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Lewisburg Area SD presents K'8 gifted program plan; educators highlight pull-out enrichment, STEM lending and interdisciplinary middle-school course
Summary
The board heard a report on the district's K'8 gifted program across Kelley, Lintown and the middle school: a pull-out model at elementary grades, math and ELA enrichment, use of a STEM lending library, and an interdisciplinary middle-school course aligned with social studies.
The Lewisburg Area School District received an overview of its K'8 gifted program from the district's gifted educator, who outlined a pull-out model at Kelley and Lintown elementaries and an interdisciplinary model at the middle school.
At Kelley Elementary, students leave their regular classroom one time per cycle to work in small cohorts on critical thinking, collaboration and growth-mindset activities tied to the district's ELA and math curriculum. Examples shown to the board included a mental-math hexagon game that asks students to create equations to match a center value and mechanical-circuit STEM modules borrowed from the CSIU STEM Lending Library.
At Lintown (grades 4'5), the pull-out model provides alternating enrichment in English language arts (using a shared-inquiry approach and short stories) and mathematics; grades 4'5 participated in the Math Olympiad contest cycle and a CSU'organized "STEAM" day that gathered gifted students from other districts to collaborate. At the middle school, the district runs an interdisciplinary perspectives course in place of the traditional social-studies block; 6th graders participated in an adapted competition and 8th graders took part in a manufacturing-site visit with students preparing interview questions and film projects.
The presenter described using the CSIU STEM Lending Library to trial STEM kits without an immediate district purchase and emphasized staff-led professional development to share classroom resources and instructional technology across building teams. Board members praised the work and asked that the district pass the board's compliments on to the teacher leading the program.
The presentation also included district-wide program items the board heard in the same meeting: counselors helped anonymously match families with holiday sponsors (about 120 students were sponsored across the two elementary buildings), and middle- and high-school updates on keystone testing and upcoming student forums were summarized by building leaders.
Board members commended the breadth of activities and the program's efforts to integrate gifted instruction with regular curriculum and community partnerships. No formal action was taken; the item was presented for information and board feedback.
