WARD J ELEM SCHOOL (PK - 8)
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT 299
Current Principal
Guadalupe Perez
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Pedro Martinez
Address
2701 S SHIELDS AVE
CHICAGO IL 60616
(773) 534-9050
Advanced Academic Programs:
The number and percentage of students at this location who have been identified as gifted in accordance with the district’s gifted assessment and academic policy and were taught by a Gifted Endorsed Teacher. Learn More
The current guidelines within which Gifted education programs operate was established with reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1988 and passage of the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act.
At the federal level, the program supports “evidence-based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary schools and secondary schools nationwide to identify gifted and talented students and meet their special educational needs."
Within Illinois, school districts define both the criteria for “giftedness” and the assessments used to measure it, and self-report data on their programs of gifted education.