Talented & Gifted

We believe that all students deserve continuous progress in their educations. This is especially true for students who have a demonstrated high ability in one or more academic subjects or creative endeavors.

St. George's expertise in the Project Approach supports highly able learners through a framework that fosters in-depth exploration, critical thinking and investigation of real-world, complex problems. A student-centered method, the Project Approach gives students a voice, and sometimes even a choice, in their learning, leading to greater engagement and motivation.

From enrichment to acceleration, it is our goal to challenge our talented and gifted students academically and creatively and afford them every challenge in the classroom they deserve, all the while developing the characteristics and skills needed to become productive citizens.

Acceleration opportunities are offered with a goal of continuous progress in academic and/or creative endeavors to Lower and Middle School students. Programming includes advanced leveled groupings for reading/English language arts and math classes. Other available options include accelerated enrichment mini-courses, curriculum compacting and single-subject acceleration for students demonstrating heightened abilities. 

Enrichment opportunities are available for all students in 1st through 4th grade through interest-based, cross-grade enrichment SPARK clusters.

Competition experiences are available through programs such as the New Orleans Academic Games League (NOAGL), First Lego League (FLL) robotics tournaments, Math Olympiad and corresponding local mathematics competitions and national foreign language assessments like Le Grand Concours and National Spanish Exam.