The document introduces several gifted and talented programs available to students, including I-Search, National History Day, and the Georgia Social Studies Fair. I-Search allows students to research a self-selected topic and present their findings. National History Day is a national competition in Washington D.C. where students compete with entries on historical topics. The Georgia Social Studies Fair is a similar local and state competition focused on anthropology, sociology, history, or geography topics. Students can complete I-Search projects in various formats, such as websites, boards, papers, skits, and presentations.

1. Welcome to Search! Our Mission The Gifted and Talented Program is committed to providing gifted students with an educational program that recognizes their unique characteristics and needs. Differentiated instructional opportunities encourage hands-on exploration, research, and inquiry that will develop a “love of learning,” lead to a strong student work ethic and life-long desire for excellence and achievement.

2. I-Search I-Search is research where you pick what you want to study, create a guiding question, and then create a presentation that can be presented in a student museum in the Spring to your parents, friends, and teachers. We will go through the whole process of helping you find what you are passionate about and how you best learn.

3. National History Day GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C.! National History Day is a National Competition held in Washington D.C. every year where you can go to Washington and compete with people from around the United States. We want to take as many students as we can to this competition. Mrs. McKinney went last year and Mr. Smith with this year. It is an incredible event, but getting to go to D.C. is awesome! D.C. is something that you will never forget.

23. Websites You can look at all of the best examples of last years websites on Mr. Smith’s Website.