Shoreline Highly Capable
Program
How to Use this Web
Site
Quick
Facts: Here is where you'll find at-a-glance
information on the program.
Announcements:
Visit this page for testing and registration dates and further
information on both of these topics.
Documents: Here you can download documents mailed
to students' families, resources and articles and more.
Links:
Visit this page for links to teacher's Web sites as well as the
Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and other
resources.
Contact Us: Click to this page to send an email to our
office.
HiCap
Testing for 2012-2013 School
Year
Testing for entry in Highly Capable program
the 2012-2013 has concluded. Testing for the 2013-14 school year
will begin in first grade classrooms in the fall, followed by full
testing in early 2013. Registration will begin in October. Click here for more information about testing.
Have you just
moved to Shoreline?
For
residents who have moved to Shoreline since December 1, 2011, there
is a summer testing opportunity for the 2012-13 school year on
August 1 & 2, 2012. Students need to be present on both testing
days. Please
contact our office to register.
Quick
Facts
With the
Highly Capable program, the Shoreline School District provides an
academic setting that provides acceleration through curriculum
compacting and advanced training in critical thinking and research
skills required in academic areas.
Click here to see the program’s mission
statement.
Class sizes vary from year to year, as there
is no wait list for this program. Some classes are
“split” and have two grade levels in one classroom with
one teacher.
Once a student is eligible for the program
(tested in), they are considered to be “highly capable”
until they graduate. Shoreline receives highly capable funding from
the state on a per-student basis. These funds are dispersed to the
schools that house the students who have been determined to be
“highly capable” (self-contained as well as students
who stay in the general education program). As students move to the
secondary level, the funding is allocated to their respective
middle school or high school and used to support honors-level
materials and activities.
Placement
Every spring, parents of students who have
recently qualified for the program are invited to attend an Open
House at our self-contained program at either Meridian Park or
Ridgecrest elementary schools. Parents have an opportunity to meet
the teacher(s) and observe classroom instruction and student
interaction. Usually there is also time to ask questions of the
teachers and principal to gain a better understanding of the
program.
To help determine whether the Highly Capable
Program would be an appropriate placement for your child, please
read the Testing section below and access the links at the top of
the page for further information.
Testing
Click
here for a list
of testing dates in the 2011-2012 school year. Students currently
enrolled in Shoreline in grades 2–5 who are not currently
being served by the program and private school students have an
opportunity every year to test into the program. Once tests have
been scored and student eligibility for the program has been
determined, a letter is sent home to parents. Parents whose student
did not qualify have a right to appeal the decision to an Appeals
Committee comprised of an outside appeals officer, teachers, and
administrators. Details of the appeal process are available through
the Highly Capable Program office. Tests
administered are the
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) and the Iowa
Assessments.
Our District
prescreens all first grade students for further testing into the
HiCap program in the fall. In September, all first grade students
are tested for reading fluency using the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early
Literacy Skills (DIBELS) and for math fluency using easyCBM. In
October, students are tested (with parent permission) for
exceptional cognitive ability using the Cognitive
Abilities Test (CogAT) Nonverbal battery.
Students who meet grade-level benchmarks in reading and math
fluency and who show evidence of exceptional cognitive ability are
invited for further testing in January. Parents of current district
first graders receive information about HiCap testing in the mail
in late November.
The self-contained Highly Capable Program in
the Shoreline School District is currently offered at two
elementary schools: Ridgecrest and Meridian Park. Students who live
on the east side of I-5 attend Ridgecrest. Students on the west
side of I-5 attend Meridian Park. Testing for entrance into the
Highly Capable Program is only for students currently enrolled in
the district and residents of Shoreline.
Grading
Students in the Highly Capable Program are
expected to meet standards at least one grade level above their
regular grade level. Homework requirements in the self-contained
program are appropriate to the age and ability of the student and
vary by grade level. Often students have choices about the way in
which they demonstrate their knowledge.
Grades are standards-based just as they are
with the general education classrooms. The report card used for the
self-contained program is similar to the one used for general
education students but grades are based on student achievement that
is a grade level above.
Questions?
Click here to download a
Frequently Asked Questions sheet, or contact our office using
the links below.
HiCap Program
Office
The program office is located in the Shoreline School District
Instruction Department. Click on the
Contact Me link to send an email, or contact us
at:
Coordination: Mary
Crandell, Specialist,
Highly Capable & Assessment, 206-393-4771
Instruction:
Ellen Kaje, Manager of Title I / LAP & ELL
Assessment & Identification:
Jack
Monpas-Huber, Director
of Assessment & Student Information
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