Daniel Webster's School for Advanced Studies (SAS)

The Daniel Webster School for Advanced Studies demonstration site has received the SAS designation for its exemplary Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) implementation. LAUSD created the Schools for Advanced Studies designation to acknowledge exemplary school models of innovative, equitable and effective GATE practices districtwide. By providing high-quality differentiated instruction with an emphasis on depth, complexity, acceleration and novelty, Daniel Webster's SAS site is able to offer high-level academic opportunities that meet the unique educational needs of LAUSD's 6-8 grade gifted learners, identified in the Intellectual Ability, High Achievement Ability, Specific Academic Ability, Creative Ability and Leadership Ability categories or verified based on critical thinking/achievement.

 

Gifted/talented students attending Daniel Webster Middle School will be able to demonstrate evidence of high achievement in their identified area and need through specialized services and support to fully develop their potential and support their academic success. As a Gifted/Talented Program, Daniel Webster school site strives to provide advanced learning options committed to ensuring that the unique academic and social-emotional needs of gifted/talented learners are met. We are committed to fulfilling LAUSD's expectations that each L.A. Unified school with identified gifted learners, regardless of program type, must cluster-group gifted learners for instruction and provide meaningful differentiated learning opportunities that challenge students to achieve beyond grade-based standards and expectations.

 

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