Gifted Program

STAR (Scholarship, Talent, Achievement and Responsibility), the Belton School District Gifted Program, provides students with an educational environment and opportunities beyond what is offered in the regular classroom in support of the district’s goal to provide authentic, relevant and engaging learning experiences for students.

Program Goals

• Help each student develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills, social-emotional skills and intrinsic motivation.
• Provide opportunities for the student to utilize the higher levels of cognitive and creative thought processes and to see interrelationships in all bodies of knowledge.
• Create an atmosphere for gifted students to share and exchange ideas with each other.
• Provide students with advanced technological opportunities.

To qualify for gifted services in the Belton School District #124, students must be in third grade or older and meet the criteria of a universal screening and three of the four following criteria of a further evaluation:

• General mental ability
• Academic ability
• Creativity, reasoning and problem-solving ability
• Evidence of high ability

View the Gifted Program Handbook for more information.