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Gifted advisory presents program data and summer enrichment plans to King George board
Summary
The gifted advisory committee reported there are 203 identified gifted students across grades K–12 and outlined services from elementary pull-outs to high-school AP/dual enrollment options, plus a summer enrichment program that included STEM and forensics activities.
The King George County School Board received the annual Gifted Advisory Committee report outlining current identification numbers, services by grade band and upcoming outreach and programming.
Angie Harris, supervisor of elementary instruction and a committee member, said the committee includes 22 members—parents, teachers, administrators and a school board representative—and meets three times per year. The committee’s goals this year included increasing communication and professional development, improving identification of underrepresented students, and revising the five-year gifted plan as needed.
Committee chair Dustin Pfeiffer provided program detail: 203 students are identified K–12 (106 male, 97 female), including 15 twice-exceptional students and representation across six racial groups. The program represents roughly 4.6% of the division’s student population, the committee said. At the elementary level, five K–2 students receive pull-out instruction twice weekly; grades 3–5 have a full-time gifted program at King George Elementary (62 identified), and middle school (grades 6–8) has 61 students in accelerated language arts and mathematics pathways. In math, Pfeiffer said fifth graders take a sixth-grade SOL; middle-school students progress to Algebra I and then Geometry by eighth grade.
Pfeiffer described a summer enrichment program (third year running) that included STEM offerings from Dahlgren outreach, an AI introduction, cryptology, forensics (King George Sheriff’s Office demonstrated forensics work), podcasting and a mini-economy project where students designed prototypes, manufactured items and sold them in a mock market. He said the committee plans more outreach to teachers at Sealson and Potomac for referrals and will publish a quarterly gifted newsletter to families. The next advisory meeting is scheduled for March 19 at 4:15 p.m. at the school board office and is open to the public.
Ending
Board members thanked the advisory committee for the presentation and noted the importance of broadening outreach so more eligible students—especially underrepresented groups—are identified.
