Gifted Children Resources
Gifted Children’s Coordinator for the Denver Metro Area:
Call or email “BL” (Belinda Torres-Mary)
giftedchildren@denver.us.mensa.org
Hoagies Gifted Resources is an excellent resource, well organized, up to the minute information, with pages about testing, parenting, education and there is also a related page just for children. Check this out!
The
Hollingworth Center for Highly Gifted Children. This site is for parents and
educators of children with 145+ IQ. Support is provided with a quarterly newsletter
and an annual conference for families with children in this range. Excellent information
about homeschooling highly gifted children.
GT-World This website is a rich resource for gifted children and adults. One special feature is an easy sign-up form for subscribing to their various email listservs (gifted families, gifted adults, gifted with special needs, etc.)
Other Sites
- Gifted
Development Center, the largest testing site for gifted children in the nation,
right here in Denver.
- Colorado Association for the Gifted and Talented
- Colorado State Chess Association, for information on scholastic chess tournaments and instruction.
- State of Colorado: Gifted Education has links to Gifted Tournaments, Leagues, and Competitions.
- State of Colorado: Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship.
- State of Colorado: Exceptional Student Leadership Unit.
- University of Denver: Center for Innovative and Talented Youth.
- Cherry Creek School District: Challenge School, a Magnet school for K-8, gifted/talented only.
- Weld County, City of Evans: Chappelow Arts and Literacy Magnet School, K-8.
- Denver Public Schools: Martin Luther King Jr. Early College, 6th-12th.
- Denver Public Schools: Denver Center for International Studies, 6th-12th.
- Denver Public Schools: Polaris at Ebert, for the Highly Gifted, Magnet, K-5.
- Denver Public Schools: Denver School of the Arts, Magnet, 6th-12th, rigorous academic program and intensive studies in Creative Writing, Dance, Theatre, Instrumental Music, Stagecraft and Design, Video Cinema Arts, Visual Arts, and Vocal Music.
- Aurora Public Schools: Global Village Academy, K-8th, 3 world language immersion programs.
- Adams 12 School District: Stargate School, K-8, gifted and talented only, I.Q. test required, Thornton.
- International Baccalaureate: IB Schools in Colorado.