Secondary Services (Middle and High School)

  6th to 8th     Grade

  Middle     School 

A GRT is assigned to each middle school to facilitate the use of advanced instructional strategies. These GRTs also collaborate with counselors to provide social emotional support to gifted learners and ensure identified students are enrolled in courses meeting their academic needs.

The Young Scholars Program. This academically accelerated program is the only program in NPS exclusively for gifted learners, and infuses George Betts's Autonomous Learner Model (ALM). ALM guides students toward becoming independent learners. Young Scholars 8th grade students complete a capstone project (Passion Project) where they explore an area of interest, complete extensive research in that area, and share what they have learned with peers.

  9th to 12th   Grades

 High School

High school gifted students enroll in honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Each high school is assigned a gifted resource teacher to collaborate with AP, International Baccalaureate (IB) and honors teachers individually, by department, and school-wide to facilitate research based strategies that increase student engagement and rigor in critical thinking, problem solving, and challenging instructional best practices. GRTs also partner with school counselors to ensure gifted students' social emotional needs are met and that they are appropriately enrolled in rigorous coursework.

Visual and Performing Arts Aptitude 

Norfolk Public Schools provides talented students the opportunity to apply for and audition to the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts (GSA).  Advanced Placement courses in music and art are offered at select high schools. Students are able to enroll in these courses through their high school counselor(s).