Gifted Education
Tempe Elementary Schools is committed to providing opportunities for gifted students to unlock their boundless potential. Through discovery, enrichment, and accelerated learning opportunities, our gifted programming meets the cognitive and affective needs of these students while also fostering recognition and development of their individual strengths.
Arredondo Gifted Offerings
PACE
PACE (Promoting Actualization through Creativity and Excellence) provides pull-out gifted services to students from kindergarten through 5th grade. Students spend the majority of their week in the general education classroom and are pulled for PACE a minimum of two hours a week, where they participate in enrichment experiences.
ASPIRE Academy
ASPIRE Academy at Arredondo is a self-contained gifted program for students from 3rd to 5th committed to unlocking the boundless potential in every child. This unique program provides experiences presented in ways that gifted students learn best and encourages them to discover deeper connections to their education.
When students are able to collaborate with people who are like-minded they are able to go that much further, that much deeper into their concepts.
Ellen Miller | Fourth-Grade ASPIRE Teacher
Frequently Asked Questions
- Will my student need to test each year to stay in the gifted program?
- My child was in a gifted program in another district, will they automatically be in the gifted program here in Tempe?
- If we move to another school, will my student continue to receive gifted services?
- How do I best prepare my student for testing?
- How do I get involved as a parent?