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WESD Gifted Education

The Washington Elementary School District (WESD) Gifted Services department provides gifted services to students and families in each WESD school.

The Washington Elementary School District (WESD) Gifted Services department is committed to providing gifted services to school-age students in the Washington Elementary School District, as required by ARS 15-779.01, 15-779.02, 15.779.03 and 15.779.04. This is accomplished by ensuring the students are appropriately identified; providing appropriate service in the area of qualification; including d

Operating as usual

Photos from WESD Gifted Education's post

11/15/2024

Gifted 2nd graders at Acacia Elementary School are designing pumpkin patches and using their math skills.

11/15/2024

Students at Shaw Butte created boats to help turkeys “escape being Thanksgiving Dinner.”

11/04/2024

WESD Gifted Gazette- October Gifted Newsletter

OCT Gifted Gazettes 24-25(1).pdf

10/31/2024

Ms. Mahoney’s gifted students at Desert View are reading Danger in the Desert and using engineering challenges to support their learning. Here they are designing shelters to keep an animal (made of color changing beads) safe from the sun.

10/31/2024

Ms. Lester’s gifted students at Sunburst Elementary engineered stands for a pumpkin. The goal was to make the highest stand using the least material.

10/30/2024

Coming soon in WESD Gifted Education

10/29/2024

Students are Cactus Wren Elementary designed bone bridges from qtips and pipe cleaners.

10/28/2024

Students at Abraham Lincoln Traditional School used their “brain focals” to help them imagine and design a bicycle for a spider!

10/28/2024

Students at John Jacobs used their designs and their gifted brains to calculate surface area and the size and length needed to create the larger pumpkin design.

10/28/2024

Ms. Hornbaker’s Gifted Learners are practicing sign language. This week they learned some seasonal signs and created a new type of wings for a bat!

10/21/2024

We had a great time at Gifted Family Game Night! Thank you to the families that came to play student created games based on the students' gifted areas and to view the Vans Shoe design winners!

10/15/2024

Join us Thursday for family game night. Some of our students have created games to share. We will also have games representing all 3 gifted areas to try with your family. Finally, the Vans shoe design contest winners will be on display.

10/04/2024

Gifted students in WESD were asked to create a Vans shoe design that represents them. Congratulations to the 9 winners who were chosen by close to 800 student votes! These students received a white pair of Vans shoes from Cowtown Skateboards in Phoenix to make their designs come to life! The shoes and all the designs will be on display for our Gifted Family Game Night on Thursday October 17, 2024 from 6:00-7:30 pm.