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Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted

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The Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted provide a learning environment for Grade 4 and Grade 5 students that enriches, accelerates, and extends the MCPS curriculum. It is designed to meet the needs of highly gifted and motivated learners in mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies. The program focuses on critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, and communication skills.

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  • Solve complex mathematics problems for fun?
  • Write poetry, plays, or stories to share with your friends?
  • Design science experiments and test them?
  • Work cooperatively with friends on projects?

What schools offer this program?

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Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School

Contact school for more information: 301-460-2121

Admission to the Center Programs for the Highly Gifted is very competitive. Criteria used to evaluate candidates include above-grade-level achievement; teacher, parent, and community recommendations; test scores, and report card grades. All Grade 3 parents are mailed an application. School staff and parents can recommend Grade 3 students.

Each center serves a designated geographic area that is based on high school attendance areas. Students admitted to a Center Program for the Highly Gifted who live in the Walter Johnson, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, and Wheaton attendance areas are assigned to Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School. Your local elementary school can identify the center to which your area is assigned.

MCPS provides transportation from central stops for students in the Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted, from the areas that the programs serve.

Application forms and information
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation
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Chevy Chase Elementary School

Contact school for more information: 301-657-4994

Admission to the Center Programs for the Highly Gifted is very competitive. Criteria used to evaluate candidates include above-grade-level achievement; teacher, parent, and community recommendations; test scores, and report card grades. All Grade 3 parents are mailed an application. School staff and parents can recommend Grade 3 students.

Each center serves a designated geographic area that is based on high school attendance areas. Students admitted to a Center Program for the Highly Gifted who live in the Walt Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase attendance areas are assigned to Chevy Chase Elementary School. Your local elementary school can identify the center to which your area is assigned.

MCPS provides transportation from central stops for students in the Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted, from the areas that the programs serve.

Application forms and information
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation
School The Program at this School Admission Region Transportation

Clearspring Elementary School

Contact school for more information: 301-253-7004

Admission to the Center Programs for the Highly Gifted is very competitive. Criteria used to evaluate candidates include above-grade-level achievement; teacher, parent, and community recommendations; test scores, and report card grades. All Grade 3 parents are mailed an application. School staff and parents can recommend Grade 3 students.

Each center serves a designated geographic area that is based on high school attendance areas. Students admitted to a Center Program for the Highly Gifted who live in the Damascus, Gaithersburg, Magruder, Watkins Mill, Clarksburg (except Fox Chapel ES and Daly ES) attendance areas are assigned to Clearspring Elementary School. Your local elementary school can identify the center to which your area is assigned.

MCPS provides transportation from central stops for students in the Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted, from the areas that the programs serve.

Application forms and information
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation
School The Program at this School Admission Region Transportation

Cold Spring Elementary School

Contact school for more information: 301-279-8480

Admission to the Center Programs for the Highly Gifted is very competitive. Criteria used to evaluate candidates include above-grade-level achievement; teacher, parent, and community recommendations; test scores, and report card grades. All Grade 3 parents are mailed an application. School staff and parents can recommend Grade 3 students.

Each center serves a designated geographic area that is based on high school attendance areas. Students admitted to a Center Program for the Highly Gifted who live in the Winston Churchill and Thomas S. Wootton attendance areas are assigned to Cold Spring Elementary School. Your local elementary school can identify the center to which your area is assigned.

MCPS provides transportation from central stops for students in the Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted, from the areas that the programs serve.

Application forms and information
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation
School The Program at this School Admission Region Transportation

Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School

Contact school for more information: 301-989-6030

Admission to the Center Programs for the Highly Gifted is very competitive. Criteria used to evaluate candidates include above-grade-level achievement; teacher, parent, and community recommendations; test scores, and report card grades. All Grade 3 parents are mailed an application. School staff and parents can recommend Grade 3 students.

Each center serves a designated geographic area that is based on high school attendance areas. Students admitted to a Center Program for the Highly Gifted who live in the James Hubert Blake, Paint Branch, Sherwood, and Springbrook attendance areas are assigned to Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School. Your local elementary school can identify the center to which your area is assigned.

MCPS provides transportation from central stops for students in the Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted, from the areas that the programs serve.

Application forms and information
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation
School The Program at this School Admission Region Transportation

Fox Chapel Elementary School

Contact school for more information: 301-353-8055

Admission to the Center Programs for the Highly Gifted is very competitive. Criteria used to evaluate candidates include above-grade-level achievement; teacher, parent, and community recommendations; test scores, and report card grades. All Grade 3 parents are mailed an application. School staff and parents can recommend Grade 3 students.

Each center serves a designated geographic area that is based on high school attendance areas. Students admitted to a Center Program for the Highly Gifted who live in the Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley, Fox Chapel ES and Daly ES attendance areas are assigned to Fox Chapel Elementary School. Your local elementary school can identify the center to which your area is assigned.

MCPS provides transportation from central stops for students in the Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted, from the areas that the programs serve.

Application forms and information
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation
School The Program at this School Admission Region Transportation

Pine Crest/Oak View Elementary Schools

Contact Pine Crest for more information at 301-649-8066

Contact Oak View for more information at 301-650-6434

Admission to the Center Programs for the Highly Gifted is very competitive. Criteria used to evaluate candidates include above-grade-level achievement; teacher, parent, and community recommendations; test scores, and report card grades. All Grade 3 parents are mailed an application. School staff and parents can recommend Grade 3 students.

Each center serves a designated geographic area that is based on high school attendance areas. Students admitted to a Center Program for the Highly Gifted who live in the Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, and Northwood attendance areas are assigned to Pine Crest or Oak View Elementary School. Your local elementary school can identify the center to which your area is assigned.

MCPS provides transportation from central stops for students in the Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted, from the areas that the programs serve.

Application forms and information
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation

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