Welcome to the Whitehall City Schools Gifted Services webpage. We are happy to share that our school district serves gifted-identified students in grades 2-12 who have a gifted identification in superior cognitive and/or specific academic ability. In Ohio, gifted services are not mandated. Public school districts are required to identify students as gifted in mathematics, reading, superior cognitive ability, and creative thinking. Public school districts are not mandated to provide gifted services, but Whitehall City Schools does provide gifted education services to qualifying students. Students who participate in district-led gifted service are supported through a Written Education Plan (WEP) that is shared with parents/guardians twice a year.
Overview of Whitehall Gifted Services
Whitehall City Schools Gifted Services | Service Setting | Grade Level | Criteria for Gifted Service with WEP or WAP | Gifted Service Provider |
Resource Room | Resource room with push-in or pull-out | Grades 4-5 | Superior Cog or Specific Academic gifted ID | Katharine Davis Etna Road Elementary School GIS
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Honors/Accelerated Courses | Honors or Accelerated classes | Grades 6-12 | Superior Cog or Specific Academic gifted ID | Amy Back Rosemore Middle School GIS Honors or Accelerated course teachers |
College Credit Plus Career Prep
| Educational Options - CCP or Eastland Fairfield Career & Technical Center | Grades 7-12 | Superior Cog or Specific Academic gifted ID | College instructors or High School teachers
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Choir, Band, Arts Classes | Regular arts classes | Grades 5-12 | Visual and performing arts gifted ID or Creative Thinking gifted ID | Trained Arts teachers |
Gifted-identified students who do not participate in any of the above direct gifted service options will be supported through differentiated instruction provided within the regular classroom setting with support from the Gifted Intervention Specialist and Gifted Services Coordinator.
Early entrance to Kindergarten application for the 2024-25 school year
This registration form will be available from February 21, 2024 - July 31, 2024, for parents or guardians to register a child for the early entrance to kindergarten process. Children referred for early entrance to kindergarten will have a birthdate between October 1 - December 31, 2019, thus missing the district's age five cut-off date of September 30, 2019. If a child turns five after December 31, 2024, a formal letter of recommendation from the child's pediatrician, doctor, or preschool teacher is required.
Whitehall City Schools follows the Ohio Department of Education's guidelines for early entrance to kindergarten screening and assessment. Screening, assessment, and decisions on placement will take place in early August 2024 before school begins.
After completing this form, you will be contacted by the district's gifted services coordinator to set up the date, time, and location for screening during the week of August 1-12, 2024. You must upload or email proof of residency (1. Lease or mortgage in parent/guardian's name 2. Two different utility bills (gas/electric/water/phone) dated within 30 days in the parent/guardian's name.) and a copy of the child's birth certificate or passport prior to scheduling early entrance screening. These documents, along with the completion of the Google registration form, are required for early entrance screening.