• Social and Emotional Development

    Pensar Academy provides for the affective needs of students through:

    • The project-based learning approach incorporates set cooperative learning strategies, set opportunities to provide and receive feedback, and student explicit training in how to work in group settings and give and receive feedback.
    • Common learning seminars for gifted students use a pull out configuration.

    Pensar Academy provides parents and staff with specific orientation regarding a gifted student’s affective needs through:

    • A quarterly newsletter with resources
    • A Gifted webpage with resources on the school’s website
    • Access to a Gifted Coordinator
    • Conducting quarterly “Showcase” events.
    • Training in student affective needs.

    Pensar Academy monitors, identifies, and provides assistance to “at-risk” gifted students through:

    • An open-ended referral process for parents, students, and teachers.
    • Provide counseling services on an as-needed basis.