Birchmount Park added a Gifted program in the 2016-2017 school year, as part of the TDSB expansion of the number of schools across the city offering this program pathway.
We are currently in our fifth year of Gifted @ BPCI! Students will be offered placements through the IPRC process. Gifted program placements are linked to home address and school program boundaries.
Map of Gifted Boundaries
Special Education Gifted Programming Provides:
- enhanced breadth and depth of curriculum delivery at each grade level
- programming to meet the individual learning needs of students as outlined in the IEP
The GIFTED @ Birchmount Park C.I. features:
- Depth and breadth of curriculum delivery to meet the learning needs of students.
- Focus on the development of critical thinking skills.
- The development of inquiry and research skills
- Interdisciplinary learning that assists students in making connections between different subject areas
- Enriched learning opportunites - field trips and guest speakers
- Active, participatory learning environments with a varied pace of curriculum delivery
- Social Justice and Global Educations themes across the curriculum
- Challenging learning tasks that engage students and assist them in the development of the requisite knowledge and skills for success now and in the future
- Use of current computer technology and media
- Student interests and student voice
- Embracing intellectual curiosity in pursuit of multiple solutions to problems
- Student leadership in the classroom as well as the in the whole school community
- SIXERS - multigrade social group
BPCI Gifted Program Pathway - check out the Course Chart on the website
- Grade 9 CGC1D6; ENG1D6; MPM1D6; SNC1D6
- Grade 10 CHC2D6; ENG2D6; MPM2D6; SNC2D6
- Grade 11 ENG3U6; MCRU6
- Grade 12 ENG4U6; Second course to be determined (MHF4U6)
General Learning Strategies (GLE) is offered at each grade level to support students individual learning needs as outlined in their IEP.