Academic Calendar 2011-2012 - Chesapeake College

Gifted and Talented programChesapeake College’s Gfted and Talented Program s desgned foreligible students under the age of 16 who have been identified ashaving exceptional academic or fine arts talent who desire enrollmentin academic or fine arts subjects not available at their schools.Youth selected for ths program are not yet recpents of a hghschool diploma or a GED certificate, and do not meet the gradelevelor age requrements for the Dual Enrollment Program.Nomnees for the Gfted and Talented Program are screened by theGfted and Talented Team comprsed of the Dean for RecrutmentServces; Student Success and Enrollment Servces professonalstaff; and related academc department faculty. An ntervew wththe Program canddate and hs/her parent wll be arranged.Fne arts students may be asked to audton or to present a portfoloof ther work. Fnal decsons regardng admssons and courseselecton are made by the Gfted and Talented Team.Admtted students wll be allowed to enroll n a maxmum oftwo daytme courses per fall and sprng, and one daytme coursen summer. Contnuance wll be dependent upon satsfactoryperformance n all prevous semesters.In order to be accepted nto the Gfted and Talented Program, thestudent must meet the followng crtera:1. Complete the seventh grade as desgnated by the MarylandState Department of Educaton grade level performancestandards.2. Be enrolled n one of the publc school systems n theCollege’s service area or in a non-profit institution offeringnstructon at the secondary level that s ether operatngwith a certificate of approval issued by the Maryland StateDepartment of Educaton or regstered as a Church-ExemptSchool, or s beng supervsed for home nstructon by one ofthe above enttes.6. Partcpate n an ntervew (both parent and student) wththe Gfted and Talented Team n whch the student’s socaland emotonal maturty as well as nterest and motvaton nattendng college can be assessed.Students nterested n partcpatng n the Gfted and TalentedProgram are requred to submt the followng nformaton amnmum of sx weeks n advance of the start of the semester forwhch he/she s seekng admsson:• College Admssons Applcaton• Official School Transcript• SAT, ACT or Chesapeake College ASA test scores• A completed Gfted and Talented Student RecommendatonForm• Two letters of recommendaton supportng the student’sexceptonal abltesGfted and Talented documents should be sent to:Kathy PetrchenkoDean for Recrutment ServcesChesapeake CollegeP.O. Box 8Wye Mlls, MD 21679Once all of the requred documentaton s receved by the Deanfor Recrutment Servces and revewed by the Gfted and TalentedTeam, the elgble applcant and parent wll be contacted by theDean for Recrutment Servces for an ntervew.3. Be assessed for college course placement utlzng SAT, ACTor Chesapeake College’s Academc Sklls Assessment (ASA)test scores. Students wth mnmum SAT scores of 550 eachon the crtcal readng and mathematcs portons or amnmum composte ACT score of 21 wll be exempted fromthe ASA. A student wll be allowed n certan nstances tosubsttute (or only use) the ASA as an admssons requrement.Chesapeake College has the rght to use the ASA nplace of transcrpts for a home-school student or n placeof the ACT and SAT.4. Be identified by the student’s public school Board ofEducaton or prvate school governng board as talentedand gfted accordng to ther publshed crtera, and obtanthe approval of the approprate school prncpal/gudancecounselor or home-school compliance officer attesting to thestudent’s outstandng abltes n the areas of general ntellec -tual capabilities, specific aptitudes, or creative visual orperformance arts.5. Provde two letters of recommendaton supportng thestudent’s exceptonal abltes. (See #4.)50