Explore Program

Name	Room Number	Extension
Mrs. Verne-Marie Kozak, Gifted (Mon & Fri, PM)	Media	239 Voice Mail: 521-7830 Ext. 301

Grades 2-4 Program

Beginning in grade two, students are screened for exceptional abilities and talent pools are developed. This includes 10-15% of the student population town wide. These students participate in interest-based groupings, called enrichment clusters, which occur at six-week intervals throughout the year. Mrs. Kozak teaches the enrichment clusters during specifically designated time blocks outside of the regular classroom one day per week in each school.

Sign Language	Stock Market	Logic Safari
TimeLiner	Town Council	Electrical Connections
Shopping Spree	Chocolate Caper	Readers’ Theater

Grades K-1 Program

The kindergarten and first grade level are viewed as the formative period in which ability can be developed and nurtured. At this level students are exposed to a variety of experiences with opportunity for expansion and enrichment of the curriculum in the classroom. To accomplish this, Mrs. Rosen provides consultant services and materials to parents and teachers in all four elementary schools for use with gifted and/or higher ability students. She is available one day every two weeks at John Paterson.