welcome to MSSD14 Gifted education services
Manitou Springs School District #14 is committed to providing a K-12 continuum of educational
programs and services that recognizes the unique abilities, individual potentials, and educational
needs of gifted and talented students.
Definition of Gifted Students
Gifted and Talented students are those students whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs. Gifted and Talented students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior by virtue of any or a combination of these areas:
General or specific intellectual abilities
Specific academic aptitude
Creative or productive thinking
Leadership and human relations ability
Visual arts, performing arts, spatial, or musical abilities
Psychomotor abilities
Gifted Learner Goals
Manitou Springs will equip the gifted learner to excel, to lead and to consciously maximize their potential. We will provide an individualized environment that guarantees appropriately advanced depth and pace for each learner to master:
• Essential content
• Critical thinking and reasoning abilities
• Creative and divergent thinking skills
• High-level communication skills
• Research skills and methods
• Problem-solving skills
Purposeful, authentic tasks will develop:
• An understanding for systems of knowledge, themes, issues, and problems that frame the external world
• Social responsibility
• Self-understanding, self-awareness, and self-confidence
• A passion for contributing to the future
• Social skills for relating to others and coping effectively in social contexts
• Metacognitive skills that foster independent and self-directed learning
• Appropriate responses to risk, obstacles, and failures
| Staff Contact Information Ute Pass Elementary Candis Mowery 685-2227 cmowery@mssd14.org Manitou Springs Elementary Kristen Engle 685- 2195 kengle@mssd14.org Manitou Springs Middle School Cindy Myers 685-2103 cmyers@mssd14.org Manitou Springs High School Bridget O’Connor 685- 2074 boconnor@mssd14.org |
General Process Information Referral Identification Programming Options Things to Think About (PDF) Bright child How families can promote Nurturing your child’s creativity Perfectionism Twelve traits of giftedness Twice exceptional Underachievement What gifted is Myth vs. Realities |
Parent Resources / Links Guide to Educational Terms FAQ http://www.cde.state.co.us/gt/ http://www.nagc.org/ http://www.coloradogifted.org/ |
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Special Program's
Home Page
Information regarding student support systems.
Special Education
MSSD 14 is dedicated to the belief that all students should be prepared to enter “life after High School” with as great a level of independence as possible.
Gifted Education
Students whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs
English Language Learners
All students who come to Colorado schools speaking a language other that English are screened to determine their English proficiency.
General Education Initiatives
We believes that all students can learn when appropriate supports are in place. Each building has a mechanism to problem solve for student success.
Ute Pass Elementary
Ute Pass Elementary School, serves the historic communities of Cascade, Chipita Park, Green Mountain Falls, and Crystola.
Manitou Springs Elementary
MSES is a relationships-based school based on the development of the whole child-
Manitou Springs Middle School
MSMS is a diverse community of approximately 345 students and 40 adults. -
Manitou Springs High School
Families have been making the choice to send their students to MSHS for more than 100 years. 
MSSD14 Staff Members
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