LEAP AT ST. PATRICKS  

              LEAP is an enrichment program that has been developed

          on several different  educational models that encompass

          higher order thinking skills.  These models include Dr. Renzulli's

          Enrichment Triad Model (ETM) and Dr. Benjamin Bloom's

          Taxonomy of Thinking Skills.  ETM is designed so that students

          gain an insight to their own learning styles, interests, and

          abilities.

               This model favors a problem solving approach in order to

          develop more meaningful understanding.  Through active

          problem solving students will naturally progress into the

          higher order thinking skills of Blooms Taxonomy.  With its

          small group approach students are also able to  work within

          their own multiple intelligence areas.

               Students are exposed to a varied selection of print

          material.  Units for every grade level are interdisciplinary

          developed emphasizing science, math, art, social studies,

          and language arts.  Students will be assessed based upon

          selected North Carolina standard goals and classroom

          objectives.  Individual grades will be reported to the class-

          room teacher.  These grades will be incorporated into the

          student's reading average.

              Qualifying for LEAP in the primary grades is based on the

          DIBELS TEST.  (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy

          Skills).   Student enrollment in LEAP is fluid depending on

          consistent benchmark attainment.    In Grades 3-5

          acceptance  into the program is based on the ITBS (Iowa

          Test of Basic Skills).  

               In the primary grades 1-2 and 3, students attend LEAP

           daily for 30 minutes.  The grades 4-5 attend daily for 45

           minutes.                    

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                                               The Teacher

                I have been here at St. Patrick School for 6 years.  I retired

           from CMS as a Teacher of the Gifted and Talented, grades 2-5.

           I am a native Charlottean, fifth generation!

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           Credentials:  BA Sociology, BA Education, MA Early

                                  Childhood Education, Gifted and

                                  Talented Certification (K-12), 3 Summers

                                  Program (Renzulli).