Meridian Enrichment Program Celebrates Twenty-Four Years!
The Meridian Enrichment Program for High Ability Learners started in 1987 with a group of teachers, parents, community members, administration, a school counselor and a certified gifted coordinator forming a steering committee to assess the needs of the district for a gifted program. Surveys were given to parents, students, school teachers and staff, and community members. The results overwhelmingly indicated the need for a gifted program. So, in January of 1988, a pull-out program was started with students from grades K-12 in the areas of academics, intelligence, creativity, leadership and visual and performing arts. The program is in its twenty-first year and it has served more than two hundred students in the District. Currently, there are thirty-seven students identified, with the identification committee monitoring nineteen other students for possible placement in the future. This is a testament that the Meridian District is committed to meeting the needs of all students, including the high ability learners.
Marilyn Bachle
Enrichment Coordinator
"Not every child has an equal talent, or equal motivation, but children have the equal right to develop their talents, their abilities and their motivation."
-John F. Kennedy
