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Local organizations in and around Wake County, NC
Step Ahead Gifted Academy (SAGA)
Step Ahead Gifted Academy is a non-traditional learning environment in Cary, NC, built on the belief that earning is a continual social, emotional, and academic process. Focusing attention on both academics and social-emotional development equally, SAGA bridges the gap between a homeschool environment and a private, small learning setting. SAGA provides gifted students ages 5+ with a research based curriculum. Curriculum is individualized for each student to allow students to be appropriately challenged, leading to growth in all academic areas.
SAGA’s program offers:
- Data driven instruction tailored to the specific needs of each student
- Flexible scheduling, both in daily instruction as well as across the curriculum
- An understanding, supportive community where parent and student input is valued and encouraged
- A small teacher to student ratio to provide individual and small group instruction
- Project based instruction to promote creative, collaborative learning with clear connections to the real world
- Additional support services are offered through, but not limited to, our local partner Collaboration Wynns Family Psychology.
Step Ahead Gifted Academy is for families with students ages 5+ in the Triangle area looking for a non-traditional, parent-teacher collaborative approach to their gifted child’s education.
Talent Identification Program (TIP) Duke University
The Duke TIP Program (Talent Identification Program) is a non-profit organization founded in 1980 in Durham, NC. Starting in fourth grade, qualifying students can have access to above-grade level testing, enrichment opportunities, accelerated learning programs, and cutting-edge research on the social, emotional, and educational factors that many gifted children face. From ‘Scholar Weekends’ to ‘Summer Studies’, Duke TIP offers many options to support gifted families in the community. Duke TIP is for families, with qualifying children fourth grade and beyond, looking for enrichment opportunities, summer programs, testing opportunities, and supplemental courses during the academic school year.
Duke University (2020, April 13). What is Duke Tip? http://tip.duke.edu/