All students who are identified as Gifted by the Halton District School Board's Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) have access to a range of options according to their needs. Secondary Gifted Cluster (SGC) is one of those placements for gifted students in Halton's secondary schools.
This placement provides gifted students at the secondary level with the opportunity to be in gifted 'cluster' classes, grouped together with their peers. The curriculum in these classes can be differentiated in breadth, depth and pace from the curriculum being offered in the other sections of the same course. Students are free to choose which courses they would like clustered and which they would not.
If you have a child that was identified as Gifted in another board (Catholic, private, in another area), and you would like your child to attend the SGC at Abbey Park, please email me to get the process started. It will involve review of the psycho-educational assessment that identified them originally.
Identified gifted students receive the same resources that any other student with an Individual Education Plan (IEP); they have a dedicated Special Education Resource Teacher monitoring their progress, and advising their teachers of any special needs or supports required.