Welcome to the
 Department of
  Gifted and Talented

Welcome to the DPS Gifted and Talented Department

Department provides services to students, parents, and schools in the form of overseeing the identification of gifted students in the district, providing staff development for faculties in teaching strategies for gifted students, training gifted representatives from the schools, coordinating the Highly Gifted Program and the testing process for it, and advocating for the needs of gifted students in the schools. For specific program information at individual schools, you should contact the school.

Denver History Day Results

Click here for the list of Junior Division entries that qualified for Colorado History Day
Click here for the list of Senior Division entries that qualified for Colorado History Day

Highly Gifted Program

Deadline for HGT nomination was November 3, 2008.

Results from the first round of testing will be mailed to parents the first week of March.

All Day Advanced Kindergarten

No further testing will be conducted for the 2009-2010 school year.

The Advanced Kindergarten program is not a part of the Highly Gifted and Talented program. Parents looking for a program for students with advanced reading or math skills are encouraged to apply for Advanced Kindergarten. Students must by 5 by Oct. 1st, 2009.

The deadline for applications for the Advanced Kindergarten program was DECEMBER 12, 2008. Applications received after that date will be considered on a space available basis only.

Please call Terri Freund at 720 423-8277 for more information.

Please note: The Advanced Kindergarten, like all district programs, will be reviewed annually as part of the district's budget development. Therefore, approval of the program in general does not ensure that resources will be available to continue operation of all programs or to continue operation of programs in their present format or location.

» Map to the Gifted and Talented Department

Gifted & Talented Education Department
1330 Fox Street
Second Floor South
Denver, Colorado 80204
Phone: 720-423-8272

Who we are

Director: Rebecca Blocher
720-423-8280

Program Manager: Barbara Neyrinck
720-423-8273

Office Support: Pam Winsor
Highly Gifted Magnet
720-423-8272

Activities Coordinator: Becky Muggli
720-423-8274

Shakespeare Festival: Joe Craft
720-423-8278

Gifted Specialist: Robbi Makely
720-423-8063

Gifted Specialist: Terri Freund
Advanced Kindergarten Program
720-423-8277

Gifted Specialist: Laurie Eaton
Middle Schools
720-423-8275

Department Psychologist: Judy Bender

Parents and Teachers of Gifted Students Needed!

The Denver Public Schools Gifted & Talented Education Advisory Council needs members! GTEAC serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of Education and to the Gifted & Talented Education Department on matters concerning gifted children's issues. The council is made of parents, teachers, and administrators.

 

GIFTED AND TALENTED


Gifted & Talented Education
1330 Fox Street
Second Floor South
Denver, Colorado 80204
Phone: 720-423-8272