Gifted & Advanced Programs

The Rogers Public School District seeks to challenge every student.

To help precocious youth who are at or above grade level, we have a variety of Advanced Programs and services to academically challenge and grow students. 

The K-12 RPS Advanced Programs provides students with multiple academic opportunities, enrichment, and accelerated learning. The specific academic opportunities may vary by student based on interest, ability, and readiness. 

To challenge students where they are, students will be annually evaluated based on multiple criteria and will receive both direct and indirect services from licensed gifted and talented certified Advanced Learning Coaches.

Advanced Learning is an umbrella term to identify and serve students in the Rogers Public Schools demonstrating high ability, high achievement, gifted, and/or social or emotional needs beyond the regular classroom instruction.

Every student will be formally assessed in second, fourth, and sixth grades using universal assessments as well as a variety of objective and subjective criteria, including the state assessment. 

Identification continues throughout twelfth grade to ensure the best placement of students through student success-ready pathways. There are a several accelerated Honors courses in math, English, and science courses starting in upper elementary/middle school to launch students for high school credit earlier and post-high school plans sooner. 

Our 6th and 7th grade Advanced Learning classes are designed as G/T seminars for Advanced College and Career Prep that met daily in lieu of their second reading class. The 7th grade course also gives students the required career development course before their 8th grade year.

Beginning in 7th grade, students have the chance to enroll in high school-bearing coursework to take more rigorous Advanced Placement (AP), Cambridge International, accelerated honors, and/or concurrent course offerings for students in 7th -12th grades.

Nearly all of these secondary courses are available to every student willing to accept the challenge regardless of any previous gifted identification.

We are also one of the only school districts in the state with a prestigious honors academy open to any high school student in the Rogers School District. For more information about the Rogers Honors Academy, click here. 
 

 

Indirect services are also added to this design in the form of differentiation through compacting, independent contracts, tiered learning assignments, and teacher team meetings.

RPS Advanced Learning are also a part of each building's Professional Learning Community (PLC) team to monitor growth among our identified gifted students but also to extend the learning for all students who have demonstrated proficiency.

In addition to our Advanced Learning pullout classes, many schools have instituted a School-wide Enrichment Model, (SEM) to meet the needs of each campus at the elementary and middle school levels (K-5 and 6-8). Our SEM programs are designed to nurture talent development for all students, not just for our identified gifted and talented populations.

Some of our SEM offerings include: creative problem solving, Quiz Bowl, Stock Market Game (SMG), creative writing, Speech Clubs, collaborative teaming, National History Day (NHD), Amazing Shake, lunch time book chats, curriculum extensions, chess tournaments, Word Master Competitions, ESOL enrichment, summer learning/camps, and much more.