Tallwood Elementary | 2025 Kempsville Road | Virginia Beach, VA 23464 | Office: (757) 648-3840 Fax: (757) 648-3847

Gifted Resource

Gifted education in Virginia Beach City Public Schools is available in three distinct forms: the full-time gifted elementary school; the one day a week pullout Art and Dance Programs; and the cluster-resource model.
At Tallwood, it is provided to students through the cluster-resource model with the gifted resource teacher providing support and resources to the teachers and students assigned to the cluster classroom.

Grades 2-5
In grades 2-5, the resource-cluster model places a small group (cluster) of identified gifted students in a classroom with a cluster teacher. The gifted resource teacher and the cluster teacher collaborate to provide instructional activities and strategies designed to meet the needs of the gifted learner.

Grades K-1
The gifted resource teacher and the Kindergarten and first grade teachers collaborate to provide lessons that stimulate and meet the needs of high ability students in their classrooms. Although students are not identified as intellectually gifted until the end of first grade, services from the gifted resource teacher help develop the talents and abilities of these students. Whole group instruction and or flexible grouping strategies are incorporated into classrooms to provide higher level thinking experiences.

Gifted Elementary School

Old Donation Center (ODC) is Virginia Beach City Public Schools' centrally located full-time gifted elementary school.

One Day A Week Pullout Gifted Education

Old Donation offers a one day a week Visual Arts Program and a Dance Program that students attend at Old Donation Center on a specified day.

ODC Application Deadlines may be viewed by clicking on this link.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Information regarding Virginia Beach City Public Schools' Gifted programs is available at the following website: