP assessments will be identified as gifted in that area according to the approved assessment list per the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. Students who previously have been identified as gifted in the areas of superior cognitive ability, math, and/or reading may qualify for Gifted Language Arts (sixth and seventh grade) or a math acceleration to take Math 7/8 (sixth and seventh grade) and/or Algebra I (eighth grade).

9-12 Bellbrook High School

Teachers and staff at Bellbrook-Sugarcreek High School utilize a variety of resources and programming to enrich and challenge all students. Students who have previously been identified in the areas of superior cognitive ability, math, and/or reading may qualify for Honors, Scholarship, Advanced Placement, or Post-secondary enrollment courses.

All students in ninth and tenth grade are screened for potential reading and math gifted identification each fall, winter and spring using the NWEA MAP Assessment. Students who score at the 95th percentile or above on MAP assessments will be identified as gifted in that area according to the approved assessment list per the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.

Academic Acceleration Plan

Early Entrance to Kindergarten