Students in grades three through eight, who have been identified as academically gifted, receive services using the state-approved special class or pull-out class model.

These students are served in language arts and/or math. 

Both program model's reflect acceleration and enrichment opportunities through differentiated instruction that is over and beyond the core curriculum. Gifted and talented instruction does include higher-order thinking skills to expand the state standards.

The following description of the identification process reflects the South Carolina definition of gifted and talented and is in keeping with the National Excellence Report (1995) which states:

Children and youth with outstanding talent perform or show the potential for performing at remarkable high levels of accomplishment when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment.

These children and youth exhibit high performance capability in intellectual, creative, and/or artistic areas, possess an unusual leadership capacity, or excel in specific academic fields. They require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the schools.

Outstanding talents are present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor.