Students will come to Target on their assigned day and time. They will need their Target notebook (1” binder), 4 dividers, signed Target Tally, paper, pencil, snack, lunch/money and a book to read. Students will be marked down on their Target Tally if they do not come to class prepared. This will affect their grade in Target.
In Cobb County, the Gifted Program Curriculum is said to be “differentiated.” This means that students are involved in activities which are more advanced, more mature, more sophisticated, and more complex in three areas: content, process and expectations. The content is often multi – disciplined, designed not only to broaden a child’s base of general knowledge, but also to enhance the child’s ability to think productively and creatively. Our curriculum is process based, not content based. Due to the fact that the content and processes are more advanced and complex, the expectations for performance are higher. Target students are expected to perform in a more sophisticated, advanced, and complex manner. Their products should be more elaborate, and in general, superior to those produced in the regular classroom. Ozzie Smith, former shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, was once quoted after losing a play-off game as saying, “Good is not good enough when better is expected.” With the Target students, “good” isn’t sufficient. When gifted students are measured by different standards or by a different yardstick of excellence, expectations are higher, and “better” is expected.
