Gifted Services
In Grades 7-12, gifted students are served through a variety of advanced learning opportunities, including Advanced and Honors courses, Advanced Placement (AP) and College Credit Plus (CCP) courses.
Meet Our Gifted Intervention Specialist
Our GIS partners with our classroom teachers to provide training and strategies for differentiating our gifted students' learning in their identified areas.
Matthew Newell
Matt grew up a product of Lakota schools spending the entirety of his K-12 education in West Chester. He has always loved the community our neighborhood elementary schools provide for students. Upon finishing undergraduate studies at Ohio University and a Masters in education at Xavier University, Matt moved into his teaching career. He has spent the last decade teaching and leading the Social Studies Department of Lakota East High School. Matt has enjoyed teaching gifted students in Advanced Placement classes at the high school level and is thrilled for the opportunity to explore gifted education in an elementary setting. In his spare time Matt loves spending time with his family, angering his wife by winning at board games, and traveling.
About Gifted Services
Lakota is committed to providing every single student with a unique and challenging educational experience.
While Gifted Services are not mandated in Ohio, Lakota believes in providing a quality and rigorous education that challenges all students. Through a large menu of opportunities, advanced students may be identified as gifted and participate in a wide continuum of programs or services designed to meet their unique learning needs, including:
- An advanced curriculum;
- Use of differentiated instructional strategies;
- Placement in specific gifted programs;
- Subject or whole grade acceleration or advancement;
The type of service and programming provided to gifted students depends on recent assessment data and what is determined to be most appropriate in meeting an individual student’s needs.
Please visit Lakota's Gifted Services website for more information
Contact Us
Gifted Services
Lakota Central Office
5572 Princeton Road
Liberty Twp., OH 45011
Phone: (513) 644-1186
Fax: (513) 644-1181
Dawn Harris
Director of Gifted Services
Please direct all email questions to your building gifted intervention specialist or administrator.