Gifted Services

Mary Franzosa
Gifted Coordinator

 

Welcome to Waynesville Gifted Services

The Gifted Services Department supports the Waynesville Local Schools mission of providing a meaningful, rigorous curriculum to students identified as gifted.

Gifted Identification
In Ohio, gifted students are defined as students “who perform or show potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of their age, experience, or environment”

Any student may be referred for testing, for possible gifted identification, by a parent or teacher.

Children can be identified as gifted in the following areas: superior cognitive ability, specific academic ability in reading/writing, mathematics, science and social studies, creative thinking ability, and visual or performing arts.

To refer a child for testing for gifted identification, please download the following form and send to Dr. Mary Franzosa, WLS, 659 Dayton Rd., Waynesville, 45068

Referral Form for Gifted Identification
For more information, please contact Dr. Mary Franzosa @ (513) 897-2761 or mfranzosa@wayne-local.com

Additional Resources:

 

 

National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)

www.nagc.org

“The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is an organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals, and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those children who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences. “

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio Association for Gifted Children (OAGC)

www.oagc.com

”OAGC advances understanding of the needs of the gifted, promotes establishment of programs and services for gifted students, and encourages the exchange of information on the national, state and local level. OAGC is an affiliate organization of the National Association for Gifted Children.”

 

 

 

 

Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted (SENG)

www.sengifted.org

“SENG’s mission is to empower families and communities to guide gifted and talented individuals to reach their goals: intellectually, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.”

 

 

 

 

Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page

www.hoagiesgifted.org

Offers resources, articles, books and links to additional resources

 

 

 

 

Super Saturdays

http://www.supersaturday.org/

“The Super Saturday Program is a quality enrichment program for intellectually gifted children, ages 4-14, in the Greater Cincinnati area. Starting in the Fall of 1981, the Super Saturday Program has grown from serving a handful of gifted children at the University of Cincinnati's main campus to serving hundreds of children each session in classrooms on a campus of the University of Cincinnati College of Applied Science in Walnut Hills.”

 

 

 

 

Summer Enrichment Opportunities

http://www.hcesc.org/downloads/Summer%20Opportunities-2011%20Nicole%20and%20Cathy.pdf

Link will provide current 2011 summer enrichment opportunities in the Cincinnati area

 

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