Gifted and Talented/EMERGE

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UCSD GT Arts Program

What is EMERGE?

The EMERGE program is a differentiated program for intellectually gifted students in grades three through eight in the core subject area of science.  EMERGE promotes the development of gifted students by addressing their specific needs.  In the elementary schools, these students come together daily for instruction.  The middle school and junior high students are served through a science course.  These programs provide differentiation in terms of abstraction, complexity, pacing, breadth, and depth.  

EMERGE addresses the following:

• Critical, logical, and flexible thinking skills

• Creative thinking skills:  fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality

• Higher level thinking skills from the knowledge level through the evaluation level

• Independent and self - directed skills

• Life skills of feeling, thinking, communicating, choosing and acting

• Research, media production, and technology skills

Contact Information

Elizabeth Ireton
eireton@union.k12.sc.us
Gifted & Talented Programs
864-429-1735

Suzy Garner
District EMERGE Teacher
sgarner@union.k12.sc.us