Megan Taylor
With the new optional college prep program comes a program that has been apart of Memphis City Schools for many years.
“We’re starting CLUE for 9th graders,” Keller told.
CLUE, which stands for Creative Learning in a Unique Environment, is a program which begins with students in elementary school and extends all the way to 9th grade.
According to the Shelby County Schools website, the CLUE curriculum “incorporates both group and individual strategies focusing on creative thinking, critical thinking, communication, leadership, group dynamics, and problem solving.”
Grades K-5 students who are identified intellectually gifted are pulled out of class two sessions a week for a total of five hours by a special education gifted teacher. From middle school to 9th grade, there is a “special education gifted service provided by a special education gifted teacher daily during reading/English classes.”
Trish Taylor, parent of two Germantown High students, put both of her daughters through the elementary CLUE program and one daughter through the middle and 9th grade program.
“CLUE is an excellent opportunity for gifted students to expand and broaden their education. It provides a way for them to develop research skills and the ability to improve their writing and communication skills,” Taylor stated. “It allows them an opportunity to also direct their learning and enable them to work with outside organizations and community projects. The hands on activities helps them take what they have learned and put it into practice in the real world.”
With the new optional college prep program comes a program that has been apart of Memphis City Schools for many years.
“We’re starting CLUE for 9th graders,” Keller told.
CLUE, which stands for Creative Learning in a Unique Environment, is a program which begins with students in elementary school and extends all the way to 9th grade.
According to the Shelby County Schools website, the CLUE curriculum “incorporates both group and individual strategies focusing on creative thinking, critical thinking, communication, leadership, group dynamics, and problem solving.”
Grades K-5 students who are identified intellectually gifted are pulled out of class two sessions a week for a total of five hours by a special education gifted teacher. From middle school to 9th grade, there is a “special education gifted service provided by a special education gifted teacher daily during reading/English classes.”
Trish Taylor, parent of two Germantown High students, put both of her daughters through the elementary CLUE program and one daughter through the middle and 9th grade program.
“CLUE is an excellent opportunity for gifted students to expand and broaden their education. It provides a way for them to develop research skills and the ability to improve their writing and communication skills,” Taylor stated. “It allows them an opportunity to also direct their learning and enable them to work with outside organizations and community projects. The hands on activities helps them take what they have learned and put it into practice in the real world.”