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Central Bucks updates Penn Independent Study for gifted high schoolers; enrollment jumps to 218
Summary
Central Bucks School District presented an update on its high school gifted support program, the Penn Independent Study, highlighting program structure, student projects and growth from about 75 to 218 students signed up for next year.
Central Bucks School District education committee members heard an update Feb. 6 on the district’s Penn Independent Study, a pass/fail, asynchronous elective that supplements high-achieving students’ coursework with year‑long, self‑directed projects.
The presentation emphasized that the program was designed to meet Chapter 16 (Gifted Education Law) requirements while offering work that “goes well beyond the AP and the honors class,” presenters said. Pam Pensabine, the district’s high‑school gifted support program coordinator and a Penn High School teacher, explained the course model and brought two fellow teachers, Michelle Rhodes and Christine Dallerton, and three student participants to speak about their projects.
Nut graf: District leaders said the program expands individualized opportunities…
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