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West
Hartford Quest Main site
Mrs. Michele Hadlock
Quest
Quest is a
Schoolwide Enrichment Program for students in
West Hartford’s elementary and middle schools. The
program is staffed by certified teachers who are half time at
each of the elementary schools and Bristow while full time at
Sedgwick and King Phillip. There are three major components to
the Quest Program: Art Quest, Math Quest, and the Enrichment
Talent Pool.
Art Quest is
a program for talented young artist in fifth grade. Students
self-nominate themselves by submitting a portfolio of their art
work. Approximately 30 students are accepted town-wide. Students
meet after-school to extend their talent development in the
visual arts.
The
Enrichment Talent Pool is made up of students in Grades 4-8. The
nomination process begins in May of third grade and then
continues throughout middle school. Students are identified
through a multi-criteria nomination process. A committee
composed of the principal, curriculum specialist, school
psychologist, Dr. Eastlake, the Quest Coordinator, classroom
teacher and I meet to determine who will participate in the
program. The selection criterion includes the Test of Cognitive
Skills, taken in third grade, CMT Scores, District Reading Tests
as well as performance data (classroom work samples) and
anecdotal data from teachers who know the student. Teachers are
asked to present samples of the student’s work and to comment
about the student’s work, habits, learning styles and areas of
interest.
Students in
the talent pool are involved in activities based on research
done by Dr. Joseph Renzulli from the
University of Connecticut’s Gifted and Talented Research
Center. Students
participate in lessons that consist of materials, methods and
instructional techniques that develop higher level thinking
skills. In addition, students are encouraged to participate in
independent or small group investigations. During these
investigations students have the opportunity to become actual
investigators of a real problem or creator of original visual,
written or performing art piece.
The Quest
Program touches the life of many Charter Oak students. If you
have any questions about the Quest Program please feel free to
call me at 860-233-8506 extension 120 or e mail me at
Michele_Hadlock@WHPS.org.
Michele
Hadlock
Quest
Teacher
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