Vision: Santa Fe Public Schools will identify all students with exceptional intellectual potential and individualize their education to optimize the development of talents.

Our Principles of Practice

1. Giftedness is present in students from all racial, ethnic, linguistic, socioeconomic, and gender groups. Students may have both giftedness and disabilities.


2. It is our goal to identify all gifted students, regardless of age or background.


3. Identification for eligibility follows the SAT process.


4. Giftedness is often characterized by uneven development as well as exceptional potential. Individual Education Programs will address both strengths and weaknesses.

The following links are guidance documents from the public education department of New Mexico:

• NM PED Technical Assistance Manual for Gifted
• NM PED Gifted Education in New Mexico FAQ

The following links are Advocacy organizations for gifted education:

• New Mexico Association for the Gifted
• National Association for Gifted Children
• Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted

The following links are information and instructional resources:

• Hoagies Gifted
• Davidson Institute
• Belin-Blank Center
• Purdue GERI
• NEAG Center for Gifted Education
• William and Mary Center for Gifted Education

The following links are publishers of gifted education materials:

• Prufrock Press
• Royal Fireworks Press
• Great Potential Press
• Free Spirit Press
• Kendall Hunt